In this book, Harry discusses how important it is that leaders of educational organizations know themselves in order to be successful. How that process of self-knowing can be undertaken is carefully developed in the first six chapters through discussion of a variety of approaches for this. Clearly the pagan oracle at Delphi was sharper at developing resourceful humans than have been many modern secular perspectives on leadership and management. It, too, recognized the importance of people understanding how they related to the
cultures and systems of the communities in which they worked, especially if they wanted to be successful leaders. It, too, encouraged people to understand themselves, their emotions, their strengths and weaknesses, and their values and the
quality of their communications with other members of their communities, in order for them to be successful as leaders.