Add to ORKGThe role of an educational leader is constantly changing. The techniques of top-down leadership in schools today seem to have outlived their effectiveness. Bonstingl (1992), suggests that the Industrial Model (established by Frederick Winslow Taylor), in which management worries about quotas and quality while subservient workers fulfilled management\u27s request without questioning the overall plan involved in process, has stagnated school effectiveness and proven to be a barrier to school reform. In order for leadership to be effective in today\u27s society it is essential that a paradigm shift is made from top-down strategies to strategies which involve more collaboration between the school administration, classroom teacher, and the commu...