Grounded in Reality-Pragmatic Leadership makes the difference! – A Case Study on a School

Abstract

A head teacher has multifarious duty to perform as a guide, facilitator, friend and philosopher. More than that, she is a kind mother to the students and teachers. Head teacher needs to be kind enough to go beyond the mistakes and try to correct them in all possible ways by connecting the staff and students at a human level. The founder-principal of Prasanna Matriculation Higher Secondary School solely impacts the human resource management practices in the school. The paper used a qualitative research approach incorporating interview method and researcher observations. A teacher and a student were interviewed to bring out this piece of writing. This paper discusses the well-rounded leadership style of the founder-principal, with the stories of a teacher and a student outlining the life-changing impact of the human touch and flexibility rendered towards them. A former student’s reminiscence of the unique attributes of the principal is woven through the paper.