LEADING SCHOOLS IN TURBULENT TIMES: AN ABT FRAMEWORK FOR DIGITAL GOVERNANCE, ETHICS, COUNSELLING AND CRISIS-RESPONSIVE EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION

LEADING SCHOOLS IN TURBULENT TIMES

An ABT Framework for Digital Governance, Ethics, Counselling, and Crisis-Responsive Educational Administration

The Future of Educational Leadership Has Arrived

The world has changed.

Schools are no longer operating in predictable environments. Educational leaders today face unprecedented challenges—digital disruption, artificial intelligence, cyber risks, ethical crises, policy instability, insecurity, mental health pressures, staff burnout, declining trust, and rapidly changing student needs.

The question is no longer:

"How do we manage schools?"

The real question is:

"How do we lead schools effectively in turbulent times?"

Leading Schools in Turbulent Times provides a bold and groundbreaking answer.

Written by Dr. Ezekiel M.P.C. Onah, this transformative work introduces the revolutionary Attitude Behavioural Theory (ABT)—a powerful leadership framework that demonstrates why educational success and institutional failure are ultimately rooted not merely in policies, technologies, or structures, but in the attitudes leaders cultivate and the behaviours they model.

This Is More Than a Book

It is a leadership blueprint.

A policy guide.

A crisis-management manual.

A digital governance framework.

A counselling-informed leadership model.

And a practical roadmap for educational transformation in the twenty-first century.

At a time when educational institutions worldwide are struggling to adapt to rapid change, this book equips administrators, principals, vice-chancellors, policymakers, counsellors, and educational professionals with the knowledge, wisdom, and behavioural tools required to lead confidently through uncertainty.

What Makes This Book Different?

Most educational leadership books focus on systems.

This book focuses on people.

Most books discuss management.

This book addresses behaviour.

Most books examine policies.

This book explains why policies succeed or fail based on human attitudes.

Through the lens of ABT, Dr. Onah reveals a powerful truth:

Institutions rise or fall according to the beliefs, attitudes, and behaviours of those entrusted with leadership.

This insight transforms the way educational administration is understood, practiced, and evaluated.

Inside This Groundbreaking Work You Will Discover:

✓ The Revolutionary Attitude Behavioural Theory (ABT)

A fresh indigenous contribution to global educational leadership scholarship that explains the connection between belief, attitude, behaviour, and institutional outcomes.

✓ Digital Governance for Modern Schools

Learn how educational leaders can navigate technology, digital transformation, cybersecurity concerns, and artificial intelligence responsibly and ethically.

✓ Ethics and Leadership Integrity

Discover why many governance failures are behavioural failures in disguise—and how ethical leadership can rebuild institutional trust.

✓ Counselling-Informed Educational Administration

Explore how emotional intelligence, counselling principles, behavioural awareness, and human-centred leadership can transform educational institutions.

✓ Crisis-Responsive Leadership

Gain practical insights into leading schools during pandemics, insecurity, policy shocks, institutional crises, and technological disruptions.

✓ Indigenous African Perspectives on Administration

Engage with culturally grounded approaches to leadership that bridge global scholarship with African realities.

✓ Practical Case Studies and Policy Applications

Examine real-world educational challenges and discover actionable solutions through the ABT framework.

Why Educational Leaders Need This Book Now

Because the challenges facing education today are unlike anything previous generations encountered.

Artificial Intelligence is changing learning.

Digital platforms are transforming governance.

Mental health concerns are increasing.

Ethical crises are becoming more complex.

Traditional leadership models are proving inadequate.

The leaders who will thrive tomorrow are those who understand not only systems and policies—but also people, behaviour, ethics, and adaptation.

This book prepares you for that future.

Who Should Read This Book?

✔ School Principals

✔ Educational Administrators

✔ Vice-Chancellors and University Leaders

✔ Counsellors and Student Support Professionals

✔ Education Policymakers

✔ Ministry of Education Officials

✔ Researchers and Academics

✔ Postgraduate Students

✔ Teacher Educators

✔ Educational Consultants

✔ Leadership Development Practitioners

✔ Anyone passionate about educational transformation

A Book That Challenges, Equips, and Inspires

This book does not offer simplistic solutions.

It offers a new way of thinking.

A new way of leading.

A new way of understanding educational transformation.

It challenges leaders to move beyond bureaucracy toward conscience.

Beyond administration toward stewardship.

Beyond control toward behavioural influence.

Beyond crisis management toward institutional resilience.

The Central Message

Educational leadership is not primarily about managing systems.

It is about shaping attitudes.

Guiding behaviour.

Building trust.

Protecting dignity.

And creating institutions capable of flourishing even in turbulent times.

If You Lead, Teach, Counsel, Govern, or Influence Education...

This book belongs in your library.

Because the future of education will not be determined by technology alone.

It will be determined by the quality of leadership guiding it.

Get Your Copy Today

And discover how ethical leadership, behavioural intelligence, digital governance, and crisis-responsive administration can transform schools, institutions, and societies.

The future belongs to leaders who can navigate turbulence without losing their moral compass.