John Pisapia is a Professor of Leadership and Policy at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida and founder of the Strategic Leader Network (SLN). His research interests are leading organizations and people in a global perspective. He has been called the “global professor,” having consulted with leaders in education and business in India, China, Malaysia, South America, and Europe as well as in the United States. He recently was awarded the distinguished service award for profound leadership in international education by the International Schools Association.
Dr. Pisapia brings over 23 years of administrative experience to his consultancies and over 150 publications. His book, The Strategic Leader promising a new direction for leading in a globalized world was published in 2009. His articles have appeared in the Leadership Review, International Journal of Leadership Education, International Journal of Educational Research, Hong Kong Research Institute, the Journal for School Effectiveness, Phi Delta Kappan, Journal of Law and Education, Government Union Review, Journal of Collective Bargaining, NASSP Bulletin and NOLPE Law Review.
His work in strategic thinking and execution has received national and international attention through papers presented to the American Association of Educational Research, the International Conference in Advances in Management, and the International Leadership Association. His Strategic Thinking Questionnaire (STQ) measures the leader’s use of systems thinking, reframing and reflection. His Strategic Leadership Questionnaire (SLQ) measures the leader’s use of five sets of action in leading their organizations: managing, transforming, bonding, bartering, and bridging.
John's belief is that in a 24/7 world leaders at every level of the organization and society must work in a strategic way. Working in a strategic way means creating an actionable plan and implementing it, John’s core competencies are in running the strategic thinking protocol to develop future aspirations, and the strategic execution protocol to see that intitatives to reach those aspirations lead to high performing organizations.
John has been recognized as the first National Professor of the Year by the American Association of School Administrator’s (AASA), honored as a Fulbright Scholar, cited for Outstanding Leadership in Education by Phi Delta Kappa, and for Significant Leadership in Public and Higher Education by the West Virginia University. He received his doctorate from West Virginia University, USA.
John joined the faculty at Florida Atlantic University as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Educational Leadership on January 1, 1998. At Florida Atlantic University, Dr. Pisapia led faculty efforts to redesign doctoral programs that focus on a common core of leadership in a global perspective. He now serves as senior research professor in leadership and policy studies and supervises the research of PhD students.
He has led the strategic thinking protocol for the Department of Educational Leadership and the College of Education. He served as a Board Member of the Southern Association of Schools and Colleges’ Latin American Committee. In this capacity he has led evaluation teams in Chile, Brazil, Columbia, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Mexico and El Salvador. He also served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for the A.D. Henderson Laboratory School at Florida Atlantic University, and the University Research Priorities Steering Committee.
At Virginia Commonwealth University, Dr. Pisapia served as the Founding Director of the Metropolitan Educational Research Consortium (MERC) a joint venture between the University and surrounding school districts. From 1992 to 1998, he published 33 major research reports which led to state, national and federal acclaim as an exemplary model of school/university collaboration.
At West Virginia University, John was nationally recognized as the first Professor of the Year by the American Association of School Administrator’s (AASA), honored as a Fulbright Scholar, cited for Outstanding Leadership in Education by Phi Delta Kappa, and for Significant Leadership in Public and Higher Education by the West Virginia University.
As West Virginia’s Chief State School Officer he was responsible for an $800 million dollar budget. During this public service commitment, he led the development of a common core of learning and installed a system of public accountability. He also launched three major capacity building efforts: (a) statewide delivery of satellite delivered instruction, (b) and nationally recognized Principal and Teacher Academies. Nationally, he chaired the Chief State School Officers’ efforts to produce a blueprint for the creation of a national accountability system using the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).
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