Little Things Matter: Management Lessons From Exceptional School Leaders identifies the threads, patterns, and practices that separate the exceptional school leader from their less effective peers. Sean Cain and Mike Laird, authors of The Fundamental 5 and The Fundamental 5 Revisited, share the knowledge and insights gleaned from observing, studying, and collaborating with exceptional school leaders from across the country. School leaders who put processes in place to ensure that teaching and learning is priority one and that their students consistently outperform similar peers and compete, toe-to-toe, with students blessed with more advantages. Focus on the little thing and make the big things possible.