The purpose of this study is to understand the innovative leadership of the winners of Outstanding Leadership Award, R. O. C.. Research issues include innovative contents, policy-making, difficulties and copy strategies etc.. 24 award winners in 2004 and 2005 were interviewed, and 495 teachers in the winners' schools were asked to answer a questionnaire. Results indicate that the initiated innovative contents tend to focus on techniques, management practices and strategic thinking rather than philosophy. The principals' innovative concepts are mainly based on production and process perspectives. The principals prefer to participative style for innovative policy-making. Difficulties and coping strategies for the principals in implementing school innovation can be divided into personnel, organization and environment domains. The principals adopt pragmatic orientation in pursuing school recognizing and reputation. They suggest five aspects for leading school innovation, including leaders themselves, school personnel, organization, resource and vision. In addition, results of the questionnaire survey show that teachers tend to understand and support the principals' innovation, and give a positive evaluation for the effectiveness. Based on the findings, six suggestions are proposed.