<div>　　The purpose of this study is to understand the innovative leadership of the winners of the Outstanding Leadership Award, R.O.C.. Research issues include innovative practice, policy-making, difficulties and coping strategies etc.. The 24 award winners in 2004 and 2005 were interviewed, and 495 teachers in the winners&#39; schools were asked to fill in questionnaires. Results indicate that the initiated innovative practice tend to focus on techniques , management and strategic thinking rather than philosophy. The principals&#39; innovative concepts are mainly based on product and process perspectives. The principals prefer the 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 recognition. They suggest five perspectives 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&#39; innovation, and give positive evaluations for the effectiveness. Based on the findings, six suggestions are proposed.</div>