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"Good leadership is not innate. One must learn to lead by mastering five core competencies -- attending to moral purpose, understanding the change process, building relationships, sharing knowledge, and creating coherence in their organizations. The second edition of Leading in a Culture of Change, will contain new case examples of developing and applying the core concepts in practice. Readers will learn what success looks like and how to lead organizations to success using the core concepts. This edition will define the core concepts with greater precision and depth along with concrete examples from the present. Business, nonprofit, and public sector leaders are facing new and daunting challenges -- rapid-paced developments in technology, sudden shifts in the marketplace, and crisis and contention in the public arena. This book provides insights into the dynamics of change and the role of leadership in managing and coping with the change process. Leadership today requires the ability to mobilize constituents to do important but difficult work under conditions of constant change, overload, and fragmentation. This book shows leaders how they can effectively accomplish their goals -- by attending to their broader moral purpose, keeping on top of the change process, cultivating relationships, sharing knowledge, and setting a vision and context for creating coherence in their organization"--

Intro -- Half-title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- 1 Surreal Change -- 2 The Inchoate Years: 1940-1969 -- The Early Years -- The University Years -- Work at Last -- 3 The Formative Years: 1969-1988 -- The Implementation Decade: The 1970s -- The Meaning Decade: 1980s -- 4 The Becoming Years: 1988-2003 -- The Faculty of Education FEUT, 1988-1996 -- OISE/UT: 1996-2003 -- 5 The System Years Part One: 2003-2013 -- Change Ideas 2003 -- The Dalton Days: 2003-2012 -- Meanwhile in the Rest of the World: 2003-2011 -- Andy Hargreaves and Me -- What Else in 2003-2012? -- The Power of Training/Workshops Vehicles for Learning -- 6 The System Years Part Two: 2013-2017 -- Premier Kathleen Wynne -- California Dreaming -- My Love Affair with Practitioners -- The Deep Learning Revolution -- Postscript: Still Surreal -- The Global Scene -- The 12 Seminal Ideas -- Where Do My Ideas Come From? -- How Do I Write My Books? -- Why is Education Crucial to the Future of the World? -- Coda -- Books by Michael Fullan -- Bibliography -- Index

Intro -- Contents -- Preface to the Fifth Edition -- CHAPTER 1 A Brief History of Educational Change -- CHAPTER 2 The Meaning of Educational Change -- CHAPTER 3 Insights into the Change Process -- CHAPTER 4 Initiation, Implementation, and Continuation -- CHAPTER 5 Planning, Doing, and Coping with Change -- CHAPTER 6 The Teacher -- CHAPTER 7 The Principal -- CHAPTER 8 The Student -- CHAPTER 9 The Parent and the Community -- CHAPTER 10 The District Administrator -- CHAPTER 11 Governments -- CHAPTER 12 The Teaching Profession and Its Leaders -- CHAPTER 13 The Future of Educational Change -- References -- Index -- About the Author.

Break free to make real change for yourself and others Have you ever felt like your progress was being blocked, not just by your own circumstances, but by the presence and actions of others? Freedom to Change releases you from the trap of constantly telling yourself that you'd be more successful at teaching, leading, or contributing to an organization if only others didn't stand in your way. In his engaging, irreverent style, bestselling author Michael Fullan explores the two kinds of freedom in our daily lives: freedom from obstacles versus freedom to take initiative and act. Gaining freedom.

Knowledge of the processes of educational change is said to be the missing ingredient in attempts to bring about educational innovation and reform. Whether these efforts involve grass roots innovation or large-scale societal reform, failure to understand and act on existing knowledge of the change process has accounted for the widespread lack of success in making educational improvements. This volume analyzes what is known about successful or productive change processes, and identifies corresponding action strategies at the individual, school, local and state levels. Included in this book is a.

"Leadership expert Michael Fullan reveals six core practices for today's leaders. In his previous best-selling books, Michael Fullan examined the concepts and processes of change. Now he turns his focus to the core practices of leadership that are so vital for leading in today's complex world. He outlines the six practices-Earn Trust, Fine-Tune Focus, Develop Others, Know Your Impact, Embrace Complexity, and Hope No Matter What-which appear to be deceptively simple but actually get to the essence of what differentiates a powerful leader from one who is merely competent. Fullan argues that powerful leaders have built bedrocks of credibility, have learned how to identify the few things that matter most, and know how to leverage their skills in ways that benefit their entire organization. Provides a much-needed leadership guide for today's turbulent climate. Includes illustrative examples from business, education, nonprofit, and government sectors The author shows leaders how to eschew policies and strategies that focus on shallow and short-term goals and develop leadership skills for long-term success"--

This resource lays out an action plan for achieving whole-system reform. It looks at successful reform initiatives in the United States and abroad, actions and conditions which have insured traction and stability, ways to avoid common errors and new reforms at a national level that can impact learning now