Leading change in your school: how to conquer myths, build commitment, and get results

Part 1. Creating conditions for change. Pull the weeds before you plant the flowers

The personal change readiness assessment

The organizational change readiness assessment

Cultural change

Confronting the myths of change leadership

Part 2. Planning change. Leadership leverage: focusing on changes with the greatest results

The right team: selecting teachers and administrators

Building capacity with coaching

Making strategic planning work

Part 3. Implementing change. Closing the implementation gap

The flywheel: getting short-term wins to sustain long-term change

Building stakeholder support: academics and the arts

Defining change: lessons from literacy

Part 4. Sustaining change. Sustaining excellence

Lessons across the globe

Teacher leadership

Epilogue: the risks and rewards of change.