2. Overview
✤ What the book is about
✤ Michael Fullan promo
3. According to Michael Fullan, as society becomes more
complex, leadership skills must become more sophisticated.
But to act quickly or slowly---this is the double-edged sword.
Leading in a Culture of Change promotes five key themes for
potential leaders to focus on. Furthermore, the author
promotes how leaders must foster leadership skills in others
because we can all contribute to the betterment of the
organization.
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4. ✤ Five Components
✤ Moral Purpose
✤ Understanding Change
✤ Relationship Building
✤ Knowledge Creation and Sharing
✤ Coherence Making
5. Moral
Purpose
✤ People (students) are treated
well and fairly.
✤ Is about both “ends” and
“means”
✤ Must be cultivated.
6. Understanding
Change
✤ Means creating a culture of
change (not just a structure) of
change.
✤ Acceptance of dissension and
messiness.
✤ It cannot be controlled.
7. Relationship
Building
✤ Mobilizing care and respect
between each other in order to
accomplish goals together.
✤ Creating professional learning
communities to support
personal development and
build program coherence.
8. Knowledge
Building
✤ Information is machines.
Knowledge is people.
✤ Make knowledge sharing a
priority.
✤ Develop systematic methods
for exchanging experiences and
ideas.
9. Coherence
Making
Trust in the dynamics of change with
guidance from competent leaders will be
conducive to making chaotic situations
coherent.
