Leading Change Step-by-Step: Tactics, Tools, and Tales

Jody Spiro

ISBN 10: 0470635622 / ISBN 13: 9780470635629

Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2010

About this Item

* Leading change is a topic of paramount importance to schools and school districts. But a missing ingredient for many education leaders has been how to translate concepts into actions. * This toolkit provides clear, actionable steps to navigate successfully through any change process. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JNK; KJMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 179 x 13. Weight in Grams: 368. . 2010. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Leading Change Step-by-Step: Tactics, Tools, and Tales
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470635622
• ISBN 13: 9780470635629
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

A practical, step-by-step guide to leading change efforts for sustainable results

Leading Change Step-by-Step offers a comprehensive and tactical guide for change leaders. Spiro's approach has been field-tested for more than a decade and proven effective in a wide variety of public sector organizations including K-12 schools, universities, international agencies and non-profits. The book is filled with proven tactics for implementing change successfully, with helpful tools to put change efforts into practice (including forms, rubrics, and helpful questions to ask). Also included are success stories that show how this approach has been used effectively in 22 states and internationally. The tools reveal how the leader analyzes situations, identifies the groups needed to get desired results, and works with them effectively to do so.

• Includes engaging self-analyses for leaders to inform their leadership when putting in place a change initiative
• Jody Spiro is an experienced leader of systems change for public, nonprofit, and private sector organizations
• Offers information on assessing a situation, engaging stakeholders, planning "early wins," minimizing resistance, building a supportive culture and much more

This important resource shows how to translate a vision of a sustainable educational reform into a series of coordinated action steps.

About the Author

JODY SPIRO, Ed.D., has worked extensively with nonprofits, governments, universities, districts, and schools in the U.S. and abroad on leading change. Currently she serves as adjunct professor at NYU's Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and senior program officer at The Wallace Foundation.