Change Leader: Learning to Do What Matters Most

194 Pages·2011·0.78 MB·English

by  Michael Fullan

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Leader
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L e a de r
Learning to Do What Matters Most
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Fullan,Michael.
Changeleader:learningtodowhatmattersmost/MichaelFullan.
p.cm.
Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.
ISBN978-0-470-58213-8(cloth),978-1-118-10657-0(ebk),978-1-118-10658-7(ebk),
978-1-118-10659-4(ebk)
1. Leadership. 2. Organizationalchange. I. Title.
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Contents
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
AbouttheAuthor xvii
CHAPTER ONE: Practice Drives Theory: Doing Is
theCrucibleofChange 1
CHAPTER TWO: Be Resolute: Act with Purpose
andEmpathy 27
CHAPTER THREE: MotivatetheMasses:
ExperiencingIsBelieving 49
CHAPTER FOUR: CollaboratetoCompete:
MultiplyCapacityandWin 87
CHAPTER FIVE: LearnConfidently:Change
RequiresConfidence(butTrueConfidence
RequiresHumility) 109
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CHAPTER SIX: Know Your Impact: Drowning in
Data,ThirstyforKnowledge 125
CHAPTER SEVEN: SustainSimplexity:
JustRightSimple 147
References 157
Index 165
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