Leadership For All

At ASCD's 2010 Annual Conference, education reform expert Michael Fullan gave a rousing presentation entitled "Leadership for All" in which shared his views on the characteristics of effective leadership during change.  The nine "best practices" offered by Fullan are:

• Relationships first
• Honor the implementation dip
• Beware of fat plans
• Behaviors before beliefs
• Communication during implementation is paramount
• Learn about implementation during implementation
• Excitement prior to implementation is fragile
• Take risks and learn
• It's okay to be assertive

To learn more about the presentation, visit the Ecology of Education blog at http://ecologyofeducation.net/wsite/?p=1805.