Leading Change Step-by-Step (PDF)

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.