Moral purpose, understanding change, developing relationships, fostering knowledge, and striving for coherence are the five components of leadership according to Michael Fullan. Leaders must have an explicit sense of moral purpose and use strategies to mobilize people to tackle problems. They must understand that change is complex and appreciate gradual implementation. Developing relationships through attention, recognition, and setting examples is important. Knowledge building occurs through learning in context over time. Leaders strive for coherence through tweaking approaches when clear solutions are not evident.

1. Leading In A Culture of Change
Michael Fullan

2. Leadership

3. Five Components of Leadership
Moral Purpose
Understanding Change
Develop Relationships
Foster Knowledge
Strive for Coherence

4. Moral Purpose
You simply can not be effective without behaving in a
morally purposeful way.
Leadership
have an explicit “making-a-difference” sense of purpose
use strategies that mobilizes many people to tackle tough problems
be held accountable by measured and debatable indicators of success
be ultimately assessed by the extent to which it awakens people’s intrinsic
commitment which is none others than the mobilizing of everyone’s sense of
moral purpose.

5. Understanding Change
The goal is not to innovate the most.
It is not enough to have the best ideas.
Appreciate the implementation of dip.
Redefine resistance.
Reculturing is the name of the game.
Never a checklist, always complexity

6. Application of Understanding Change
to School Life
Teamwork is best
Don’t try to have the best ideas
Small and steady
Be prepared for set backs
Be sensitive to the implementation of new
curriculum, schedules, expectations, etc.

7. Relationships
Setting clear standards
Expecting the best
Paying attention
Personalizing recognition
Celebration together
Set the examples
Effective leaders... combine intellectual brilliance with
emotional intelligence

8. Application of Relationships
to School Life
Building relationships using team building activities
Professional learning communities
Sharing leadership roles by rotating
Using staff to share about best practices
Survey staff on areas that need focus
Thank you notes
Developing a strong community support group
Attentive listening

9. Knowledge Building
When we are learning in context that knowledge
becomes specific and usable.
Effective leaders understand the value and role of
knowledge creation, they make it a priority and set
about establishing and reinforcing habits of
knowledge exchange among organizational members.
To do this they must create many mechanisms for
people to engage in this new behavior and to learn to
value it.

10. Application of Knowledge
Building in School Life
Professional learning communities
Intervisitations with peers in other schools
Principal monthly support groups/conferences
Grade level conferencing and lesson development
Video sharing and skype
Principal peer coaching

11. Coherence Making
In order to create linear ideas, path etc.: chaos needs to
appear
Self organization and strange attractors
When the situation is complex, effective leaders sometimes
tweak the status quo even when clear solutions are not
evident.
Requires a mind set that serves as a guide to day-to-day
organization development and performance.

12. Application of Coherence
Making in School Life
Supervisory walkthroughs
District institutes
Principal study groups
Individualized coaching

13. The Hare and
the Tortoise
More tortoise -like than hare -like because they involve
slow learning in context over time.
Slow knowing
Effective leaders listen attentively-you can almost hear
them listening.
Learning in context
Learn to lead by experiencing learning by other leaders

14. Other considerations...
Are we shaping the future as leaders or
preparing for a future?
How do we mobilize the collective
capacity to challenge difficult
circumstances?
What leadership can I produce in others?