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Leading in a Culture of Change, 2nd Edition
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Leading in a Culture of Change, 2nd Edition

by Michael Fullan
January 2020
Beginner to intermediate
192 pages
3h 41m
English
Jossey-Bass
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Chapter SevenLeadership for Change

IN AESOP'S FABLE, THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE, THE hare is quick, clever, high on hubris, and a loser. The tortoise is slow and purposeful; it adapts to the terrain and is a winner. The lesson is very close to my own adage: “Go slow to go fast.” The beginning is very important. Going fast can miss context and fail to connect people to their issues and their potential. Too quick and you miss vital learning. Just right and you create accelerating momentum.

There is a difference in my model since the leaders are not exactly tortoise-like. In given change situations, if you lead effectively (as in a culture of change), you gain momentum as you go because more and more people are on board, and they have great specificity ...

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