Part 1. Creating conditions for change. Pull the weeds before you plant the flowers -- The personal change readiness assessment -- The organizational change readiness assessment -- Cultural change -- Confronting the myths of change leadership -- Part 2. Planning change. Leadership leverage: focusing on changes with the greatest results -- The right team: selecting teachers and administrators -- Building capacity with coaching -- Making strategic planning work -- Part 3. Implementing change. Closing the implementation gap -- The flywheel: getting short-term wins to sustain long-term change -- Building stakeholder support: academics and the arts -- Defining change: lessons from literacy -- Part 4. Sustaining change. Sustaining excellence -- Lessons across the globe -- Teacher leadership -- Epilogue: the risks and rewards of change.