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Michael Fullan, Order of Canada, is the former Dean of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, and Professor Emeritus of the University of Toronto. He is co-leader of the New Pedagogies for Deep Learning global initiative. Michael served as Premier Dalton McGuinty’s Special Policy Adviser in Ontario from 2003-2013. He received the Order of Canada (OC) in December 2012 and holds five honorary doctorates from universities around the world. His ‘interim autobiography,’ Surreal Change, covers his pre-Covid-19 era to 2018. Michael and his colleagues are now working diligently on field-based comprehensive system change in several countries. Under the umbrella of what they call the ‘humanity paradigm’ —equitable-equal deep change that integrates local (school and community), middle (district/regional), and centre (policy) entities. Michael’s latest books are: Spirit Work and the Science of Collaboration (with Mark Edwards, 2022), The Principal 2.0 (2023), The Drivers (with Joanne Quinn, 2023), and The New Meaning of Educational Change, 6th Edition (2025). For more information on books, articles, videos, podcasts please go to: www.michaelfullan.ca<em>“Leaders who know the ′skinny′ move people to achieve amazing results in a culture of shared ownership. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The appeal of </em>Motion Leadership <em>in our global quest to improve learning is that it cuts to the core of what 21st-century leadership is all about.”</em>
- Avis Glaze, Former Chief Student Achievement Officer of Ontario,
<em>“Fresh, lively, succinct. Whether you are just starting out as a new leader or are experienced at leading change, ′the skinny′ is a great read. </em>Motion Leadership <em>will help you lead complex change.”</em>
- Steve Munby, Chief Executive,
<em>"A great book—a classic Fullan. He gives us the skinny on how leaders can take aim at inertia and set large-scale change in motion. </em>Motion Leadership <em>follows rules of powerful simplicity and transparency. This book inspires and shows leaders how they can achieve even the most ambitious change goals. Readers will be compelled to take action from the first page on."</em>
- Milbrey McLauglin, David Jacks Professor of Education and Public Policy,
<em>‘Here’s a ‘Pearl and Dean’ trailer for a forthcoming multimedia presentation on the subtleties and urgencies of improving schools. All school leaders will want to have this easy-to-read skinny. If I were still a school system leader, I would buy a copy for every school, just as I did of Fullan’s original ‘</em>What’s woth fighting for..<em>’ and ′</em>Leading in a culture of Change′ <em>books. Fullan defies the odds and gets even better with age. Mind you, I can’t wait for the multi-media version of </em>Motion Leadership<em>."</em>
- Tim Brighouse, Former Commisssioner of London Schools, England,
<em>"Fullan has done it again. The book opens up new worlds for school and system leaders. A giant leap forward that has path-breaking implications for educational leadership and the difference it can make to student achievement."</em>
- Bill Hogarth, Director of Education,
<em>"A book that contains considerable information about the change process. Michael Fullan focuses on the skills needed to effectively lead complex change."</em>
- Justin B. Henry, Superintendent,
"Leaders who know the ′skinny′ move people to achieve amazing results in a culture of shared ownership. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The appeal of Motion Leadership in our global quest to improve learning is that it cuts to the core of what 21st-century leadership is all about."
—Avis Glaze, Former Chief Student Achievement Officer of Ontario
Founding CEO, Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat, Ontario, Canada
"Fresh, lively, succinct. Whether you are just starting out as a new leader or are experienced at leading change, this book is a great read. Motion Leadership will help you lead complex change."
—Steve Munby, Chief Executive
National College for Leadership of Schools and Children′s Services, Nottingham, United Kingdom
"A great book—a classic Fullan. He gives us the skinny on how leaders can take aim at inertia and set large-scale change in motion. Motion Leadership follows rules of powerful simplicity and transparency. This book inspires and shows leaders how they can achieve even the most ambitious change goals. Readers will be compelled to take action from the first page on."
—Milbrey McLauglin, David Jacks Professor of Education and Public Policy
Stanford University
Create positive motion in your organization by becoming savvy about change!
Michael Fullan, working with effective change leaders, provides the skinny on motion leadership, or how to "move" individuals, institutions, and whole systems forward. Cycling from practice to theory and back again, this easy-to-read book offers examples from Fullan′s global experience to help readers:
- Understand problems and work with change
- Mobilize peers to collaborate
- Specialize in capacity building
- Promote learning as the work of individuals and organizations
- Make progress and performance results transparent
- Earn trust by demonstrating integrity and competence
- Enable others to become motion leaders