DigitalRob reviewed Coherence by Michael Fullan
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3 stars
We are reading this as a guided book study for district leaders. The ideas in this book are excellent, and honestly, while our district has created initiatives on three of the four strategies at one time or another, we’ve never really had a “coherent” plan that included all of them. The four strategies being focused direction, collaborative cultures, deepening learning, and securing accountability.
I think the most troubling is securing accountability. I agree with the research that external punitive accountability is nearly never the tool that propels organizations forward despite being necessary on an individual basis at times. That said, we’ve never really created organizational accountability in our district, but it is nice to see things moving in that direction.
I rate this book a three of five stars simply because while the information, research, and stories are great, there are very few action item take-aways. This is my struggle …
We are reading this as a guided book study for district leaders. The ideas in this book are excellent, and honestly, while our district has created initiatives on three of the four strategies at one time or another, we’ve never really had a “coherent” plan that included all of them. The four strategies being focused direction, collaborative cultures, deepening learning, and securing accountability.
I think the most troubling is securing accountability. I agree with the research that external punitive accountability is nearly never the tool that propels organizations forward despite being necessary on an individual basis at times. That said, we’ve never really created organizational accountability in our district, but it is nice to see things moving in that direction.
I rate this book a three of five stars simply because while the information, research, and stories are great, there are very few action item take-aways. This is my struggle with the book study. We are doing a lot of theoretical discussion but not a lot of discussion about how to apply this information in our district. That said, maybe just starting with this information and the recognition of where we need to go is the work we need to be doing now.