Accelerating Change in Schools: Leading Rapid, Successful, and Complex Change Initiatives

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Reflections about leadership in higher education: A Chilean case

“…Finally, having preparation related to change theory and change management would have been very useful, because, in general, universities are institutions particularly resistant to change and leaders must constantly work with the prevailing academic culture that tends towards maintaining the status quo, because "we have always done it this way". Therefore, understanding change theory and processes, how people react to change, and how to ease individuals and groups through a change (usually fast-paced change) would have been extremely valuable knowledge (e.g., Burke, 2018;Dudar, Scott, & Scott, 2017;Hord, Rutherford, Huling-Austin, & Hall, 2006;Schwahn & Spady, 1998). Finally, given how busy and multi-faceted this role was, having strategies for better time management would have allowed for a better organization of my responsibilities and enabled me to be more productive and efficient.…”