Time for Change by Muhammad, Cruz Now a Bestseller

Bloomington, Ind. (October 25, 2019)—Time for Change: Four Essential Skills for Transformational School and District Leaders, by Anthony Muhammad and Luis F. Cruz, reached bestseller status in August of this year.

In the book, Muhammad and Cruz invite school and district leaders to develop the four essential skills of effective educational leaders: strong communication, the ability to build trust, the ability to increase the skills of those they lead and a results orientation.

“Occasionally, a book comes along that merges both theory and practice. Muhammad and Cruz’s Time for Change: Four Essential Skills for Transformational School and District Leaders is such a book,” said Robert Eaker, educational consultant and author. “They combine decades of leadership and change theory with the practical experience that comes from their own highly successful track record in leading both structural and cultural change in their own school settings.”

Muhammad and Cruz also share concrete tools and strategies that can prepare educators to lead their school toward lasting, meaningful and strategic change by:

• Developing an understanding of educational leadership and change management as skills that can be practiced and improved
• Considering three questions of transformational leadership—Why? Who? How?—and then Do!
• Learning about the technical and cultural dimensions of change and the ways in which both must be addressed
• Understanding the reasons behind resistance to change and how to manage it through effective leadership
• Synthesizing one’s skills as a school leader and utilizing them to effect strategic change

Time for Change is available to order at SolutionTree.com.

About the Authors
Anthony Muhammad, PhD, is a much sought-after consultant. A practitioner for nearly 20 years, he has served as a middle school teacher, assistant principal, and principal and as a high school principal. His Transforming School Culture approach explores the root causes of staff resistance to change.

Luis F. Cruz, PhD, is former principal of Baldwin Park High School, located east of Los Angeles, California. He has been a teacher and administrator at the elementary, middle and high school levels. Dr. Cruz presents on methods from the best-selling book Transforming School Culture by Anthony Muhammad.

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