RTA Book Corner Archive

Common Purpose: Strengthening Families and Neighborhoods to Rebuild America
By Lisabeth Schorr
(Anchor Books Doubleday, New York, 1997)

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The Power of a Positive No: How to Say No and Still Get to Yes
By William Ury
(Bantam Dell, New York, 2007)

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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
By Malcolm Gladwell
(New York: Little Brown and Company, 2000)

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Within Our Reach: Breaking the Cycle of Disadvantage
By Lisabeth Schorr
(Anchor Books Doubleday, New York, New York, 1988)

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Why Are So Many Minority Students in Special Education? Understanding Race and Disability in Schools
By Beth Harry and Janette Klingner
(Teachers College Press, 2006)

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Leaders should use their internal
and external networks to look into
the future to answer the question,
“what work should we be doing?”


Often the precursors to future conditions—be they financial, programmatic, customer satisfaction, or demographic—are laid or known early. A great leader moves these to the organization’s field of vision and
directs organizational change activities to meet these
future challenges.

tip for success

Time spent clearly stating the theory of change—why you are going about a project in a particular way, and how the research experience influences these decisions, can ground an initiative and help it avoid being pulled off course by the inevitable pull and push of the organizational demands.

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