"...a must read for educational leaders and for scholars of educational change..." (Journal of Educational Change, June 2006)

"What a pleasure it is to read a book that discusses education and schooling within the context of the natural and human environment that shapes them.  In straightforward language, the authors teach us how to sustain educational renewal without sidestepping a powerful truth:  things left ill- or unattended deteriorate."
—John I. Goodlad, president, Institute for Educational Inquiry, Seattle, Washington

"This book makes a deep impression because it is both timely and powerful. Andy Hargreaves and Dean Fink write with clarity and passion about the need not only to develop leadership but to make it sustainable.  This is leadership for the long term not just the immediate, for all schools not just for some."
—Steve Munby, executive director, UK National College for School Leadership