The next step in this process is the most crucial. Since the leader has been clear and open
from the beginning, the community will not be surprised by the next phase; actually they will
expect it. It is at this point that the need for change is genuinely examined. The educational
leader’s authenticity will be most important during this time. Those practices that were
discovered to be ineffectual and/or archaic will have to be replaced. Here is where the
educational leader must focus his/her energies on the synthesis of the principles. “When faced
with such complexity, convening the appropriate people in the system and facilitating their
conversations and learning is called for” (Senge et al., 2000, p. 414).