Douglas B. Reeves Quotes

#1. Sustainable change, after all, depends not upon compliance with external mandates or blind adherence to regulation, but rather upon the pursuit of the greater good.

Douglas B. Reeves

#2. One of the greatest inhibitions to the development of human potential is the aversion to effective practice.

Douglas B. Reeves

#3. In the best classrooms, grades are only one of many types of feedback provided to students.

Douglas B. Reeves

#4. The central challenge for educational systems around the world is the substitution of effectiveness for popularity.

Douglas B. Reeves

#5. Vision without implementation is counterproductive.

Douglas B. Reeves

#6. Deep and sustainable change ... requires changes in behavior among those who do not welcome the change.

Douglas B. Reeves

#7. Behavior precedes belief - that is, most people must engage in a behavior before they accept that it is beneficial; then they see the results, and then they believe that it is the right thing to do ... implementation precedes buy-in; it does not follow it.

Douglas B. Reeves

#8. Technology sometimes encourages people to confuse busyness with effectiveness.

Douglas B. Reeves

#9. Collaboration, it turns out, is not a gift from the gods but a skill that requires effort and practice.

Douglas B. Reeves