Mary Townsend is The Implementation Coach a consultant serving schools and districts throughout California to improve leadership skills, organizational development and strategic planning.   These services can help you define and focus your goals, increase your skills to effectively implement change, and help establish an accountability culture in your district/school. It takes courage and skill to move an organization forward because you inevitably have to get people to change their practices and behaviors.  Every organization struggles with change, having a coach to work with you in accomplishing goals and establishing a culture of continuous improvement that can make the difference between wishing and achieving.