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This article looks at high-performing education
systems in Asia through the lens of leadership and leadership
development. It proposes that the top-performing
education systems systematically build the leadership
capacity for improvement and that this is part of an
implementation science geared to maximizing performance.
Drawing upon initial findings from a cross-national
comparative study (The 7 System Leadership Study is
funded by the University of Malaya and involves Malaysia,
Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Russia, England and
Australia.), the article focuses upon two high-performing
systems in Asia, Singapore, and Hong Kong. The article
concludes by arguing that the top performing systems in
Asia, as determined by international comparative data, not
only create the leadership capacity to consistently outperform
others but also invest in an implementation science
that defines, delineates and ultimately, determines exceptional
performance