Introduction Leadership is important for an organization to succeed in achieving its objectives. In education, leadership is necessary in steering both learners and staff towards achieving specific academic goals. In this sector, leadership is necessary in order to bring order among students, and motivation among staff. This will help in ensuring that when new policies are developed, all the relevant stakeholders will be able to accept this change with a positive attitude (Evers & Lakomski, 2000). Change is one of the most important factors that an organization must take into consideration when drawing its strategic goals and objectives. This is because education in itself involves change among the learners (Ajzen, 2007). The learning process involves imparting new ideas to the learners so that they may have a new and better perception to life. In a learning environment, change is inevitable, and the concerned leaders must always find a way of making it acceptable to stakeholders, especially learners. This research focuses on the effect of planned change within a school setting using management and change theories. Discussion Change has always been considered as a factor that cannot be avoided within an organization. According to Stephenson and Yorke (1998), it is important to note that positive change is the main ingredient that has made some of the leading firms in the world to be very successful. In a learning environment, change is always viewed from two perspectives. The first perspective is always on the teaching and non-teaching staff that is responsible in ensuring that an enabling learning environment is created within the learning institution. The second focus on change within a firm is on the learners. These two groups should be given two approaches when implementing change policies. Cultivating Change among the Staff When managing change among the teaching and non-teaching staff, care should always be taken to ensure that the approach used to bring change is that which is easily acceptable to them (McCarthy, 2010). It is important that the relevant leaders avoid scenarios where the staff would feel that this change is meant to demean them other than to make a positive step towards success of the institution. This would mean that the leader must employ elements of transformational leadership in order to achieve this. As Williams (2002) observes, it takes a transformational leader to ensure that employees embrace change without developing unnecessary resistance that may affect the organization negatively. Some of the most appropriate models that a leader should use when bringing change among staff are discussed below. Total Quality Management Total quality management is one of the models that can be used by leaders to ensure that the staff embraces change in their places of work. According to Armitage (2004), total quality management involves a planned change management with a sharp focus on quality of products offered to the customer. This theory emphasizes on the need to plan. The focus starts with understanding the needs of the customers and end with customer satisfaction (Kia, 1998). In an education system, the staff must realize that their customers who need satisfaction are the learners. The figure below shows the activities involved when implementing total qual