Every day organizations around the world launch big, expensive change initiatives, yet 50 to 70 percent of these efforts fail. A few perish suddenly, but some continue to drain the organization’s resources, energy, and morale.
Who or What Is Killing Change?
That's what you'll find out in this witty whodunit. The story features a Columbo-style detective, Agent Mike McNally, who's investigating the murder of yet another change. One by one, Agent McNally interviews thirteen prime suspects, including a myopic leader named Victoria Vision, a chronically tardy manager named Ernest Urgency, an executive named Clair Communication, whose laryngitis makes communication all but impossible, and several other dubious characters.
The suspects are sure to sound familiar and you're bound to relate them to your own workplace. In the end, Agent McNally solves the case in a way that will inspire you to become an effective Change Agent in your own organization. A step-by-step guide at the back of the book shows you how to apply the story's lessons to the real world. Key questions will help you evaluate the health of your organization's change initiatives, and you'll learn best practices for enabling and sustaining the desired change.
"A most unique way of looking at change. What the world needs now is change that works."
~ Spencer Johnson, MD, author of Who Moved My Cheese?
Details:
Category: Managing organizations
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-177893-3
Publisher: William Morrow
Publication date: 2009
Edition description:
Pages: 160
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.53(d)
Also available in paperback and e-reader formats
Ken Blanchard, one of the most influential leadership experts in the world, is the coauthor of the iconic bestseller, The One Minute Manager, and more than 60 other books whose combined sales total more than 21 million copies. His groundbreaking works have been translated into more than 42 languages and in 2005 he was inducted into Amazon’s Hall of Fame as one of the top 25 bestselling authors of all time. He is also the cofounder with his wife, Margie, of The Ken Blanchard Companies® , an international management training and consulting firm in San Diego, California.
John Britt has provided change guidance to a number of large organizations over the last twenty years. He is a partner with Mountjoy and Bressler, LLP, where he continues to provide change leadership management consulting. He lives in Louisville, Kentucky.
Judd Hoekstra is one of The Ken Blanchard Companies' experts in leading change and coauthor of its Leading People Through Change program, as well as coauthor of Leading at a Higher Level. He also leads high-performing teams for some of Blanchard's strongest client partnerships.
Pat Zigarmi is a founding associate of The Ken Blanchard Companies, where she currently serves as vice president for business development. She is the coauthor of Leadership and the One Minute Manager and Leading at a Higher Level.