Binding: Hardcover
Description: A Soundview Executive Summaries Best Business Book of 2014 and a Silver Medalist in the Axiom Business Book Awards! If there's one certainty in business today it's this: Change is coming your way. You have no choice in thematter. The choice you do have is either to embrace itor bury your head in the sand. In Choosing Change ASTD Chairman Walter Mc Farland and leadership executive coach Susan Goldsworthyoffer a proven new model for not just facing inevitable change - - but leveraging it as a tool for long - term success. The first step is personal: You must decide that you are going to change; only then can you lead change. From there the authors present the tactics and strategies you need to compete today. Organized into two thematic sections Choosing Change takes you step - by - step through the authors'dynamic model for leading any company to success. Part I explains how to apply the newest research findings in psychology neuroscience and executive development to implement change in yourself. Part II focuses on organizational theory management and organizational learning showing you how to integrate change into your organizational DN a. Each section makes the process easy to understand by breaking it down into the Five Ds: Disruption: An experience or event that triggers a conscious choice to change Desire: Committing to goals and deciding upon the change necessary to meet them Discipline: Consistently taking steps that build the momentum required for sustainable change Determination: Developing the resilience to focus and deliver even when faced with setbacks Development: Establishing a system for continuous improvement feedback and ongoing learning If you want to survive and flourish in today's businessworld you must be prepared to adapt to changingmarketplace circumstances. Sudden changes in markets society and the economy have ruined industryleadingcompanies overnight - - because they weren't change - focused. Don't be one of them. Lead yourself and your organization to the top - - and stay there - - by Choosing Change. Praise FOR Choosing Change:" The most essential talent for successful leaders will be having the capacity for conscious evolution changing themselves and their organizations for the better. Susan and Walt introduce a fascinating multidisciplinary approach for developing this capacity. If you aspire to be part of the solution this book can help big time!" - - Richard Olivier Artistic Director Olivier Mythodrama author of Inspirational Leadership" How do you respond to change and disruption? Ignore it? Resist it? React to it? Embrace it? Or create it? Choosing Change will help you find your choice point and when you see and use it you will quickly be able to escape the habits of the past and build for the future." - - Daniel Denison Professor of Management and Organization IMD Business School Chairman Denison Consulting LLC author of the Denison Organizational Culture Survey and the Denison Leadership Development Surveys" The only way to succeed today is to change before you need to. Goldsworthy and Mc Farland draw from over 60 of today's most successful leaders to create anunprecedented road map on exactly how to change before it's too late." - - Marshall Goldsmith author of the New York Times bestsellers MOJO and What Got You Here Won't Get You There Thinkers 50 Award Winner for Most - Influential Leadership Thinker in the World" An outstanding contribution to the literature on leadership and change. In fact their focus on both is unique. I recommend Choosing Change highly." - - Michael Watkins international bestselling author of The First 90 Days cofounder of Genesis Advisers Professor IMD Business School" Change. Or be changed. This amazing book takes a deep dive into helping leaders create new possibilities - - for themselves and for their entire organizations." - - Patrick Sweeney President of Caliper coauthor ofthe New York Times bestseller Succeed on Your Own Terms" There were good books about personal change and good books about organizational change. Choosing Change is a great book linking the two domains and giving you the tools you need to succeed on both fronts." - - Jean - Francois Manzoni Shell Chaired Professor of Human Resources and Organisational Development and Professor of Management Practice INSE AD author of the award - winning The Set - Up to Fail Syndrome Goldsworthy and Mc Farland's five principles make it easy to integrate change into your organization's DN a. The foundational knowledge in this book is critical for those who hope to successfully lead their organizations into the future. - - T+ D Magazine A must - read! - - People & Strategy
Title: Choosing Change: How Leaders And Organizations Drive Results One Person At A Time
Author(s): Goldsworthy Susan
Publisher: Mcgraw - Hill Education - Europe
Barcode: 9780071816243
Pages: 272 Pages, 30 Illustrations, Unspecified
Publication Date: 11/18/2013
Category: Management & Management Techniques