Change Management Leadership

Executives are waking up to unprecedented levels of disruption. They’re facing new challenges from all angles that threaten the very viability of their organizations. Disruptions could be from more agile competitors, increased regulation, changes in consumer tastes or the ongoing development of new technologies. No matter what it is, you can expect change to be happening everywhere. Making New Mistakes is the go-to book for leaders looking for guidance on how to handle these disruptive events. It’s the guide that will prepare you for the next event, because it’s not if but when. Learn...

Sarcasm is so deliciously tempting, especially when there are so many possible things to skewer at work! Sarcasm is a higher-level intelligence function - you've got to be bright to do it well. However, there can be a huge perceptual cost to you for indulging in this behavior. We'll describe the price and suggest alternatives for using your intelligence that won't harm the way you're perceived.

When is the last time you visibly and boldly challenged the status quo? It might be a tough question to answer. Uncertainty about what’s on the other side of the familiar and comfortable stops many of us from taking action. And yet, we continue to stay stuck, unaware of our roadblocks, and without a meaningful way forward. What can be done? We must intentionally “invite change”.

A business memoir that explains Nortel Networks' demise. It is told from the perspective of Organization Development, by the former head of OD. In January of 2009, Nortel Networks, a hundred-year-old company with a market capitalization of over $200 Billion, that had peaked at $30 Billion in sales and employed over 100,000 people worldwide, declared bankruptcy! Unwilling to restructure, it liquidated its assets, bringing an astounding $8 Billion into the estate, mostly from the value of its intellectual property, its patents and products. Unfortunately, this money languishes in escrow, ...

The pharma industry, in response, has lunged towards digital transformations and omnichannel implementations, yet very little has improved as a result. In fact, it feels as though things have only gotten worse. The COVID pandemic has a lot to answer for, and the problems pharma faced as a result of the pandemic have only been compounded by this digital transformation. Many executives and field teams have found themselves lost amidst constant reorganisations, unsure how get back to the performance levels they had before.

Bali Padda is the operations maverick behind LEGO's remarkable turnaround from a business basket-case, struggling to deliver on its orders, to the biggest toy brand in the world. As Chief Operations Officer at LEGO, Bali overhauled the toy company by shaking up its operations and instilling essential business fundamentals. In Deliver What You Promise, Bali distils his methodology at LEGO into ten essential, fundamental lessons.

Our modern workforce is suffering. For too long, organizations and leaders have sought success through a focus on efficiency and productivity, and it’s costing us dearly. Workplaces have become toxic, and getting work done is a lot harder than it needs to be. Bullying and abuse has reached epidemic levels - along with high rates of burnout, turnover, and fatigue. Clearly, something needs to change. Leadership experts Debbie Cohen and Kate Roeske-Zummer chart a new path forward: one that brings humanity to the workplace through awareness, choice, and courage.

This audiobook provides compelling reasons why attention to gender diversity and inclusion (GDI) is critical at this particular time in our global economy. It clearly maps out the value proposition of GDI and takes the guess work out of how to take action right now. The stakes are high - both in terms of the bottom line and for our society - you need to know why. It will guide you on how to be the change, make the change-and leverage the change...into dollars. This is your opportunity to be the one to make a difference as an individual and as an organization. Lead the change!

In a world that's changing faster and more furiously than ever, the ability to shift focus is critical. Why is it that some organizations can continually evolve to meet the times and the marketplace, and others can't? How do some businesses recognize the right moment to shift, and others, ruefully, only after it's too late? Packed with insightful interviews, Shift Ahead offers a smart, calculated approach to knowing when to change course and how to pull it off.

Many new ways of changing organizations have become popular, replacing the old top-down change methods with methods that engage everyone in the organization. This is an extensively revised, updated, and expanded edition of one of the original and leading guides to the core principles that underlie all of these new change methods and make them successful. Over 25,000 of the original sold.

International author, coach, and consultant Bill Poole is concerned...concerned about the anger, apathy, and polarization that plague our communities, workplaces, and the world. It's become a world where respect gets no respect, and disrespect gets applauded and rewarded. This practical book is for the wise, capable leaders in our communities and organizations who are beyond frustrated with the unhealthy cultures and systems they can’t seem to change. If you are one of those leaders, consider this book your roadmap for transformational change.

The challenge to be a "future-fit" leader is as unrelenting as it is difficult. Leading in a Changing World is about the current and future challenges that leaders face. It explores the type of thinking, behaviour, and habits that leaders will need in order to successfully navigate the unfolding future. This completely updated and revised edition for the 2020s adds new insights gained from the work the authors have done with many leaders since they first published this book. It’s more practical, and picks up key issues that leaders are dealing with.

Transformation has everything to do with how we give of ourselves to one another and the difference that makes. It is about how we live together, work together, change together, and lead together. Part of this transition is the transformation of human purpose. Do we define ourselves by the roles that we serve in institutions? Or, do we define ourselves by the impact we seek to create?

Há pouco tempo seria inimaginável alguém entrar no carro de um completo estranho para ir até o trabalho ou viajar para outro país e se instalar na casa de um mero desconhecido. Hoje, porém, vivemos na chamada economia do compartilhamento, por meio da qual a vida diária é facilitada por aplicativos e sites que conectam necessidades a indivíduos capazes de atendê-las. Uma representação palpável dessa cultura são as upstarts, a nova geração de empresas de tecnologia que têm revolucionado o Vale do Silício.

When faced with the prospect of making major shifts, in both life and business, many people find themselves feeling intimidated or unprepared. It's easy to get comfortable in your current situation, and the idea of disrupting the status quo might make you think twice before speaking up. But, it doesn't have to be this way. Change is a part of life, whether you want it to be or not. With confidence in your own abilities and an understanding of the key practices and theories behind change, you can move mountains.

After years of sharing her small-business tips and marketing tricks with readers of her popular blog, ChunkOfChange.com, and her column in the Long Beach Post, Olga Mizrahi has taken her message to the streets, urging business owners to focus in while reaching out. You'll be excited and motivated to state your difference clearly to the world--and your neighborhood--while confidently selling yourself and your business.

Everyone has something to contribute to their organization, but new ideas and decisions so often come only from the top. Bureaucracy, tradition, and apathy slow down many organizations' ability to change, innovate, and grow. San Francisco entrepreneur and product manager Adam Braus studied traditional and recent methods of change and innovation and found a missing link in the way individuals and organizations think about change.

Starting with the publication of their seminal bestseller, Future Shock, Alvin and Heidi Toffler have given millions of listeners new ways to think about personal life in today’s high-speed world with its constantly changing, seemingly random impacts on our businesses, governments, families and daily lives. Now, writing with the same rare grasp and clarity that made their earlier books classics, the Tofflers turn their attention to the revolution in wealth now sweeping the planet. And once again, they provide a penetrating, coherent way to make sense of the seemingly senseless.

Today’s companies have fewer hierarchical layers. The nature of work is also more virtual, collaborative, and transparent than at any previous time. Information flows move every which way, shifting from top-down to all-in. And the workforce is forever altered, too. Sweeping changes in expectations across backgrounds, experiences, generations, and gender are challenging long-held, inflexible beliefs about the relationship between work and life—and the very meaning of success.

What every change leader needs to know. We are in a crisis! Eighty-five percent of the change initiatives in your organisation could be worthless...Throwing money at an unknown result. They aren't just accepting ambiguity; they are driving off a cliff, blindfolded, and hoping the car flies. But what if there was a better approach? Something a little...Simpler?...Easier? Valuable Change is a change leader's complete handbook to setting up, driving, and realising truly valuable change.