Organizational Change

The traditional hierarchical organization is dead, but what replaces it? Numerous new models - the agile organization, the networked organization, and holacracy, to name a few - have emerged, but leaders need to know what really works. How do you build an organization that is responsive to fast-changing markets? What kind of organization delivers both speed and scale, and how do you lead it? Arthur Yeung and Dave Ulrich provide leaders with a much-needed blueprint for reinventing the organization.

What’s the secret to business growth and innovation and a purpose-driven career in a world that is becoming vastly more complicated by the day? According to Marc Benioff, the answer is embracing a culture in which your values permeate everything you do. In Trailblazer, Benioff gives listeners a rare behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of one of the world’s most admired companies. He reveals how Salesforce’s core values - trust, customer success, innovation, and equality - and commitment to giving back have become the company’s greatest competitive advantage.

Eye of the Storm is a call to action for business and organizational leaders. Ray Williams cites problems such as relentless demands and extreme pressure placed on both leaders and workers, explaining the harm that recurring waves of job cuts and globalization do to the corporate structure as they lower loyalty and job satisfaction. But Williams doesn't just detail the problem--he presents steps on how to fix it. Arguing how leaders need to become more mindful and take steps to engage their employees in more meaningful work, he also lays out ways in which businesses can create environments ...

“An outstanding framework and powerful tools. A huge impact!" President, Kellogg’s The fast-moving, furiously-changing world of exponential digital technologies, seismic social changes, and global existential risks is demanding that every organization innovates with agility whilst still maintaining efficient management and predictable returns. Those that cannot unleash the potential of their people to transform products and processes as times change quickly become obsolete. This is why one S&P company is being replaced every two weeks; and why 50%-75% of the Fortune 500 are predicted to...

In a world where change is constant, The Art and Science of Organisational Change is your essential guide to navigating transformation with confidence and impact. This book blends practical methodologies, psychological insights, and leadership strategies to help organisations and individuals drive meaningful change.

The New York Times best-selling author examines how people can drive creative, moral and organisational progress - and how leaders can encourage originality in their organisations. How can we originate new ideas, policies and practices without risking it all? Adam Grant shows how to improve the world by championing novel ideas and values that go against the grain, battling conformity and bucking outdated traditions.

Unlock next-level leadership success with just 7 transformative essentials – even if you’ve struggled in your managerial role before. Are you overwhelmed by the challenges of navigating change, fostering diversity, and boosting team productivity? Struggling to balance personal leadership growth and managing a high-performing team? You're not alone. Many managers face these same hurdles. But what if you could turn these struggles into strategic steps toward impactful leadership?

AWARD-WINNING #1 BEST SELLING AUTHOR Jonathan H. Westover, PhD is the # 1 ranked HR, Innovation, and Future of Work Global Thought Leader & Influencer (Thinkers360) and ranked in the Top 30 in Management and Organizational Culture (Global Gurus). Consider how the nature of work has shifted over the past 50 years. With increased globalization, rapid technological advancement, and a shift in economic composition, the average jobs of today look very little like the average jobs 50 years ago. What will the jobs and organizations of tomorrow look like? Moreover, what does this all mean for ...

A powerful manifesto for CEOs and employees alike: Influential and award-winning business leader Margaret Heffernan reveals how organizations can build ideal workplace cultures and create seismic shifts by making deceptively small changes.

Unlock the secrets of effective decision-making with The Thoughtful Path, your guide to mastering the art of structured thinking. This enlightening eBook delves into the origins of the chain of thought, exploring its historical roots and defining its crucial role in decision-making processes. Learn how cognitive biases and heuristics can subtly influence your choices and discover how to break down complex problems systematically. In a world overflowing with information, figuring out how to prioritize and evaluate options can feel overwhelming. The Thoughtful Path offers practical tools and ...

This is a very practical book, written for graduate and undergraduate students, and anybody interested in understanding workplace culture as something that can be managed and changed. It includes several real-life case studies drawn from the author's personal experience as a corporate executive and management consultant, plus the academic background that supported the interventions that he led.It also includes, at the end of each chapter, a few practical questions for readers to reflect upon and to apply in practice as an exercise. These questions might serve as a suggested application to ...

Lead a winning team created on trust and success. Taking a page from Facebook, Eric Coryell has created a teamwork model that creates trust, success, and true accountability. How? By redefining your team's model to be customer-facing as opposed to reporting up! The strongest and most successful teams function through accountability and shared trust - two pillars that on paper, most teams claim to do but rarely accomplish when structured with traditional methods. With Eric's proven technique, you will see results and manage a team built on trust, shared success, and accountability.

In Go Together, workplace positivity expert Shola Richards suggests replacing divisiveness and incivility with a commitment to living, working, and leading together to positively change the world. Go Together begins with the story of an impactful keynote speech Richards gave at a conference on workplace civility and a powerful concept: Ubuntu. A transcendent African philosophy, Ubuntu represent the power of human connectedness, compassion, kindness, and togetherness. It was the central theme of his speech on that day, and it also serves as the central theme of this book.

The purpose of writing The Role of Resistance to Change in Church Sustainability in Harlem, New York, is to determine the role that resistance to change plays in ensuring that a church continues to survive in the face of the gentrification of the Harlem community.Chapter 1 details a ministry problem that prompted my interest in this project. It expounds upon the community and congregational contexts, hypothesis, scope of the problem, as well as the theological and theoretical foundations.Chapter 2 provides a literature review of works relevant to framing an understanding of the impact of ...

This book by Linda Hoopes, organizational psychologist and award-winning author of Prosilience: Building Your Resilience for a Turbulent World, will help you navigate the turbulent waters of organizational change with resilience. Distilled from decades of experience across organizations and industries, it provides a road map for understanding and building your resilience. * Learn why change is so challenging. * Increase awareness of your change quota. * Discover the 7 facets of resilience. * Learn to adapt with agility. * Build resilient teams. * Thrive in a nimble organization. * 50 ways ...

Black Faces in White Places is about "the game" - that is, the competitive world in which we all live and work. The audiobook offers 10 revolutionary strategies for playing, mastering, and changing the game for the current generation, while undertaking a wholesale redefinition of the rules for those who will follow. It is not only about shattering the old "glass ceiling" but also about examining the four dimensions of the contemporary black experience: identity, society, meritocracy, and opportunity.

You can own a beautiful home. You can own a vintage sports car. And a yacht. But none of these external things will ever change how you feel about life and yourself. The truth is we get frustrated and disappointed with life because we don’t focus on owning the right thing. Without knowing how to own and manage our inner world, there will always be something missing. You’ll still feel empty and unfulfilled.

You will never come across a business person who wishes for his or her business to end when he or she leaves. If an organization chooses not to embrace change, it will have no customers because people only buy things that meet their needs. For this reason, an organization needs to ensure that it stays ready for what is to come. The way to do this is to continually sharpen own tools by creating a learning environment so that own employees learn all business and change-related tricks to help them maneuver the business world.

Millions of Americans are struggling, and will struggle, to succeed in their white-collar careers given that they have grown up in a blue-collar background. Changing Collars is an enabling memoir focused upon helping millions of current and future blue-collar Americans succeed in their white-collar careers.

In today’s corporate environment it's essential that the people that you employ get along as a team. Professionalism in the workplace is one of the key factors for any business’s success. Throughout this book, the author gives you in-depth guidance, advice, and suggestions on how to turn your employees into a well-oiled team. One that is able to withstand the toughest of problems. Your employees are the backbone of your business. It’s critical that you invest in learning how to change organizational behavior to foster a positive environment.