A changing world. Changing organizations. And leaders are ultimately responsible for both introducing planned change, and building organizations that react quickly to changes in the external environment. Here are some recommended books to help leaders understand organizational change, and improve at leading in changing times.
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By Harry Woodward
- A practical, hands-on guide to helping employees through the often painful process of organizational change--whether from technological innovation, limited resources, or new management. Based on years of experience, this field-tested book will teach the crucial skills and strategies to help managers deal with their co-workers' reactions to change
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By Harry Woodward
- A number of the books on this page are books for thinkers. This is a book with an applied focus, as the title indicates. Includes case studies, dialogues, and step by step processes to help employees through corporate change. Recommended not only for managers and supervisors, but also for human resource personnel
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By Charles Handy
- Charles Handy has been described as one of the leading management thinkers in the U.K. A prolific writer, he has a number of books out, several of them on the issue of change in our workplaces.
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Highly recommended.
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By Rick Maurer
- A book written for managers to help them overcome employee resistance to change. Practical and applied, but helps build an understanding of resistance to change, something that affects all of us.
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By John P. Kotter
- Kotter's thesis is that strategies for change often fail in corporations because the changes do not alter behavior. He identifies the most common mistakes in effecting change, offering eight steps to overcoming obstacles. The eight-step process consists of establishing a sense of urgency by analyzing competition and identifying potential crises
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By William Bridges
- Business consultant William Bridges attacks an area of managing change that many not only avoid, but also do not even recognize--the human side of change. Directed at managers and employees in today's corporations, where change is necessary to revitalize and improve corporate performance, this book addresses the fact that it is people who have to carry out the change
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By Harry, Ph.D. Woodward, Mary Beckman Woodward
- This unique guide to surviving all phases of change concentrates on the human issues. Woodward, a consultant to clients such as IBM and The Mayo Clinic, offers a detailed management strategy, applicable to a variety of situations, that helps people work through change from its initial impact to its lasting consequences.
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By Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- No list of books on change would be complete without including the work of Rosabeth Moss Kanter. Not an easy or light-weight read, this is still a book I consider an essential in the change manager's library
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