Download or read book Breakthrough IT Change Management written by Bennet Lientz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-02-18 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a *different* book on change management. Using commonsense and practical advice tested in their work with hundreds of organizations, the authors walk the reader through clear guidelines and checklists to implement change that works. Readers will develop a change management strategy that starts by diagnosing the current culture and organization, then prepares for change carefully, addresses resistance to change, develops the change strategy, measures results, builds momentum for further change, and prevents deterioration and reversion. The authors then apply their framework to two areas that are major targets for change management: implementing new technology and systems and implementing successful e-business strategies. Included throughout are real-world examples from a number of industries and government.

Download or read book Beyond Change Management written by Dean Anderson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2002-02-28 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transform your organization! To truly transform your organization, you must learn to transform your own mindset. Beyond Change Management-the only book specifically about the interaction of leadership style, mindset, and the change process-revolutionizes leaders' approach to transformational change. Shattering the myth that transformation can be managed, this book-part of the Practicing OD Series--offers you new directions and ways of thinking and behaving that are essential for successful change. Its unique approach brings organization development (OD) into the mainstream of leaders' approaches to change, expanding and integrating the fields of OD, leadership, change management, and consciousness. You'll also get: ready-to-use worksheets questionnaires guidelines "Powerful business solutions to the current chaos facing many organizations today. Dean Anderson and Linda Ackerman Anderson get to the heart of change, the human touch, by using timeless techniques and tools." --Ken Blanchard, coauthor, The One Minute Manager and Gung Ho! "The authors combine their keen observations, sharp insights, and open hearts to produce towering works that will stand as lasting contributions to leadership and organization development. . . .[t]hey guide us along a path of personal discovery so that we may have the strength of spirit to risk the creation of more meaningful organizations." --Jim Kouzes, coauthor, The Leadership Challenge and Encouraging the Hear

Download or read book Stacking the Deck written by David S. Pottruck and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Change is a constant, and leaders must do more than keep up—they must innovate and accelerate to succeed. Yet people are often unnerved by change. As a leader during a time of transformation, you may stand up before teams that are indifferent, or even hostile, and need to convince them that change is necessary and urgent. More than money, time, or resources, the ability to lead these people determines your ultimate success or failure. What does it take to be an effective change leader and increase the odds of success? Stacking the Deck offers a proven, practical approach for inspiring meaningful, lasting change across an organization. Stacking the Deck presents a nine-step course of action leaders can follow from the first realization that change is needed through all the steps of implementation, including assembling the right team of close advisors and getting the word out to the wider group. Based on Dave Pottruck's experiences leading change as CEO of Charles Schwab and later as chairman of CorpU and HighTower Advisors, these steps provide a guide to ensure that your change initiative and your team have the best possible shot at success. In addition, established business leaders who have led extraordinary change initiatives demonstrate the steps in action. These executives include eBay CEO John Donahoe, Wells Fargo former CEO Dick Kovacevich, Starbucks chief executive officer Howard Schultz, San Francisco Giants CEO Larry Baer, JetBlue CEO Dave Barger, Asurion CEO Steve Ellis, Pinkberry CEO Ron Graves, and Intel's President Renee James, among others. Leading an organization through major change—whether it's the introduction of a new product, an expansion to a new territory, or a difficult downsizing—is not for the faint of heart. While success is never guaranteed, the right leadership, process, and team make all the difference. For all leaders facing major change in their organizations, Stacking the Deck is an indispensable resource for putting the odds in your favor.

Download or read book If You Really Want to Change the World written by Henry Kressel and published by Harvard Business Review Press. This book was released on 2015-09-29 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create a world-changing venture. Silicon Valley’s latest trend for creating new ventures is based on trial and error: test market needs with new product concepts and a minimum amount of capital, expect that the product may not meet the market need, so fail fast and try another product with the hope that a product-market fit will eventually emerge. But this fail fast, step-and-pivot philosophy is like taking a random walk in the forest without a compass. If You Really Want to Change the World is about helping entrepreneurs find true north. Henry Kressel and Norman Winarsky—technologists, inventors, and investors with stellar track records—provide a guide for those who wish to create a market-leading company that will have a real impact: a disciplined and staged approach they have used to launch, invest in, and develop scores of highly successful companies. If You Really Want to Change the World leads entrepreneurs through the critical stages of venture development, from concept to acquisition or public offering to maintaining a rich culture of innovation in the company. It is a guide by innovators for innovators, with approaches that are practical and timeless. Drawing on the authors’ experiences as well as those of their partners from around the world, Kressel and Winarsky share the stories of their triumphs and misses, demonstrate their method in action, and inspire their readers in the process. There are more opportunities now than ever before to build breakthrough companies that touch millions of lives. If this is your goal, let this book be your guide to creating world-changing ventures.

Download or read book The Little Black Book of Change written by Paul Adams and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-12-11 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your go-to-guide to delivering effective and transformative change that lasts All too often, change efforts fail to deliver on their promise. However it is possible to turn an organization around quickly to create a new future — one where people think and behave differently and deliver extraordinary results together. Whether you are the chairman, a board director or an aspiring senior executive, The Little Black Book of Change provides a practical, concise and insightful guide to understanding your organization and inventing something extraordinary. It is not about ‘run of the mill' change programmes. It is about delivering extraordinary results — something that is not at all predictable. It will be your insight into creating significant shifts in the way people think and behave which can be applied in any area you wish; from improving service levels to cost reductions, innovation or increasing market share. Demystifies organisational transformation in 7 practical steps Based on real business case studies Grounded and accessible, rather than purely from theoretical models or processes The authors have 25 years' experience of implementing and facilitating transformations change Visit http://www.littleblackbookofchange.com/

Download or read book Business Systems Engineering written by Gregory H. Watson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1995-01-18 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to combining two powerful management techniques totransform any business organization into a masterpiece of businessefficiency. Lester Dean Thurow, Dean of MIT's Sloan School ofManagement, recently stated that benchmarking combined with processengineering will be the most important management technique of the1990s. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Gregory Watson describeshow top corporations worldwide have already successfullyimplemented that powerful cutting-edge technique--which he calls"business systems engineering"--to promote continuous improvement.More importantly, he clearly demonstrates how you can do the samein your organization. * Introduces business systems engineering, a dynamic new approachto rethinking and redesigning business processes to achievedramatic improvements in quality, cost, service, speed, andmore * Offers clear guidelines for using business systems engineeringtechniques to make your organization more dynamic, productive, andable to adapt to change in today's global marketplace * Incorporates key aspects of TQM, business process improvement,policy deployment, industrial engineering, teamwork, problemsolving, and information technology into one holistic system * Includes business systems engineering success stories, includingthose at Compaq, United Services Automobile Association andMotorola, as well as a survey of the effect of systems changeacross the global automobile industry

Download or read book Facilitating Breakthrough written by Adam Kahane and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making progress on complex, problematic situations requires a new approach to working together: transformative facilitation, a structured and creative process for removing the obstacles to fluid forward movement. It is becoming less straightforward for people to move forward together. They face increasing complexity and decreasing control. They need to work with more people from across more divides. In such situations, the most common ways of advancing—some people telling others what to do, or everyone just doing what they think they need to—aren't adequate. One better way is through facilitating. But the most common approaches to facilitating—bossy vertical directing from above or collegial horizontal accompanying from alongside—aren't adequate. They often leave the participants frustrated and yearning for breakthrough. This book describes a new approach: transformative facilitation. It doesn't choose either the bossy vertical or the collegial horizontal approach: it cycles back and forth between them. Rather than forcing or cajoling, the facilitator removes the obstacles that stand in the way of people contributing and connecting equitably. It enables people to bring their whole selves to the process. This book is for anyone who helps people work together to transform their situation, be it a professional facilitator, manager, consultant, coach, chairperson, organizer, mediator, stakeholder, or friend. It offers a broad and bold vision of the contribution that facilitation can make to helping people collaborate to make progress.

Download or read book Designing the Smart Organization written by Roland Deiser and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filling a gap in the literature, this book offers an innovative interdisciplinary approach to learning for corporate strategic development, linking the domains of strategy, organizational design, and learning. To demonstrate how this process drives the boundaries of the practice way beyond the established notion of simple training and management education, the book is filled with detailed case studies from leading global organizations, including Siemens, ABB, BASF, the US Army, PricewaterhouseCoopers, EADS, Novartis, and more. These studies reveal how large-scale corporations are using the power of dynamic corporate learning approaches to drive innovation, enhance cultural values, master post-merger integration, transform business models, enhance leadership culture, build technological expertise, foster strategic change processes, and ultimately increase bottom line results. For any company that wants to compete in the 21st century, Designing the Smart Organization offers inspiring perspectives for integrating corporate learning as a core business practice that will create sustainable strategic and organizational capabilities.

Download or read book Breakthrough Performance written by William R. Daniels and published by . This book was released on 1994-09 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is for the REAL MANAGERS at work - individual contributors - & their bosses who want to encourage them to be more pro-active. With flatter organizations demanding more speed & flexibility, EVERYONE MUST MANAGE THEMSELVES & THEIR PEERS. Personal & organizational survival is at stake. For over 22 years clients like Intel, Motorola, Levi Strauss & Co., Cisco Systems & Bristol-Meyers Squibb have relied on Bill Daniels' system to achieve & sustain ever-increasing levels of productivity. They use this book to: work successfully with the formal & informal power structures, develop a personal performance plan that focuses on key results, keep goals aligned with others, get into Breakthrough Systems (clear expectations, informal feedback systems & resource control), create a learning-rich environment. It also addresses that most vital skill of coordination: how to create real teamwork at meetings. Daniels' profound understanding of how organizations really work is shared in a practical, inviting text that offers readers a way to increase their value to their organizations. An easy read with a powerful message, each chapter has worksheets & guidelines that invite readers to take immediate action, either alone or in teams, one step at a time. Absolutely indispensable for anyone concerned about staying vital at work. To order: American Consulting & Training, Inc., 655 Redwood Highway, #395, Mill Valley, CA 94941; 415-388-6651; 800-995-6651; FAX: 415-388-6672.

Download or read book The Change Leader s Roadmap written by Linda Ackerman Anderson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-10-12 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is the most complete change methodology we have found anywhere." —Pete Fox, General Manager, Corporate Accounts, Microsoft US In these turbulent times, competent change leadership is a most coveted leadership skill, and savvy change consultants are becoming trusted participants at the board table. For both leaders and consultants, knowing how to navigate the complexities of organization transformation is fast becoming the key to a successful career. This second edition of the author?s landmark book is the king of all ?how-to? books on change. It provides a strategic overview of the author?s proven change process methodology, as well as pragmatic guidance and tools for each key step in a complex transformational change process. The Change Leader?s Roadmap is the most comprehensive guide available for building transformational change strategy and designing and implementing successful transformation. Based on thirty years of action research with Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, the military, and large non-profit global organizations. Outlines every key step in a transformational change process Provides worksheets, tools, case examples, and assessments that you can immediately apply to all types of change efforts Includes updated information on a wealth of topics including the critical path tasks and how to use the CLR to change minds and cultures The new edition also includes new activities, methods for building change capability, guiding principles for change, and advice for leading the human dynamics in change and creating an organizational vision. This book is specifically written for leaders, project managers, OD practitioners, change practitioners, and consultants seeking greater change results.

Download or read book Change the Culture Change the Game written by Roger Connors and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-06-26 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fully revised and updated installment from the bestselling author of The Oz Principle Series. Two-time New York Times bestselling authors Roger Connors and Tom Smith show how leaders can achieve record-breaking results by quickly and effectively shaping their organizational culture to capitalize on their greatest asset-their people. Change the Culture, Change the Game joins their classic book, The Oz Principle, and their recent bestseller, How Did That Happen?, to complete the most comprehensive series ever written on workplace accountability. Based on an earlier book, Journey to the Emerald City, this fully revised installment captures what the authors have learned while working with the hundreds of thousands of people on using organizational culture as a strategic advantage.

Download or read book Beyond Change Management written by Linda Ackerman Anderson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-10-26 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With this extensively upgraded second edition, Dean Anderson and Linda Ackerman Anderson solidify their status as the leading authorities on change leadership and organizational transformation. This is without question the most comprehensive approach for leaders who are serious about making change a strategic discipline." —Jim Kouzes, Author, The Leadership Challenge and The Truth About Leadership A comprehensive look at what it really takes to lead transformation successfully, written by two of the "masters of the craft." The author's best-selling first edition has been significantly updated to deliver critical insights about how leaders can achieve breakthrough results from transformational change, even in these challenging times. The book introduces conscious change leadership and provides insights about the critical human and change process dynamics that leaders must be aware of in order to succeed, and reveals why most leaders do not see these dynamics. Most importantly, it highlights the shift in worldview leaders must make to deliver greater success. The book outlines the author's highly successful "multi-dimensional, process approach" to transformation, addressing change at the organizational, team, relational, and personal levels. It thoroughly addresses leadership mindset and behavioral modeling, culture change, and large systems implementations, providing best practices developed over three decades of successful consulting to Fortune 500 executives. Written for executives and managers, OD consultants, change managers, project managers, and change consultants, this must read book provides the foundation for successful change leadership and consulting. Based on thirty years of action research with Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, the military, and large non-profit global organizations Provides worksheets, tools, case examples, and assessments that you can immediately apply to all types of change efforts Contrasts two vastly different leadership approaches to change, and reveals why only one works Provides solutions for turning employee resistance into commitment Outlines the common mistakes in change and how you can avoid them Reveals the differences between transformation and other types of change so you can build strategies that really get results Beyond Change Management advances the field of change leadership, and takes the concept of managing change in organizations to a whole new level. It is a must read for anyone wanting to stay abreast of advancements in the field. Together with its companion volume, The Change Leader’s Roadmap: How to Navigate Your Organization’s Transformation, these books can be used as texts in corporate or graduate school training programs and courses.

Download or read book Decide Deliver written by Marcia W. Blenko and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: -Identify your critical decisions. Focus on those that matter most to your company's performance. --

Download or read book Breakthrough Strategic IT and Process Planning written by Bennet P. Lientz and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2010 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pt. I. The planning approach. ch. 1. Introduction. ch. 2. Planning. ch. 3. Undertake effective communications -- pt. II. Information gathering and assessment. ch. 4. Analyze your past planning efforts; market the new planning. ch. 5. Collect information for the plan. ch. 6. Assess the business and IT environment. ch. 7. Determine alignment of IT and processes to the business -- pt. III. Develop the plan. ch. 8. Develop issues and opportunities for the plan. ch. 9. Define objectives and constraints. ch. 10. Create strategies and action items. ch. 11. Create strategic IT and process plans for business units. ch. 12. Build and market the plan and planning method -- pt. IV. Implement the plan. ch. 13. Perform strategic resource allocation. ch. 14. Implement the plan - short term. ch. 15. Implement the plan - long term. ch. 16. Measure planning results and update the plan. ch. 17. Conclusions and actions to take. ch. 18. Planning example - Irish farming organization

Download or read book Breakthrough Management written by Shoji Shiba and published by . This book was released on 2006-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today need for breakthrough often arises because of business globalization. This book describes principles, skills, and patterns for transformational leadership. The book also includes examples of companies that are struggling with and dealing with the effects of globalization. The book is for English-language readers not only in North America and western Europe but in all countries where there is rapid business change and development, as in Eastern Europe and Asia. We have included case studies from countries in Asia, Europe, and North America. Our target readers are people in companies that are trying to move into new business areas for whatever reason or that must compete on a large geographic scale -- nationally or internationally. Most specifically, we are writing for official leaders of companies as well as for change leaders within companies or other organizations who are trying for change and/or have the freedom to change. The methods we describe apply to all types of activities -- product or service, nonprofit or for-profit, charitable, religious, manufacturing, health care, and so forth.

Download or read book Managerial Breakthrough written by Joseph M. Juran and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1964 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Inclusion Breakthrough written by Frederick A. Miller and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2002-06-09 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Inclusion Breakthrough explains how to make diversity a central and profitable part of an organizations strategy for long-term success rather than merely a peripheral program. The authors, principals of a leading diversity consulting firm, present proven strategies for stimulating the creativity and productivity of any businesss greatest resource its people. Benefits to companies that have implemented these inclusion strategies are also described.