Change Basics
This book incorporates a refreshing mix of models, theory, and research and cuts to the heart of the change quagmire with succinct information, proven tactics, and practical tools. If you want to know about change, why we need it, how it affects us and others, and what we can do to minimize the turbulence surrounding it, you need to read this book. --Dave Lanphear, Organizational Consultant, SHPR, General Casualty Insurance CompaniesFinally! Here's a single-source guide full of specific suggestions to guide trainers, organization development professionals, and change leaders through all aspects of understanding, managing, and leading a sucessful change initiative. This is a practical and ready-to-use toolbox whether you are training change leaders or developing a change plan for your own organization. It makes a complex topic so simple! --Carol A. Nielsen, Principal, Nielsen ConsultingDozens of books are published each year claiming to contain the information needed to successfully manage organizational change.Change Basicsdoes provide the key 'basic' information you need to succeed, but that is where the similarity ends. The book really moves beyond the basics by providing useful models to guide critical decision making during the change process, including a model and detailed actions for managing the emotional response to change. This book may have basic in the title, but it's far from a basics book. In the end, the greatest asset ofChange Basicsmay be the job it does of making the complex work of leading change, well, basic! --Heather D. Edwards, Leadership Development Specialist, Time Warner Cable, Wisconsin Division