Change Management Leadership

In this inspiring and practical guide for achieving better decision-making and management, Linda Tarr-Whelan shows how having women account for at least 30% of representation at decision-making tables marks the tipping point for positive organizational and societal change. And she offers listeners concrete tools and resources for reaching that target.

Imagine an everyday world in which the price of gasoline (and oil) continues to go up, and up, and up. Think about the immediate impact that would have on our lives. Of course, everybody already knows how about gasoline has affected our driving habits. People can't wait to junk their gas-guzzling SUVs for a new Prius. But there are more, not-so-obvious changes on the horizon that Chris Steiner tracks brilliantly in this provocative work.

The award-winning Picture Yourself a Leader explores how we often underestimate our influence on others. We fail to recognize the impact we have on people and their ability to thrive. The true challenges exist in the humanity underlying our efforts. We’re flawed human beings trying to be our best selves. We may follow the right steps and still see our efforts fall short.

Discover the key to successful organizational change with "You!—Make Organizational Change Successful" by Tim Moon. Directing change in a workplace can feel scary, but this book breaks it down into simple, actionable steps for everyone, from entry-level employees to top management. Through real-world examples and practical strategies, Moon empowers listeners to understand their role in driving and sustaining change within their organizations.

Companies need to grow, innovate, and adapt to changing needs. But stressed-out employees rarely go the extra mile, chaos rarely produces agility or speed, and it’s hard innovate or grow while bleeding talent to turnover and quiet quitting. This is how change stymies the very progress that it seeks. Drawing on decades spent leading HR operations at Deloitte and Cisco, Ashley Goodall explores the essential nature of human performance and offers a radical new alternative to the constant turbulence that defines corporate life.

As biological creatures, we are wired to respond to change, and our ability to do so has enabled our species to thrive. In Adaptagility, Derrick Mains leverages this essential insight, honed from nearly three decades as a leading operational consultant, to forge a unique approach to process, systems, and change. Derrick’s method not only focuses on the boardroom, but also tackles the instinctual barriers created by human evolution and biology that cause change to fail.

Change is everywhere and coming for us fast. This isn’t breaking news. Yet, despite knowing this -seeing the impact on our businesses and livelihoods - our human instinct is to resist. Instead of choosing change, we choose the status quo and ride it off a cliff. It needn’t be this way. What if we could see change as good?

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.

One of the nation's leading psychologists asks why today's corporate leaders desire but reject creative solutions - and finds some surprising conclusions.

Dynamic Reteaming shares real stories of how successful software companies have thrived through changing their teams as opposed to keeping them the same. Team change will happen whether we like it or not. People will come and go from our teams. Our companies might double in size or even get acquired. We can catalyze team change to reduce the risk of attrition, learning and career stagnation, and the development of knowledge silos. Dynamic Reteaming describes practices for effective reteaming as well as anti-patterns.

The rules of business are changing dramatically. The Aspen Institute’s Judy Samuelson describes the profound shifts in attitudes and mindsets that are redefining our notions of what constitutes business success.

Make Waves encourages listeners to step up and be the one to initiate change in their work and lives. Author Patti Johnson walks listeners through the tools and techniques that they can use to create change in their own situations. Johnson elaborates on these tools even further to give listeners a sense of how to encourage and instill these "wave-making" behaviors in others within their organization.

Todos los días organizaciones alrededor del mundo lanzan iniciativas de cambio, muchas veces de gran magnitud y con grandes gastos, destinadas a mejorar el statu quo. Sin embargo, entre el cincuenta y el setenta por ciento de esos esfuerzos por lograr un cambio fracasan. Unos pocos perecen de manera repentina, pero son muchos los que mueren con una muerte larga y dolorosa que agota los recursos, la energía y la moral de la organización. ¿Quién, o qué, está matando el cambio?

Change Management and Process Improvement are considered two separate disciplines. Change Management initiatives often originate in the human resources department, whereas Process Improvement plans may come from the quality engineering or the project management departments. These departments' agendas, knowledge, mindset, and resource competency differ. However, Change Management approaches and Process Improvement models have much in common.

This book offers listeners a practical framework for navigating life's inevitable turning points, thresholds and transitions—at work, at home and in between. Drawing upon more than a decade of research and work with established and emerging leaders across the globe, leadership consultant, Joan P. Ball invites you to reimagine your relationship with uncertainty and recognize the creative potential that exists in the messy middle between life's inevitable What Now? Moments and what comes next.

After the global pause in 2020, we returned to a world that feels faster, looser, and less structured–our professional boundaries have been erased, social and cultural norms are shifting rapidly, and at the same time, we're facing profound developments in artificial intelligence. We're facing more change more often, yet we're applying a mindset that is outdated and no longer fit-for-purpose. Adapt offers a fresh perspective. Andrea Clarke argues that rather than retreat from change or resist it, we must engage with it continuously and learn how to anticipate and shape it.

The world of work is changing at an unprecedented rate. At a time when constant innovation, agility and speed often mean the difference between success and failure, we can no longer afford to waste time navigating the complex bureaucracy present in most companies.... Number one New York Times best-selling author Keith Ferrazzi argues that in times like these the ability to lead without authority is the essential workplace competency.

Take a tour with the author inside more than 30 world-class facilities to experience the most remarkable innovations and highly sophisticated robotics and automation in action. Capture a front-row seat to top-brand, big-budget manufacturing in action with complex machines communicating with other machines. However, you can also learn from small-to-medium size manufacturers. Discover how some simple tried-and-true, old-school, low-budget manufacturing processes can be game-changers for industry.

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.

Today’s leaders often lack clarity and therefore the ability to execute, leaving their organizations mired in the status quo. Renowned leadership expert Mark Sanborn demystifies the essential elements of great leadership and provides a formula for leaders to achieve breakthrough success.