Change Is the Rule: Practical Actions for Change: On Target, on Time, on Budget [Hardcover]

Winford E. Dutch Holland (Author), Dutch Holland (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2000

Consider the metaphor of a theater. One play is in performance, even as the company prepares for a new play simultaneously. Leaders who can focus, like the director of a play, on tangible, concrete features of their organizations, can make change happenon target, on time, on budget. Solutions to problems emerge from practical actions taken to revise and communicate the vision, and modify plant, equipment, tools, processes, worker agreements, and products or services. Developing detailed daily or weekly action plans puts effective changes into motion, as change expertise becomes as second nature as running the business.

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Offers entertaining and simple solutions that will help you move swiftly and efficiently through the growing pains of organizational change. -- Ken Blanchard, Coauthor, The One Minute Manager

What a great uncluttered roadmap for understanding, embracing, and leading change. -- Dr. Parl Hersey, Chairman, Center for Leadership Studies --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Readers of "Change is the Rule" will also want to see Holland's "Change Management Toolkit" the indispensable step by step guide to getting change done.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 245 pages
• Publisher: Dearborn Trade; illustrated edition edition (May 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0793136121
• ISBN-13: 978-0793136124
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,164,604 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Installing Change While Getting Work Out the Door, March 28, 2000

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Duke Rohe (Houston, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Change Is the Rule: Practical Actions for Change: On Target, on Time, on Budget (Hardcover)

This is a excellent book for those of us who have a need for change yet have little "breathing room" to make it happen. Its reading is clear, concise and lines out the essential steps necessary to get the most out of your change effort. This change model is applicable to any industry and any size effort. I'll certainly use it in my work.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not Theory - Reality of Change, April 27, 2000

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This review is from: Change Is the Rule: Practical Actions for Change: On Target, on Time, on Budget (Hardcover)

Dutch Holland is a unique kind of consultant in that his relationships to client companies is measured in years and even decades, as opposed to months. So what he shares here is based on the reality of what it has taken to make all kinds of organizations go through successful change - on-time, on-budget, and meet-the-goals. Since he's a great teacher and leader, Dutch has been able to find the right metaphor to make all the change essentials clear as day to everyone involved. If you buy only one book to help you understand the change process, to get a clear picture of a leader's role in that process, and to erase any and all efforts at self-delusion, this is the book for you and every manager in your organization.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Practical Change Management Book, June 14, 2001

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Reardon Smith (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Change Is the Rule: Practical Actions for Change: On Target, on Time, on Budget (Hardcover)

In this excellent "how-to" book on Change Management, Dutch Holland presents one of the most practical, down to earth and useful books on Change Management that I have seen. He correctly assumes up-front that we are all adults, and can make choices, and can handle a whole lot more change in the workplace than some would give us credit for. He avoids the pseudo-psychiatry and touchy-feely stuff that all too often is included in books on managing change in the workplace. He approaches a desired change as an engineering development project, and leads the reader step by step through the process - much like any development project. It is hard work, but it ain't brain surgery. And one of the best features of the book is the use of a theatre company as a metaphor for change in the workplace (or at home come to that). The idea is that a theatre company epitomizes the ultimate mastery of change in that they willingly and routinely change completely - they change the play. The parallels with what a change at work entails are excellently presented and very insightful. The metaphor works very well and is a worth the price of the book by itself. He concludes with some worthwhile thoughts about how you manage the current business while at the same time managing the change. I thoroughly recommend this practical guide to anyone who is interested in taking charge of the process of change in their office/factory - or in their life.