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Managing Change with Personal Resilience: 21 Keys for Bouncing Back & Staying on Top in Turbulent Organizations

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FOREWORD by Daryl R. Conner

PART 1: ADAPTING TO CHANGE
1. Here Comes More Change
2. Why Change is So Challenging
3. Bouncing Back with Resilience
4. What is Your Change Quota?
5. Regaining Control
6. Anticipation is a Double-Edged Sword
7. Get Ready for Resistance
8. Are You Type-D or Type-O?

PART 2: SEVEN FACETS OF RESILIENCE
9. The Resilience Characteristics
10. Positive World View
11. Positive Self-Concept
12. Focused Sense of Purpose
13. Flexible Thinking
14. Social Flexibility
15. Organizing Ambiguity
16. Proactive Experimentation

PART 3: ENHANCING RESILIENCE
17. Developing Balance
18. Building a Resilience Development Plan
19. Resilient Teams
20. Working in a Nimble Organization
21. Living the Resilient Life

APPENDICES: Resilience Resources

This book provides the best explanation of the dynamics of individual change and the importance of resilience of any of the dozen books I have read on this topic. Although the title says it is about change in organizations, it is also relevant for anyone going through change in any part of their life. It's very readable with good explanations and examples.

This is a great "first read" on dealing with and managing change. As a manager in a large company, I spend a lot of my time helping my managers and department adapt to a never-ending onslaught of changes that we are experiencing.

We have all read this book to get a basic understanding of how change is affecting us, how we tend to view change, and the dynamics of change play out. The book is easy and enjoable to read and really focuses on the individual, as opposed to the whole organization. I would highly recommend it if you are going through changes in your organization.

This book gives a good overview of the how change affects you and what you can do to adapt to various changes in your life. It's based on solid research and the authors know what they are talking about.

Based on three decades of research - -

1. Learn Why Change is So Challenging.

2. Increase Awareness of Your Change Quota.

3. Discover the 7 Facets of Resilience.

4. Learn to Adapt with Agility.

5. Build Resilient Teams.

6. Thrive in a Nimble Organization.

7. 50 Ways to Enhance Your Resilience Now.

I got this book as a "mandatory" handout from my employer when we went through one of our many change initiatives. It is true: when upper management is desperate, they initiate a change initiative, i.e. change for the change's sake, because changes initially always have an impact and make the shareholders happy. The question is, how long does it last, and what is the ultimate goal of the change? One thing is sure, consultants hired as change champions make a good money with it.
Everybody who raises such sarcastic remarks as I do in in this review, is considered as "resistant to change" and faces a threat to further career development.
This book helps a lot to put things into the right perspective. It covers the need for change and also deals with the natural reservations we all have when we undergo changes in our environment. Thus, it is very helpful, but don't consider it as your single source about this topic.

Managing Change with Personal Resilience is a must read for anyone going through a change in their career, home, life, etc. The tools provided help understanding that the emotional cycle and management of it. I found this book very useful while relocating from the Midwestern to Southeastern region of the United States. Brett Vanderwater, MBA, CIA, CMA, CTP