Managing in Times of Change: 24 Tools for Managers, Individuals, and Teams (Mighty Managers Series) [Hardcover]

Michael Maginn (Author)

Book Description

Series: Mighty Managers Series | Publication Date: November 13, 2006

Take charge and lead your people successfully through any change initiative

When change affects an organization, leaders-from the top executive to line supervisors-need to demonstrate effective leadership skills as never before. This is critical to retaining and engaging talented employees so your business can implement new ideas and continue to satisfy your customers.

Managing in Times of Change shows how to help your workforce realize the benefits of change and flourish within their new environment and responsibilities. Twenty-four workplace-proven leadership lessons and tools provide you with a uniquely personal look at the impact of organizational change, detailing strategies to:

Understand natural reactions to change

Communicate and personify the benefits of change

Gather your assets and resources

Isolate and clarify areas of impact

Paint a consistent picture of the current change

Forge personal goals

Get team members involved

Squash the rumor mill

Empathize without always agreeing

Measure and celebrate progress

Improvise, adapt, adjust

Stand up for people if they are right

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(Michael D. Maginn/Managing in Times of Change/0-07-148436-1/Back Cover Copy)

Take charge and lead your people successfully through any change initiative

When change affects an organization, leaders-from the top executive to line supervisors-need to demonstrate effective leadership skills as never before. This is critical to retaining and engaging talented employees so your business can implement new ideas and continue to satisfy your customers.

Managing in Times of Change shows how to help your workforce realize the benefits of change and flourish within their new environment and responsibilities. Twenty-four workplace-proven leadership lessons and tools provide you with a uniquely personal look at the impact of organizational change, detailing strategies to:

Understand natural reactions to change

Communicate and personify the benefits of change

Gather your assets and resources

Isolate and clarify areas of impact

Paint a consistent picture of the current change

Forge personal goals

Get team members involved

Squash the rumor mill

Empathize without always agreeing

Measure and celebrate progress Stand up for people if they are right

[flap copy:]

You know that change is essential to your organization's survival. However, initiating it can breed instability, stress, and even anger in your workforce. Employees required to change how, where, and with whom they work can have difficulty seeing the benefits of a new situation.

Managing in Times of Change provides straight talk and actionable advice to help all leaders across your company-managers, teams, and individuals-understand and implement workplace change in order to strengthen themselves and the organization. Beginning with lessons for facing change head-on, this concise guide coaches you on leading your people by painting a clear picture of what is happening and focusing on desired results. Each page is packed with inside tips for enhancing leadership skills, including:

A three-step approach to managing change and helping others cope

Guidelines for personally refocusing and understanding how change affects you

Strategies for taking a team through the labyrinth of new relationships and processes while meeting goals

Productive ways to address individual reactions to change and turn personal negatives into positives

Empathetic yet authoritative methods for overcoming resistance and helping people get “unstuck”

When change affects your organization, you must communicate clearly and honestly in order to keep confusion and stress to a minimum and get everyone on board with the revamped company vision. Managing in Times of Change shows you how to construct a bridge from the old to the new practices and get your people successfully-and willingly-to the other side.

Michael D. Maginn, Ed.D., is President and CEO of Singularity Group, a leadership, sales, and management consultancy in Hamilton, Massachusetts. He is the author of Making Teams Work and Effective Teamwork.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (November 13, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071484361
• ISBN-13: 978-0071484367
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,219,619 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Swimming with the tides of change, April 26, 2005

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Octavian, Count Rofrano - See all my reviews

This review is from: Managing in Times of Change: 24 Tools for Managers, Individuals, and Teams (The McGraw-Hill Professional Education Series) (Paperback)

There is a great deal of advice about handling change in the workplace. What I especially liked about this book is how the ideas are broken into bite-sized, digestible chunks. The writing is down-to-earth, practical, helpful; the tone is one of friendly exhortation. This is a no-nonsense tactical manual for anyone leading (or simply experiencing) organizational change. Encouraging us to see change as opportunity rather than something to dread, it helps keep the reader buoyant with the tides of change.

3.0 out of 5 stars Good for a read every now and then or if searching for a help topic, February 11, 2007

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G. Williams - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Managing in Times of Change: 24 Tools for Managers, Individuals, and Teams (The McGraw-Hill Professional Education Series) (Paperback)

While the content of the book is valid its presentation and lack of continuous theme tying the points from one page to the next leaves the reader in a state of bewilderness. This book is put together as a collection of points as if they were published in a national newspaper over a series of editions.

The pages are a little busy, and the content on each page somewhat distracting, with a heading and subheading at the turn of every other page in addition to a quote (very well selected quotes) and the author continues to ask questions to the reader on each subsequent page - this would serve as a good checklist but not as a book to read in guidance of managing in times of change. In my opinion it wasn't a good read...more of a reference.

I think i was looking for a more complete read, with developing stories about implementing techniques for change. Maybe i have been spoiled by reading 'building successful teams' by Bill Butterworth prior to this.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very useful, January 26, 2007

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Cathy A. Rodgers "cathcath" (NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Managing in Times of Change: 24 Tools for Managers, Individuals, and Teams (Mighty Managers Series) (Hardcover)

This book helped me be more effective with my people. It is very easy to use.