This book describes the behaviors that cause individuals to succeed or fail in the face of organizational turmoil and tells how employees can use workplace change as an opportunity to learn and grow despite the turbulence around them. The book articulates three essential choices with respect to workplace change: to be a Victim who fights or takes flight, a Survivor who deals with change via political maneuvering, or to be a Navigator, one who finds ways to use the upheaval to become a stronger, wiser, more productive person. The book provides detailed guidance for getting out of Victim or Survivor mode and moving into Navigator mode. The final chapter contains checklists, worksheets, and exercises helpful to the reader who wishes to pinpoint sources of work stress and choose a productive response to it.
Richard McKnight (1947- ) grew up in Helena, MT and has lived for 30 years in Philadelphia, PA. He is a consultant who supports individuals and organizations as they make accelerated strategic change. For 30 years, he has worked with clients providing a variety of services in support of strategy execution. Those services include executive coaching, leadership development, strategic visioning, top team alignment, and organization design. He has a doctorate in organizational psychology from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA.
Dr. McKnight's work focuses on realigning internal functioning with the demands of the external marketplace. He is skilled in quickly enabling large numbers of employees to
understand and embrace a company's new strategy, in aligning work unit effort with the strategy, and in fostering cross-divisional collaboration.
Rick speaks and publishes on the topics of strategy implementation, leadership, and organizational change. He is the author of Victim, Survivor, or Navigator? Choosing a Response to Workplace Change and is completing a new book, Leading Strategy Execution, with Tom Kaney and Shannon Breuer.
web sites: richardmcknight.com and mkbpartners.com
