The Change Leader's Roadmap: How to Navigate Your Organization's Transformation (J-B US non-Franchise Leadership) (Paperback)

by Linda Ackerman Anderson (Author), Dean Anderson (Author) "MOST OFTEN, WHEN LEADERS DECIDE to mobilize a change effort, events are already underway and information has already been surfaced that affect what the leaders..." (more)
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"The authors combine their keen observations, sharp insights, and open hearts to produce towering works that will stand as lasting contributions to leadership and organization development. . . .[t]hey guide us along a path of personal discovery so that we may have the strength of spirit to risk the creation of more meaningful organizations." (Jim Kouzes, coauthor, The Leadership Challenge and Encouraging the Heart)

"Having a vision and direction for change is one thing, implementing vision is quite another. It's the implementation, stupid! Linda Ackerman Anderson and Dean Anderson have been there and have done it. This book about implementing the change process is an invaluable guide for how to do it." (W. Warner Burke, professor of psychology and education, Teachers College, Columbia University, and Senior Advisor, PricewaterhouseCoopers)

"A useful model with pragmatic guidelines and clear and explicit tools and techniques that will assist individuals and groups thinking through and effectively leading the process of change in their organizations." (John Carter, Ph. D., GIC Organization & Systems Development Center)

"...This is an excellent book..." (Professional Manager, November 2001)

"This book will help business leaders support the change initiative they require for their strategies." (Quality Progress, 12/01)

Product Description
Your roadmap to transforming an organization!

In this companion volume to Beyond Change Management, the authors provide you with specific how-to guidance for putting their breakthrough change theory into practice, offering detailed tools, techniques, and step-by-step processes. The Change Leader's Roadmap--part of The Practicing Organization Development Series--provides the most comprehensive guidance available today for building transformational change strategy and designing and implementing successful transformation. The book gives you an extensive thinking discipline that helps you tailor the most effective change strategy and process plan for your specific organization, showing how to prioritize, integrate, and consolidate the multitude of human and organizational change initiatives that are required to support future success. In addition, you'll learn about key change support infrastructures that enable the organization to function effectively while it is undergoing its change.

"A useful model with pragmatic guidelines and clear and explicit tools and techniques that will assist individuals and groups thinking through and effectively leading the process of change in their organizations."
--John Carter, Ph.D., GIC Organization & Systems Development Center

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Product Details

• Paperback: 344 pages
• Publisher: Pfeiffer; 1 edition (March 6, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787956406
• ISBN-13: 978-0787956400
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #158,277 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No fluff - provides a clear roadmap to implementing change, June 21, 2002

By	Mike Tarrani "www.tarrani.com" (Deltona, FL USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)    (COMMUNITY FORUM 04)

If you are involved in organizational change, including the introduction and rollout of new systems, steering company culture and/or reengineering this book is a gem. What sets it apart from other books on the subject is that it has no fluff - it jumps directly into what you need to do and how you need to do it to meet your change objectives.

What I like is the step-by-step approach that is process- and project-oriented. As a process the approach is provided as a change process model that meshes with the phases, activities and tasks that are required to effect the change. Each of these are explained as they are introduced in the book, and are summarized in the appendix. This makes it easy to quickly develop a work breakdown structure, determine resources and create a schedule using project management software.

I also like the way the authors sequence the activities and the thoroughness with which they examine details and provide advice, questionnaires and other useful information and tools to cut through the complexities of the change process.

Among the growing pile of books I have read on the subject this one is the most pragmatic and provides the clearest path to effectively planning for and implementing change.

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must for Your Change Tooklit, May 6, 2009

By	Dana Ruberto (RTP, NC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

These days corporate change or transformation is no longer a phase, it's a way of doing business. Many of us find ourselves steeped in change, often times without a clear picture of how to move forward. I'm always looking for great resources that help make the work of executing change easier. This is one of those books. Linda Ackerman lays out steps, tools and useful advice on how to get commitment and alignement, while using a proven approach to leading change.

I enjoyed the case studies, real-time tools and easy style of translating "consultant speak" into easy to execute methods.