Deep change : discovering the leader within / Robert E. Quinn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Quinn, Robert E.

Series:

Jossey-Bass business & management series.

Jossey-Bass business & management series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organizational change--Management.

Organizational change.

Leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass Publishers, c1996.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Don't let your company kill you!Open this book at your own risk. It contains ideas that may lead to a profound self-awakening. An introspective journey for those in the trenches of today's modern organizations, Deep Change is a survival manual for finding our own internal leadership power. By helping us learn new ways of thinking and behaving, it shows how we can transform ourselves from victims to powerful agents of change. And for anyone who yearns to be an internally driven leader, to motivate the people around them, and return to a satisfying work life, Deep Change holds the key.

Contents:

Deep Change; Contents; Preface; The Author; Part One: Deep Change or Slow Death; 1. Walking Naked into the Land of Uncertainty; 2. Confronting the Deep Change or Slow Death Dilemma; Part Two: Personal Change; 3. The Fear of Change; 4. The Heroic Journey; 5. Finding Vitality; 6. Breaking the Logic of Task Pursuit; 7. A New Perspective; 8. Confronting the Integrity Gap; 9. Build the Bridge as You Walk on It; Part Three: Changing the Organization; 10. Denying the Need for Change; 11. Finding the Source of the Trouble; 12. When Success is the Engine of Failure; 13. The Tyranny of Competence

14. The Internally Driven LeaderPart Four: Vision, Risk, and the Creation of Excellence; 15. Overcoming Resistance; 16. From Manager to Leader; 17. Why Risk is Necessary; 18. The Transformational Cycle; 19. Excellence is a Form of Deviance; 20. Confronting the Undiscussable; 21. A Vision from Within; 22. The Power of One; 23. The Power of Many; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9786612772894

9781282772892

1282772899

9780470545102

0470545100

9780585254272

0585254273

OCLC:

699474292