Getting change right : how leaders transform organizations from the inside out / Seth Kahan ; foreword by Bill George.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kahan, Seth.

Series:

The Jossey-Bass business & management series Extraordinary leadership

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organizational change.

Leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An innovative communication method for making change happen in any organization Getting Change Right presents a new view of leadership communication that says change doesn't flow top-down, bottom-up, or sideways, but inside-out. This is how change spreads through a complex system successfully-the other options are force or failure. Based on years of experience with organizations around the world, change expert Kahan presents a new model of communication, one that moves from a transactional view of information exchange to a collaborative construction of shared understanding. Whe

Contents:

Getting Change Right: How Leaders Transform Organizations from the Inside Out; Contents; List of Figures; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1: Creating Rapid Widespread Engagement; Chapter 2: Communicating So People Get It and Spread It; Chapter 3: Energizing Your Most Valuable Players; Chapter 4: Understanding the Territory of Change; Chapter 5: Accelerating Change Through Performance Communities; Chapter 6: Generating Dramatic Surges in Progress; Chapter 7: Breaking Through Logjams; Chapter 8: WorkLifeSuccess in the Midst of Change; Appendix A: Sample Strategic Engagement Plan

Appendix B: JumpStart StorytellingNotes; Acknowledgments; About the Author; 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:

9786612549151

9780470604052

0470604050

9781282549159

1282549154

9780470604045

0470604042

OCLC:

609861239