Cultural Change and Leadership in Organizations : A Practical Guide to Successful Organizational Change.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boonstra, J. J. (Jaap J.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corporate culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2013.

Summary:

"There is some unique quality in the way Jaap Boonstra has succeeded in bringing together a very rich set of experiences and recreate them against a background of sound ideas and concepts. This book offers inspiration that turns into practical cues for those wanting to manage and change the subtle threads of organizational culture"-Alfons Sauquet, Dean of ESADE Business School.

Contents:

Intro

Cultural Change and Leadership in Organizations: A Practical Guide to Successful Organizational Change

Copyright

Contents

About the Author

Preface

Introduction

Stories and Inspirations to Guide Cultural Changes

Cultural Change is About Identity More than About Behavioural Change

Cultural Change Needs Deliberate Change Strategies and Ongoing Strategic Conversations

Leaders in Cultural Change Set an Example and Create Meaning

Choosing Meaningful and Interactive Interventions for Cultural Change

Specific Trajectories for Cultural Change in Organizations

Successful Cultural Change and Leadership

Further Exploration

Part 1 Cultural Change in Organizations

Essence of this Part

Structure of this Part

1 Perspectives on Organizational Cultures

Developments in Thinking about Organizational Cultures

Culture as the Identity of the Organization

Culture as a Source of Conflict and Renewal

Culture as a Learning Process

Culture and Customer Value Creation

Culture and Business Idea

Notes and References

2 Reasons for Strategic and Cultural Change

Surviving Crisis Situations

Strengthening Legitimate Position

International Expansion

Qualifying for the Future

Reinventing Business Propositions

Appreciating and Valuing Variety

Breakthrough Innovation

Maximizing Customer Value

Reasons for Cultural Change: An Overview

3 Conclusions of Cultural Change in Organizations

Do not Dare to Call it Cultural Change

Knowing your Meaning and Business Idea

Playing with Urgency and Ambition

Innovation and Expansion as Impulses for Strategic Renewal

Deep Change

Balancing Between Identity and Innovation

Change Starts with Standstill.

Discussing the Undiscussable and Playing with Differences

Trajectories for Cultural Change in Organizations

Part 2 Strategies for Cultural Change

4 Generating Energy for Change

Using Crisis as a Driver of Change

Creating a Sense of Urgency

Articulating Problems

Expressing Humiliation and Shame

Note and Reference

5 Envisioning

Building Common Ground

Clarifying Ambitions

Articulating Mission Statements

Expressing Levels of Change

6 Creating Commitment

Being There

Bridging Gaps and Distances

Building Leading Coalitions

Organizing Involvement

7 Focusing on Clients

Realizing Customer Value

Redesigning Business Processes

Achieving Horizontal Synergy

8 Combining Upwards and Downwards Initiatives

Generating Creativity for Renewal

Using Power to Force Change

Changing Players and Roles

9 Playing with Time, Space and Rhythm

Playing with Time and Rhythm

Reflecting and Learning

Creating Peace and Quiet

Offering Guidance and Space

10 Conclusions on Strategies for Cultural Change

Basic Principles for Cultural Change

No Single Best Way of Changing an Organizational Culture

Not Every Change Approach is Effective

Step-by-step Change Useful for Cultural Change

Building a Vital Coalition

Change Based on Own Qualities Without Consultants

Part 3 Organizational Culture and Leadership

11 Authentic Leadership

Creating Awareness of the Environment

Inquiring and Understanding Streams of Events

Crafting Self-Awareness and Social Awareness

Walking your Talking

12 Transformational Leadership.

Visioning the Future

Articulating Core Values

Building Vital Coalitions

Involving the Outside World

Organizing Teamwork

Appreciating Contrasting Perspectives

13 Meaningful Leadership

Initiating and Sense-Making

Setting Limits and Guiding Change

Giving Direction and Space

Telling Meaningful Stories

14 Appreciative Leadership

Appreciating the Best There is and Might Be

Valuing Differences

Building Trust

Introducing Fair Process

15 Learning Leadership

Experimenting and Learning

Visualizing Results and Sharing Successes

Learning from Mistakes

Sharing Experiences

16 Conclusions of Organizational Culture and Leadership

Leaders and Initiators

Direction and Space

Effective Leadership Styles for Cultural Change

Transformational Leadership

Meaningful Leadership

Authentic Leadership

Episodic Cultural Change and Gradual Cultural Development

Part 4 Interventions for Cultural Change

17 Power Interventions

Articulating Urgency

Setting Borders

Changing Social Networks

Appointing New People

Rewarding Behaviour

18 Structural and Instrumental Interventions

Intervening in Structure and Technology

Designing New Ways of Working

Life Cycle Management for Sustainability

Supporting Young Turks

Providing Risk Capital

Changing reward Systems

Developing monitoring systems

Presenting Facts and Figures

Formulating Rules of Conduct

Using Behaviour Programmes

19 Meaningful Interventions

Expressing Core Values

Visualizing Symbols

Fancying Artefacts

Imagining Futures

Storytelling and Sense-Making.

Introducing New Language

Communication All Round

Adopting Cases for Renewal

Appreciating Professional Knowledge

20 Conflict Interventions

Discussing Barriers

Mirroring Contradictions and Tensions

Regulating Conflicts

Mediation by Independent Parties

Speaking about the Unspeakable

Using Humour that Stimulates Renewal

21 Interactive Interventions

Getting to Know Each Other

Paying Attention to Action and Emotion

Developing Teams

Bridging Cultural Differences

Engaging Management in Conferences

Initiating Future Conferences

Organizing Search Conferences

Investing in Formal Participation

Supporting Appreciative Inquiry

Introducing Appraisal and Assessment

Using Monitor Systems

Mobilizing Networks

22 Learning Interventions

Creating Learning Environments

Investing in Leadership Development

Offering Workshops

Developing Communities of Practice

Activating Learning Circles

Initiating Twinning

Distributing Learning Experiences

Sharing Successes

23 Conclusions on Interventions for Cultural Change

Interactive Interventions for Deep Change

Meaningful Interventions to Guide Change

Structural Interventions to Reinvent Business Processes

Learning Interventions for Continuous Change

Power and Conflict Interventions to Make Space

Combining Interventions

Interventions and Change Strategies

Effective Intervention Mix

Choosing an Effective Intervention Mix

Part 5 Successful Cultural Change in Organizations

24 Trajectories for Cultural Change

Routes for Cultural Change

Strengthening Legitimate Position.

International Expansion

Inspiration to Change

25 Essentials of Cultural Change and Leadership in Organizations

Don't Dare Call It Culture

Principles and Success Factors for Cultural Change in Organizations

Organizational Culture and Leadership

Organizing Interactions and Sense-Making

Essentials of Cultural Change and Leadership in Organizations

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Boonstra, Jaap J. Cultural Change and Leadership in Organizations

ISBN:

9781118469286

OCLC:

827208381