Book description
Lead your team through today’s rapid changes
The only guarantee in business is change. All managers need to understand that they will either be buffeted by change or help shape it. Knowing how to do that is the real test of leadership in today’s organizational environments.
Manager’s Guide to Navigating Change provides methods for managing risks and ensuring the organization continues to move forward through turbulence created by both internal and external events.
Learn how to:
- Define what the future looks like and communicate your vision to your staff
- Make large-scale change sustainable by aligning your efforts and resources
- Align organizational and employee values, missions, and goals
- Leverage your resources to facilitate stakeholder buy-in
- Enact your plan and measure results as you go
Briefcase Books, written specifically for today’s busy manager, feature eye-catching icons, checklists, and sidebars to guide managers step-by-step through everyday workplace situations. Look for these innovative design features to help you navigate through each page:
Key Terms: Clear definitions of key terms and concepts
Smart Managing: Tactics and strategies for managing change
Tricks of the Trade: Tips for executing the tactics in the book
Mistake Proofing: Practical advice for minimizing the possibility of error
Caution: Warning signs for when things are about to go wrong
For Example: Examples of successful change-management tactics
Tools: Specific planning procedures, tactics, and hands-on techniques
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- A Briefcase Book Manager’s Guide to Navigating Change
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Faster, Easier Changes: The Business Case for Change Management
- 2. Organizational Change Starts with Individual Change
- 3. The Vision: Starting with the End in Mind
- 4. Creating Sustainable Change
- 5. The ASPIRE Framework for Change
- 6. Creating Awareness
- 7. Ensuring Understanding
- 8. Participating in the Change Process
- 9. Using Leverage to Ease the Effort
- 10. Measuring the Progress of Change
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11. The Secret Weapon: Governance
- Elements That Guide Governance
- Key Elements #1 and #2: Establish Objectives and Guiding Principles
- Key Element #3: Grant Authority and Responsibility in Relationships
- Key Element #4: Verify Performance
- Key Element #5: Institute Cohesive Policies and Procedures
- Key Element #6: Foster a Culture of Collaboration
- Manager’s Checklist for Chapter 11
- 12. What Is It Really Like to Create Change?
- Index
- About the Author
Product information
- Title: Manager's Guide to Navigating Change
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2012
- Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill
- ISBN: 9780071776141
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