Practicing Organization Development: A Guide for Leading Change: A Third Edition

BENEFITS FOR EMPLOYING ID

On average, 75 percent of all change efforts in organizations fall significantly below desired expectations on the part of leaders. Research also indicates that two-thirds of employees in organizations undergoing change activities would choose not to become involved at all (Long, 2008, p. 32).

CEOs across the board state routinely that their companies are most challenged by:

• Attracting and retaining talented employees;

• Changing organizational culture and employee attitudes;

• Changing leadership and management behaviors; and

• Improving workforce performance.

We live in a highly matrixed world. There is no denying the interdependent ecosystem of earth and its people linking us inextricably to one another’s ...