Mastering the Challenges of Leading Change: Inspire the People and Succeed Where Others Fail

Mastering the Challenges of Leading Change: Inspire the People and Succeed Where Others Fail Description

Mastering the Challenges of Leading Change by James Dallas is a practical, wise manual for successfully guiding the transition through change. This book is based on the author’s own experiences managing over 10 transformational and turnaround initiatives, 15 acquisition integrations, and 5 operations/quality shared services centers of excellence, as opposed to most change management books that present case studies about what happened at other companies.

This book offers a distinctive first-hand perspective on effective agents of change by recounting personal lessons learned, how they were later implemented, and how you might profit from them. You’ll discover the traits and abilities necessary to usher in the new paradigm as well as how to divide a sizable undertaking into manageable steps that are more likely to go according to plan.

Here’s what you will learn in this course:

Foreword xi

Acknowledgments xv

Introduction: It Ain’t Easy Being Green xvii

Part I Priorities 1

• 1 Set a Course for Change 3
• 2 Create the Core Team 23
• 3 Set Expectations and Decide Where to Start 39

Part II Politics 51

• 4 Become a Communicator 53
• 5 Craft Messaging That Motivates 67
• 6 Overcoming Resistance 78

Part III People 93

• 7 Reading Minds and Other Methods for Assessing Progress 95
• 8 Alignment and Group Dynamics 108
• 9 Master the Humble Art of Building Trust 120

Part IV Perseverance 137

• 10 Put Out Every Fire 139
• 11 Institutionalize and Leverage Change 153
• 12 Developing Talent as a Sponsor 169