Change Management

Employees First, Customers Second

Vineet Nayar

From the CEO of the indian multinational HCL Technologies, a testimony on how releasing the pent-up energy in the organization is a key factor to effective change.  

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The Power of Positive Deviance: How Unlikely Innovators Solve the World's Toughest Problems

Richard Pascale, Jerry Sternin, Monique Sternin

A book that exposes the phenomenon of positive deviance and shows how to identify, then disseminate on a large scale, the atypical solutions that emerge spontaneously within working groups.

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Sustaining Change

Deborah Rowland, Malcolm Higgs

How can management practices influence change?

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Le changement sans fin (in french)

Olivier Vassal

A highly stimulating look at how change itself has changed over the past two decades.

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It Starts with One

J. Stewart Black, Hal B. Gregersen

A book recommended to all those who must manage change, or who want to change themselves.

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Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total Nonsense

Jeffrey Pfeffer, Robert Sutton

The authors reveal the potential harm of dangerous half-truths about managing people and organizations.

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Change Without Pain

Eric Abrahamson

The author suggests considering ""softer"" change practices, particularly what he calls ""creative recombination,"" as opposed to creative destruction.

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The Heart of Change

John P. Kotter, Dan S. Cohen

How to appeal to emotions in order to change behaviors successfully.

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The Change Monster

Jeanie Daniel Duck

This book is original in placing emphasis on the emotional and behavioral aspects of change, in addition to its organizational and strategic dimensions.

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The Art of Possibilility

Rosamund Stone Zander, Benjamin Zander

Based on their personal experiences, the authors, a family therapist and an orchestra conductor, demonstrate how a creative and positive attitude can facilitate change.

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