HBR's 10 Must Reads on Change Management (including featured article "Leading Change," by John P. Kotter)

by Harvard Business Review, John P. Kotter, W. Chan Kim, Renee A. Mauborgne

Overview

Most company's change initiatives fail. Yours don't have to.

If you read nothing else on change management, read these 10 articles (featuring "Leading Change," by John P. Kotter). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you spearhead change in your organization.

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Change Management will inspire you to:

Lead change through eight critical stages

Establish a sense of urgency

Overcome addiction to the status quo

Mobilize commitment

Silence naysayers

Minimize the pain of change

Concentrate resources

Motivate change when business is good

This collection of best-selling articles includes: featured article "Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail" by John P. Kotter, "Change Through Persuasion," "Leading Change When Business Is Good: An Interview with Samuel J. Palmisano," "Radical Change, the Quiet Way," "Tipping Point Leadership," "A Survival Guide for Leaders," "The Real Reason People Won't Change," "Cracking the Code of Change," "The Hard Side of Change Management," and "Why Change Programs Don't Produce Change."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781422158005
Publisher:	Harvard Business Review Press
Publication date:	03/08/2011
Series:	HBR's 10 Must Reads Series
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	121,790
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, 11 international licensed editions, books from Harvard Business Review Press, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review provides professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact.

Table of Contents

Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail John P. Kotter 1

Change Through Persuasion David A. Garvin Michael A. Roberto 17

Leading Change When Business Is Good: An Interview with Samuel J. Palmisano Paul Hemp Thomas A. Stewart 35

Radical Change, the Quiet Way Debra E. Meyerson 59

Tipping Point Leadership W. Chan Kim Renée Mauborgne 79

A Survival Guide for Leaders Ronald A. Heifetz Marty Linsky 99

The Real Reason People Won't Change Robert Kegan Lisa Laskow Lahey 119

Cracking the Code of Change Michael Beer Nitin Nohria 137

The Hard Side of Change Management Harold L. Sirkin Perry Keenan Alan Jackson 155

Why Change Programs Don't Produce Change Michael Beer Russell A. Eisenstat Bert Spector 177

About the Contributors 199

Index 201