Number of pages: 272
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, INC.
BBB Library: Leadership, Operations Management
ISBN: 9781118556559
If you have been charged with leading a change initiative, chances are you were chosen for the job—that is, you didn’t volunteer, but rather were tapped to lead or manage a large change project. You may have been given a short briefing and left to your own devices to succeed or fail in an uncertain, often threatening, environment. You may find yourself struggling to adapt your skill set to unfamiliar and anxiety-inducing conditions, conscious that your performance will affect your future career paths. Change with Confidence addresses some of the biggest questions that change leaders ask time and again, and provides advice to answer them well, and to enable successful, sustainable change. Whether you’re trying to figure it out, are in the planning stage, are actively managing or are working to make it stick, you’ll find guidance for a wide range of issues. Change is about people, a truth often forgotten by change leaders. To successfully manage a business change, you must successfully manage people through change.
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