Organizational Change

From Changing Times

Articles on Organizational Change

A Different Way of Being Smart

Hard Times Call for Hands On, Heads In

How Leaders Drive Change

Learning to Think and Work Like Net-centric Generation Y

Once Upon A Time…(How to Use Storytelling to get People Enthusiastic about a Major Change)

Push Yourself to Breakthrough Thinking

Talk About What’s Important

What is the Best Advice You Ever Got?

What Is Working Around Here? Positive Image. Positive Energy. Positive Action.

Books on Organizational Change

The Heart of Change: Real-Life Stories of How People Change Their Organizations by John P. Kotter and Dan S. Cohen. How to go beyond getting the message across to change behavior.

The Change Monster: The Human Forces that Fuel or Foil Corporate Transformation and Change by Jeanie Daniel Duck. A tool for coping with changes of business and life.

Best Practices in Organization Development and Change edited by Louis Carter, David Giber, and Marshall Goldsmith. Resources for ideas and strategies for successful organization and human resource programs.

Appreciative Inquiry: Change at the Speed of Imagination by Jane Magruder Watkins and Bernard J. Mohr. A guide to Appreciative Inquiry for leaders.

Managing Change and Transition by Harvard Business School Press. Advice and tools for controlling stress and sharing information during transition.

Inevitable Surprises: Thinking Ahead in a Time of Turbulence by Peter Schwartz. A look at forces that are reshaping our world and how to plan ahead.

Change Without Pain: How Managers Can Overcome Initiative Overload, Organizational Chaos, and Employee Burnout by Eric Abrahamson. A new approach to change by reconfiguring the culture, structures, and networks the company already has in place.

Leading Change by John P. Kotter. An eight step process to achieve change goals and understanding how people derail from the objectives.

Learning to Change: A Guide for Organizational Change Agents by Leon De Caluwe and Hans Vermaak. Overview of organizational change theories and practices and how to implement them.