Leading business change for dummies - Christina Tangora Schlachter

Direct change expertly and lead your business to success

No matter where you look today, change is the one thing you can count on in business. This handy guide serves as the ultimate road map for integrating and consolidating a multitude of change initiatives. With tools for managing stress levels and advice on gathering and sharing information during times of transition,
Leading Business Change For Dummies
covers everything you need to know to achieve successful leadership.

• Be in charge of change
  get moving with ways to create a need for change, build a vision, develop your road map, and engage the rest of the leadership team


• Are we there yet?
  keep your eye on progress by measuring the commitment to change and using a change scorecard


• The bread and butter of change
  get a glimpse into how important communicating with and motivating employees is if you want to make change last


• Maintain momentum
  get over bumps in the road by empowering your organization to take responsibility for getting over any negative reactions toward change


• Thrive in chaos
  discover six types of change that require extra attention: team and organization change, restructuring change, mergers and acquisitions, technology change, cultural change, and complex change

Open the book and find:

• The nuts and bolts of laying a foundation for change


• Ways to make change stick through thick and thin


• How to create meaningful team and organizational change


• The 4–1–1 on communicating change


• Tips on organizing change during mergers and acquisitions


• The scoop on managing cultural change


• Ten principles of leading successful change

Learn to:

• Lead, manage, and respond to change in the workplace


• Prepare for organizational or structural change


• Manage employees' response to change