Description
This innovative book is designed to drastically shorten the time needed to effectively implement change initiatives by helping readers understand both the behavioral and operational aspects of organizational change. The authors demonstrate how, through Action-Learning Teams, organizations can accomplish tangible business objectives while creating superior workforce development. They show leaders how to overcome resistance to change by involving critical stakeholders, including customers, suppliers, and cross-functional teams, in the design and deployment of change initiatives, resulting in drastically shortened time horizons for the successful implementation of changes.
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“Leading Organizations from the Inside Out is a great gift to leaders in all three sectors, leading the teams that could transform the enterprise. Action-Learning Teams and After-Action Review inspire language and action that can mobilize leaders and teams to build the viable, relevant, and successful organizations have the future.”
Francis Hesselbein, Chairman, Leader to Leader Institute
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“Leading Organizations from the Inside Out gives companies and their leaders critical tools and perspectives that enable them to deal with the fast pace of business in today’s world. It offers an especially effective way to initiate change and develop your people at the same time. Don’t just read this book…apply its principles.”
Bill Owens, President and CEO, Nortel Networks
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“I have had the opportunity to work with small and large organizations. It is amazing to me to see how small organizations work through tough cross-functional issues. In effect, small firms are Action-Learning Teams. Something happens to an organization as it matures. ALTS give way to traditional corporate hierarchy. Medium and large organizations would be well-served to read and adopt the practices outlined in Leading Organizations from the Inside Out. I know from experience that the practices outlined in this book can positively impact the culture of any organization.”
Steve Hooper, General Partner/Founder, Ignition Partners (Venture Fund)
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“Action learning and leading have come of age, thanks in no small part to the authors of this vital book. If the top military and commercial programs are using these concepts to break through traditional barriers, we should all sit up, take notes, and experience excellence in action.”
Ken Shelton, Editor of Leadership Excellence
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“Action-Learning Teams built on a foundation of trust, honesty and dedication to true excellence will soon become the hallmark of all successful organizations. The volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous leadership environment that we all face demands the speed, adaptability, and flexibility but these teams embody.”
Major General Robert Ivany, Retired, Former President, U.S. Army War College
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“Leading Organizations from the Inside Out is a must read as it clearly articulates solid, user-friendly processes for helping teams create strategic results. As an Executive Coach and former U.S. Navy Test Pilot and squadron commander, my experience is that concepts like Soft-Focus help leaders distinguish what is most important in the midst of complexity, overload and constant change.”
Linda Shafer-Vanaria, President, Enterprise Coaching of Carlsbad