Building Capacity for Change Sourcebook picks up where  other books leave off. Filled with practical advice on ways to build  commitment to change. Shows you how to avoid resistance before it  occurs. . . and how to get derailed projects back on track.    Its more than a book, its an entire system!    Filled with assessment tools. . . templates for planning  meetings. . . checklists of things you must remember. . . every tool  in the book can be copied and used without seeking  permission. . . periodic updates through a private site on the  Internet. . . all text included on CD-ROM at no additional cost.    Contents include: Chapter 1: How Change Works + The Cycle of Change +  How to Build Commitment for Major Change. Chapter 2:The Power of  Resistance + Why Resistance Matters + Working with All Levels Of  Resistance + How to Spot Resistance in Organizations + What to Avoid +  What to Avoid Assessment for Groups + Know When to Walk Away  Get. Chapter 3: Get Prepared + The Key to Turning Resistance into  Support + Where Are We on the Cycle? Assessment + How Are You  Contributing to the Problem? + 5/5 Stakeholder Analysis + Support for  Change Questionnaire + Change Management Skills Assessment + How to  Sustain Commitment to Change + What Tools to Use. Chapter 4: Involve  Others Early +Open Book Management 5. Build Strong Relationships + The  Marco Polo Approach + Know Me Game. Chapter 5: Tools You Can Use Today  + What If Scenarios + How to Create a Vision or Compelling Goal +  Guidelines for Holding a Meeting + Meeting Between Departments to Get  a Merger to Work + How to Present Your Idea to Senior Management +  Four Types of Questions to Ask During All Meetings (ICA) + Six  Thinking Hats (DeBono) + Technology of Participation (ICA). Chapter 6:  Major Tools That Get People Involved brief overview of + Real Time  Strategic Change + Future Search + Open Space Technology +  Appreciative Inquiry + The Conference Model. Chapter 7: Create Your  Own Change Strategies + Conditions for Change Assessment + Build  Commitment to Change Assessment. Chapter 8: Get Back On Track +  Workout + Dialogue + Meeting to Explore Why Implementation is Failing   Expectations Exchange + Determine the Levels of Resistance +  Focus Groups + Discuss the Undiscussibles (Argyris) + Using Index  Cards + What Individuals Can Do to Get Things Back on Track. Chapter  9: Resources

Building Capacity for Change Sourcebook

Maurer, Rick

INGRAM BOOK COMPANY

The most successful changes in organizations have one important thing in common - the people who have a stake in the outcome see the need to change. Our research also found as people’s understanding of a need for a change went down, the failure rate went up. Leaders of successful new initiatives - from mergers to reengineering to new software - made a compelling case to critical stakeholders before doing anything else. How did they do it? This book shows you what they did - and what you can do to make a compelling case for change in your organization. Failing to make a case often condemns the change to mediocre results or even outright failure. That can cost millions, not to mention the inestimable cost of lost opportunities and lost confidence in your leadership. Making a Compelling Case for Change shows you: ·How to get people to see why change is needed today. ·How to avoid the biggest pitfalls people make when trying to make their case. ·How to avoid resistance before it ever starts. ·How to combine information and emotion to make the strongest case for change. You could avoid major headaches and save hundreds of thousands of dollars on your next major project if you apply the ideas in this book.

Making a Compelling Case for Change

Rick Maurer

Feedback Toolkit: 16 Tools for Better Communication in the Workplace, Second Edition

This book provides expert guidance on using feedback as a performance improvement tool. It includes many simple tools readers can use to improve feedback in their work unit. The book suggests that feedback works best when the giver and receiver realize that they are in a dance together.

Business & Money

Business Culture

Productivity Press

Has someone (your boss perhaps) told you that you need to get the employees involved? Have you been newly promoted to a supervisory position overseeing those who used to be your peers? Do you feel caught in the middle? This book acknowledges the discomfort you may feel and helps you begin the journey to empowered participation in your workplace.

Caught in the Middle: A Leadership Guide for Partnership in the Workplace

Productivity Pr

. A fun book which reads quickly and is filled with interesting information you can apply immediately 
Reducing the communication barriers that are inherent to hierarchical organizations is vital to effective teamwork. Used well, feedback can motivate people to their highest level of performance. Rick Maurer's Feedback Toolkit provides managers with a very accessible and well-organized guide for creating and maintaining open and productive communication in the workplace. Detailing a systematic approach to enhancing communication throughout an organization, it provides sixteen practical and creative approaches for giving and receiving feedback. It covers how to maximize feedback from your boss, from peers, and from a coach, as well as feedback from questionnaires.

Feedback Toolkit: 16 Tools for Better Communication in the Workplace

Management & Leadership

Managers today are caught between old skills and new expectations. You're expected not only to improve quality and services, but also to get staff more involved. This stimulating book provides the inspiration and know-how to achieve these goals as it brings to light the rewards of establishing a real partnership with your staff. Includes self-assessment questionnaires.

Caught in the Middle -

Industries

Seizing Moments of Possibility focuses on ways to build strong support and forward momentum into your plans right from the beginning. Rick Maurer claims that too often the human side of change is an afterthought or an add-on to the "real" work. He believes this is a costly mistake -- and often avoidable. The book shows you how to identify those countless little moments during big projects that could turn dreary routine tasks into activities that actually engage people.\nYou can purchase the paperback as well as the audio book version here on Amazon. The e-book version is free and available on Rick's website: www.rickmaurer.com\n"Leaders and neither born nor made - they are forged, one moment of possibility at a time. In Rick Maurer's masterful book, you'll discover the secrets of what leaders DO to unlock energy and unleash potential in their people, their projects, and their profits. Get a copy for everyone on your team. Yes, it' that good." 
- David Newman, author of Do It! Marketing and Do It! Sales\n“Rick continues to be a thought-leader in the world of change management. He asks the “deeper questions” that lead to exploring and investigating the root issues which underlie the challenges we all encounter on a daily basis. Then he leads us through a thoughtful process to arrive at solutions and action steps to overcome the obstacles in our way.". 
Paul White, Ph.D., Co-author of the best-selling, The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace,(Sold 500,000+ copies, translated into 27 languages)\nThe book covers: Why is Lack of Energy so Deadly, and How Can You Avoid the Problems It Creates? Spotting Moments of Possibility Sharpening Your Focus Tweaking and Blending Energy into Existing Activities Putting Fresh Batteries into Your Plans Some Final Thoughts on Finding Even More Moments of PossibilityAnd the book includes nine Application Activities so that you and your team can begin applying these ideas right away.

Seizing Moments of Possibility: Ways to Trigger Energy and Forward Momentum on Your Ideas and Plans

Parzival Publishing

Focuses on the critical people element in reengineering and restructuring efforts.

Beyond the Wall of Resistance: Unconventional Strategies that Build Support for Change

Bard Press

Rick Maurer introduces you to a high integrity process that engages you and the other person in creating outcomes you both fully support. He shows you how to turn resistance into support and use 6 principles of engagement to help you persuade while you build the relationship and get your ideas put into action.

Why Don't You Want What I Want?: How to Win Support for Your Ideas without Hard Sell, Manipulation, or Power Plays

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Building Capacity for Change Sourcebook

Making a Compelling Case for Change

Feedback Toolkit: 16 Tools for Better Communication in the Workplace, Second Edition

Feedback Toolkit: 16 Tools for Better Communication in the Workplace, Second Edition

Caught in the Middle: A Leadership Guide for Partnership in the Workplace

Feedback Toolkit: 16 Tools for Better Communication in the Workplace

Caught in the Middle -

Seizing Moments of Possibility: Ways to Trigger Energy and Forward Momentum on Your Ideas and Plans

Beyond the Wall of Resistance: Unconventional Strategies that Build Support for Change

Why Don't You Want What I Want?: How to Win Support for Your Ideas without Hard Sell, Manipulation, or Power Plays