The work was designed to provide practical how-to instructions to develop leaders and engage in organizational change as a survival guide for executives and practitioners within organizations during crisis or growth modes. The editors provided in-depth models, assessments, tools, and other instruments that can be used for immediate application within a variety of organizational contexts and growth modes the most innovative and practical initiatives, research and practices for leadership development and organizational change from exciting and successful leaders are provided. Because this book contains actual forms, instruments, case studies, research, methods and guides for leadership development and organizational change, it may be used for implementing actual programs within organizations. In addition, it may be used as research for investors or analysts within investment banking firms who seek more in-depth information into the practices of its organizations. Featured companies: Agilent Technologies, Corning Incorporated, Emmis Communications, First Consulting Group, GE Capital, Honeywell, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Lockheed Martin, Mattel, MIT, Motorola, Praxair, and StorageTek.
Book Details:
- Author: Louis Carter
- ISBN: 9780470335130
- Year Published: 2005
- Pages: 512
- BISAC: BUS071000, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/Leadership
About the Book and Topic:
The work was designed to provide practical how-to instructions to develop leaders and engage in organizational change as a survival guide for executives and practitioners within organizations during crisis or growth modes. The editors provided in-depth models, assessments, tools, and other instruments that can be used for immediate application within a variety of organizational contexts and growth modes the most innovative and practical initiatives, research and practices for leadership development and organizational change from exciting and successful leaders are provided. Because this book contains actual forms, instruments, case studies, research, methods and guides for leadership development and organizational change, it may be used for implementing actual programs within organizations. In addition, it may be used as research for investors or analysts within investment banking firms who seek more in-depth information into the practices of its organizations. Featured companies: Agilent Technologies, Corning Incorporated, Emmis Communications, First Consulting Group, GE Capital, Honeywell, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Lockheed Martin, Mattel, MIT, Motorola, Praxair, and StorageTek.
The editors conducted a study of over 300 top organizations and their needs in organization change and leadership development. What they found was that there was an overwhelming need for leadership development and change as brought on by such factors as market decline (leading to such secondary consequences as layoffs, working harder for less pay, etc.), ethics and securities scandals, war, terrorism, lower morale, and increased stress in the workplace. This book was created to provide clear examples of how organizations have survived, thrived, and lead during market crisis. The companies that are provided within this book, along with their instruments, models, and tools for development and change form the basis of how the U.S. and Global Economy is reinventing and re-building itself from the depths of decline.
TOP ORGANIZATIONS. Organizations are changing constantly and HR managers and leaders must understand what is new in leadership development and organization change by seeing what the most successful organizations are doing. TONS OF TOOLS. This book shares the models, instruments, job aids, and prescriptive guidance that helped top companies successfully implement leadership development and bring about relevant and sustainable organization change. “GURU” EIDTORS. Ulrich, Goldsmith, and Carter are proven best-selling authors and have committed to promoting this book with their networks, presentations, and writings. FRESH. New innovations in product development, work team development, return on investment calculations, implementation of continuous assessment and evaluation metrics, self-expression workshops, integrating the whole system, and practical uses of post-modernism, and eastern philosophy to build consensus and shared understanding are among just a few of the many new innovations this book has to offer. THOROUGHLY RESEARCHED. Primary interviews and quantitative market research were conducted to illustrate the demand for the topic areas, choose best practice companies, and examine best practice trends and key factors affecting success. SIGNIFICANT. This book has both historical and practical importance. It provides a snapshot of the actions of our best organizations during a time in our economic and world history that will remain in our history books forever. And, it provides organizations that continue to struggle during upswings or downswings in the market economy, with practical evidence, research, tools, examples, training, and models. TIMELY. Over the past few years there has been a veritable explosion of interest in Leadership Development, particularly in light of the fact so many current leaders will be retiring in the next ten years.
About the Author
Dave Ulrich. Dave Ulrich has been ranked by Business Week as the #1 management educator. He has also been listed in Forbes as one of the “world’s top five” business coaches. And he received the George Petitpas Memorial Award from World Federation of Personnel Management for lifetime contributions to the human resource profession. He has published over 100 articles and book chapters. His books include: Competencies for the New HR, Why the Bottom Line ISN’T!, HR Scorecard, and Human Resource Champions. He resides in Michigan, where he is a professor at University of Michigan Business School. Marshall Goldsmith is a best-selling author and editor of fourteen books including Coaching for Leadership, and Leader of the Future. He is one of the world’s foremost authorities in helping leaders achieve positive, measurable change behavior. Marshall is a founding director of A4SLThe Alliance for Strategic Leadership, a consulting organization that includes over 100 top professionals in the field of leadership development. He was listed in Forbes magazine as one of five top executive coaches and in Human Resources magazine as one of the world’s leading HR consultants. He is a Wall Street Journal “top ten” executive educator. He lives in Rancho Santa Fe, CA. Louis Carter is the founder and president of Best Practice Board and Best Practice Publications, which provides services in the design, development, and management of best practice programs and publications in leadership and organization development. He is a leading authority in the field of best practices and program design in OD and leadership development and has written/edited five books on this subject. He resides in Waltham, MA.