Developing change leaders: the principles and practices of change leadership development

Change is a major business challenge. With the failure rate of change initiatives continuing at around 70% despite the number of books on the market addressing separately the topics of leadership and change management, authors Higgs and Aitken tackle the all-important question of how to develop effective change leaders in this ground-breaking new book. Developing Change Leaders providesthe detailed practical guidance, frameworks and tools that competing titles lack to help you address the challenges of change and develop your own interventions. With recent research showing that the behaviour of leaders in change has a significant impact on its likely success, the book helps you to assess your readiness for leading change and develop the necessary skills and approach to make change a success. Combining academic prowess and industry consultancy experience designing development programmes and coaching individual change leaders, Malcolm Higgs and Paul Aitken are the ideal experts to translate academictheory into managerial and human resource practice. Ideal for leaders in organizations faced with implementing change, those with roles advising organizations on leadership development, executive educators and the broader HR community, including those involved with supporting change initiatives or organizational development, Developing Change Leaders is also suitable as a change leadership resource for students on DBA and MBA courses. Based on the authors' real-life experience of designing development programmes and coaching individual change leaders to help you increase your skills without the need for expensive consultancy and training on change leadership Structured in three parts to provide a flexible resource that considers the contemporary context of change leadership, values and leadership culture, and broader organizational considerations which impact on the nature, development and impact measurement of change leadership capability Concludes with an overarching framework for use and adaptation by those responsible for developing change leaders

• ISBN: 978-0-7506-8377-7
• Editorial: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 256
• Fecha Publicación: 13/09/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés