CHANGE-friendly LEADERSHIP: How to Transform Good Intentions into Great Performance

Winner of the Eric Hoffer Award Winner of the Independent Publishers Excellence Award Winner of the Axiom Business Book Award “This is a truly splendid book … highly relevant, tremendously insightful, remarkably accessible.” – Stephen M.R. Covey, bestselling author of The Speed of Trust How can you get people “on board” with your change effort so they’re part of the solution instead of part of the problem? How can you use resistance as a positive force that actually accelerates your desired change? CHANGE-friendly LEADERSHIP offers a step-by-step approach to transforming good intentions into great performance. You’ll learn how to: Turn skeptics into allies Forge a coalition of engaged sponsors Navigate organizational speed bumps Counter dirty tricks Enable your change to “stick the landing” Create a can-do culture that makes future change easier. You can do all that and more with CHANGE-friendly LEADERSHIP. Written by Rodger Dean Duncan, a seasoned leadership coach and change practitioner whose clients have included senior officers at top companies in multiple industries and cabinet officials in two White House administrations. If you like the works of Stephen Covey, John Kotter, Ken Blanchard, Dave Ulrich, Liz Wiseman, Simon Sinek and other experts in workplace issues, you’ll love CHANGE-friendly LEADERSHIP. “I find myself drawn to books which offer enlightened thinking on leadership that stand up to scrutiny from a practitioner’s point of view and can be put to work on Monday morning. This is one of those books. I highly recommend it.” – Douglas Conant, retired president & CEO of Campbell Soup Company, bestselling author of Touch Points “Leading through change is tough and, now as never before, necessary. Reading Rodger’s book is like having a favorite uncle–wise, funny, and (yes) friendly–to guide you.” – Erika Andersen, founder of Proteus International and bestselling author of Leading So People Will Follow “Rodger provides a user-friendly guide for employing timeless principles to influence people in a world of constant transition. This is one of the best books I’ve read in many years.” – Jack Canfield, co-creator of Chicken Soup for the Soul CHANGE-friendly LEADERSHIP is an indispensable guidebook in your work with tough issues, tough people, and tough changes.