Making Change Happen One Person at a Time: Assessing Change Capacity within Your Organization - Hardcover

Bishop, Charles H., Jr.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0814405282 ISBN 13: 9780814405284

Publisher: Amacom Books, 2000

Synopsis

Change management is a high priority on every corporate agenda these days. But even the fattest budgets and the most brilliant strategies won't do the job if managers don't put the right people in the right positions.

This refreshingly different approach to change management is based on a simple and eye-opening premise: that organizational change happens one person at a time. Using the author's unique "personal change capacity" model, it shows managers how to identify and develop people according to their potential:

* A-players, who thrive in pivotal change positions * B-players, happy to provide support and take on some new challenges * C-players, solid performers, but not comfortable with change * D-players, whose resistance to change is so strong that the company may be better off without them.

Based on a proven, battle-tested process developed at major companies, this down-to-earth guide is enhanced by useful assessment forms and planning tools. It should be embraced by every manager and human resources professional charged with the messy but vital task of choosing the best people to making change happen.

About this title

About the Author:

Charles H. Bishop, Jr., Ph.D., (Glencoe, IL) is president of the consulting firm Chicago Change Partners, Inc., and a former senior HR executive at Quaker Oats, FedEx, NationsBank, and Baxter International.

From Booklist:

Overcoming resistance to change is a frequent topic in management literature, but writers tend to overlook the fact that people deal with change in different ways. Bishop, president of the consulting firm of Chicago Change Partners, has been a senior human resources executive at several major companies. He addresses head-on the varying ways in which individuals respond to and cope with change, identifying four categories of personal change capacity: those individuals who thrive on change, those who are happy to provide support and willing to accept some new challenges, those who perform well but are uncomfortable with change, and those "whose resistance to change is so strong that the company may be better off without them!" He describes five factors that must be considered in assessing an individual's capacity to change, advises on creating a profile for each individual, and shows how to determine overall group capacity for change and analyze weak links. Bishop also recommends the creation of a development and coaching plan and defines the roles of leaders at all levels of an organization. David Rouse
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About this edition

• Publisher: Amacom Books
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0814405282
• ISBN 13: 9780814405284
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 260