Product Description

Your Guide to Implementing the World's Bestselling Change Leadership Program

In 1996, John P. Kotter's Leading Change became a runaway bestseller, outlining an eight-step program for organizational change that was embraced by executives around the world. Then, Kotter and coauthor Dan Cohen's The Heart of Change introduced the revolutionary "see-feel-change" approach, which helped executives understand the crucial role of emotion in successful change efforts.

Now, The Heart of Change Field Guide provides leaders and managers tools, frameworks, and advice for bringing these breakthrough change methods to life within their own organizations. Written by Dan Cohen and with a foreword by John P. Kotter, the guide provides a practical framework for implementing each step in the change process, as well as a new three-phase approach to execution: creating a climate for change, engaging and enabling the whole organization, and implementing and sustaining change. Hands-on diagnostics-including a crucial "change readiness module"- reveal the dynamics that will help or hinder success at each phase of the change process. Both flexible and scaleable, the frameworks presented in this guide can be tailored for any size or type of change initiative.

Filled with practical tools, checklists, and expert commentary, this must-have guide translates the most powerful approaches available for creating successful change into concrete, actionable steps for you and your organization.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #23508 in Books
• Published on: 2005-11-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781591397755
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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About the Author
Dan Cohen is the coauthor, with John P. Kotter, of The Heart of Change, and a principal with Deloitte Consulting, LLC.

Customer Reviews

Winning Principles to Practical Tools!
The Heart of Change (2002), co-authored by Kotter and Cohen, hit a chord in the marketplace because it told stories that leaders could relate to (based on the eight steps of change) about project successes and failures. Cohen's Field Guide (2005) takes those winning principles and translates them into practical tools to help monitor and measure success along each step.

As a consultant, I use these principles and tools on a regular basis to help my clients achieve lasting change. The diagnostic tools for each step are a great way to identify barriers and risks so you can bust through those barriers and mitigate risks.

If your organization is undergoing significant change, this is a book that you MUST have not only in your library but on your desk for regular use.

Gives new meaning to the term "practical."
I was initially skeptical when this book was recommended by a coworker. But wow! The two most outstanding points are:
1.The change management insights to be gained from the real-life case studies. It's reassuring to know you're not alone in facing these challenges.
2. The dignostic tools are very helpful in identifying similar issues to be resolved in my company. Great not to be "insulted" by cookie-cutter solutions.
This is information and guidance that I can put to work immediately. Would recommend to any executive currently facing change management issues.

A must-read!
Dan S. Cohen's "The Heart of Change Field Guide" is a must-read call-to-action for managers, project managers, and anyone who wants to implement permanant, beneficial change in their lives and within their organizations or families. While the first book, "The Heart of Change," provides a framework and many success stories to get you motiviated, the "Field Guide" gives you the tools and coaching to implement what was taught.

The Field Guide contains many workbook sheets that are very useful. While the book is copyrighted, there is an e-mail address listed on the copyright page to ask for permission to duplicate the worksheets.