Publisher: Volvo, 2006, 105 pages
Keywords: Change Management
This book is based on many years of working practically with various types of change processes in a range of industries and organisations. It is primarily intended for managers and their teams who are responsible for leading and implementing organisational changes and who want to balance and improve their ability to lead from a more human point of view. We hope to inspire you as a leader to work with your employees and thereby create greater awareness of and acceptance for the changes you are facing.
This can be accomplished by giving copies of this compendium to your team to be read and then selecting and completing some of the exercises at the back of this document. Most of these exercises could also be done successfully on a virtual level. We recommend a reflective reading approach, i.e. read small sections or one chapter at a time, reflect on what you have read, compare with your own experiences and, ideally, discuss this with your colleagues and employees.
Finally, this book is not only about change, it is about life! Good luck!
This book is based on a psychological approach in order to provide a better understanding of what motivates and gives energy to the change process. We use as our basis those concepts and theories that we have found valuable in our consultancy activities. These are then merged to create a practical foundation for our work. We ask questions and suggest exercises to help managers and their teams which we have found valuable when implementing changes. Our experience tells us that it is vital to establish a common language to clarify underlying forces and processes during periods of change to make the invisible visible and to realise the key difference between change and transformation. We hope this book will give you this language.