Leading in a Culture of Change - 2nd Edition by Michael Fullan (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Good leadership is not innate. One must learn to lead by mastering five core competencies -- attending to moral purpose, understanding the change process, building relationships, sharing knowledge, and creating coherence in their organizations. The second edition of Leading in a Culture of Change, will contain new case examples of developing and applying the core concepts in practice. Readers will learn what success looks like and how to lead organizations to success using the core concepts. This edition will define the core concepts with greater precision and depth along with concrete examples from the present. Business, nonprofit, and public sector leaders are facing new and daunting challenges -- rapid-paced developments in technology, sudden shifts in the marketplace, and crisis and contention in the public arena. This book provides insights into the dynamics of change and the role of leadership in managing and coping with the change process. Leadership today requires the ability to mobilize constituents to do important but difficult work under conditions of constant change, overload, and fragmentation. This book shows leaders how they can effectively accomplish their goals -- by attending to their broader moral purpose, keeping on top of the change process, cultivating relationships, sharing knowledge, and setting a vision and context for creating coherence in their organization"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>The new edition of the best-selling guide for powerful, morally-grounded change leadership in any organization. </b></p> <p>Change is an inevitable, essential part of the modern world. Change prevents stagnation, fosters creative solutions, and propels innovation. With change comes challenges: to survive and prosper, organizations need to adapt to shifting market dynamics, volatility in the public arena, disruptions brought on by new technologies, and many more. Leaders need to understand the dynamics of change to cope with the complexities of the change process. <i>Leading in a Culture of Change </i>describes the key dimensions of leadership that are crucial in times of change. This innovative guide helps readers master the five components of change leadership--moral purpose, understanding change, building relationships, creating and sharing knowledge, and creating coherence--and mobilize others to accomplish shared goals in often difficult conditions.</p> <p>Extensively revised and updated throughout, this market-leading book continues to help leaders from across sectors understand the dynamics of change and navigate the end-to-end change process. The second edition is now thoroughly grounded in the various forms and interpretations of successful change and includes more precise definitions of the core competencies of change, contemporary case studies of their development and practical application, and increased guidance on their effective use through new concrete examples. Combining knowledge from the worlds of education and business, this unique book will help you: </p> <ul> <li>Integrate proven, time-tested methods of education reform and the most current insights in leadership and organizational change</li> <li>Develop and implement positive, sustained systematic change strategies in any organization</li> <li>Increase performance, optimize learning, and improve leadership</li> <li>Understand the key principles of leading change through specific, real-world examples</li> <li>Embrace a morally-grounded process of effective organizational change</li> </ul> <p><i>Leading in a Culture of Change </i>is an indispensable source of information for leaders in business, non-profit, and public sectors seeking to understand, influence, and lead the change process.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p><b>TAKE CHARGE IN AN EVER-CHANGING WORLD</b> <p>Across all industries and fields, change is unavoidable. It's also crucial. Without change, there can be no growth. Effective leaders must be willing and able to react to new trends, developments, and attitudes if their organizations are to thrive. <p><i>Leading in a Culture of Change</i> simplifies what can be a daunting topic. By breaking change leadership down into five essential components--moral purpose, understanding change, building relationships, creating and sharing knowledge, and creating coherence--author Michael Fullan demonstrates how to become the type of leader businesses, nonprofits, and virtually all other organizations need in today's ever-changing world. <p>This fully updated edition more precisely defines the core competencies of change, explores various change leadership examples, and dives into case studies relevant to today's readers. These new insights will help you: <ul> <li>Apply time-tested and proven change management methods for adapting to organizational change</li> <li>Develop effective strategies for business change leadership</li> <li>Improve change leadership performance</li> <li>Understand organizational change concepts and how change manifests in real-world scenarios</li> <li>Learn how adapting to the change process in organizations can be grounded in morals and values</li> </ul> <p><i>Leading in a Culture of Change</i> is an essential change leadership guide in today's world, regardless of your field or industry.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>MICHAEL FULLAN</b> is one of the world's leading experts in educational reform. Having once served as a Dean of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) of the University of Toronto, and Special Policy Adviser to Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario from 2003-2013, Michael now coordinates with policymakers and leaders across the globe to evaluate and implement effective change projects. Michael also holds honor doctorates from five universities throughout the world, and received the Order of Canada in 2012.
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