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Louis Carter, MA is a global thought leader in the fields of organizational
learning, strategic business planning, knowledge management, and leadership
and human resources development. Carter is President and CEO of Best Practice Institute
and publisher of Best Practice Publications, LLC - a research and
development association of professionals worldwide that provides best
practices coaching, analysis, and research in results-driven strategies and
people practices to organizations and individuals. Carter started out his
career as a consultant for Gemini Consulting, developing strategic plans for
major Fortune 500 and Global organizations. He served as Vice President of
Research and Best Practices at Linkage, Inc., an international change
management consulting firm where he provided workshop design, facilitation
and best practice communities for numerous Fortune 500
organizations. Louis has written/edited over
8 books, and directed over 3 major research
projects on leadership and change, and numerous large-scale learning events
on best practices in organization development and change. His most recent book,
The Change Champion’s Fieldguide has been endorsed as a book that, “will
become one of the most quoted, referenced, and used business books in the
first decade of the 2000's,” by Vijay Govindarajan, Earl C. Daum 1924
Professor of International Business, Director, Center for Global Leadership,
Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College. Lou is also an advisory board
member of the
Society for the Leadership of Change. Louis has been featured in
Investors Business Daily, Business Watch Magazine, The Supervisor's Guide to
Quality and Excellence, Symphony Orchestra Institute, The American Society
for Training and Development, U.S. Army War College, The New England Human
Resource Association, and business and government courses around the world.
He has lectured as an adjunct professor and professional speaker
domestically and abroad including such universities as
Tsinghua University School of Economics and
Management in Beijing, China,
Texas A&M University, Seton
Hall University, the American
Society for Training & Development, and for many executives in
Fortune 500 organizations. His workshops on best practices in leadership
development and change have received the highest reviews in the U.S. and
abroad in such countries as Thailand, China, and Singapore. His new book is,
Best Practices in Leadership Development and Organization Change (Jossey
Bass/John Wiley and Sons). Lou is also on
the
Board of Advisors of the HRMedCon conference - in which he introduced
patient and family-centered care as a central part of the conference. Carter
received his Masters Degree in Social/Organizational Psychology with honors
from Columbia University and was inducted into its Kappa Delta Pi
International Honors Society.
Endorsements
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management
"Louis Carter
is a real futurist in the human resources arena. I have always
known him to be associated with helping to define the best
practices available and then continuing to challenge and educate
practitioners in these new methodologies. Lou Carter is on the
cutting edge of leadership."
- Lou Manzi,
VP, Global Recruitment, Glaxo SmithKline
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"Louis Carter
is one of the most responsive and progressive thought leaders in
the fields of Leadership, Organization Development, and
Strategic HR. He believes in accessing the knowledge and
experience of his wide and eclectic network of consultants,
educators, practitioners and authors, and continuously
reinventing and co-creating for the purpose of achieving the
best results for his clients and partners. Lou is imaginative
and smart."
- Dr.
Claire Gaudiani, former president of Connecticut College, Yale
University
visiting scholar, and author, The Greater Good
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"Lou is an
experienced leadership and human resource development
professional with a keen ability to link business and human
resource strategy. A "big picture" thinker, he is creative and
innovative. He quickly grasps the nature of organizational
challenges; his solutions are practical and actionable. Lou
personifies high energy and action!"
- Sandy
Wells, National Director of Organization Development,
ServiceMaster
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"Louis Carter is a visionary in
the human resource arena. A man identified with defining the
best practices and then continuing to innovate, challenge and
educate practitioners in new methodologies. Lou Carter defines
leadership."
-
Bruce
Appelson, Vice President for Teaming and Collaboration,
Iobility.com
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Reviews
of Louis Carter's Work
The
Change Champion's Fieldguide
"The
Change Champion's Fieldguide will become one of the most
quoted, referenced, and used business books in the first decade
of the 2000's."
–
Vijay
Govindarajan, Earl C. Daum 1924 Professor of International
Business, Director, Center for Global Leadership, Tuck School of
Business, Dartmouth College.
"I found
the
Fieldguide to be intellectually exciting and emotionally
inspiring. In a single volume we are given the distilled
thinking of an amazing collection of authors who are among our
most respected experts in the fields of change and leadership
development. I cannot imagine any executive who would not profit
from reading this book — providing its ideas are put into
immediate practice."
–
Nathaniel Branden, author of "The Six
Pillars of Self-Esteem" and "Self-Esteem at Work."
"The
Fieldguide is a treasure trove of case studies, models and
tools from which leaders, who view themselves as agents of
change in their organization can learn from and apply in a
practical way."
– Bob Weigand, Director, Management Training &
Development,
St. Luke's Hospital and Health Network.
"Finally there is a book that shows you how to
lead change (versus only what it looks like when you get there).
It's like reading a repair manual versus a sales brochure. Bravo
to the authors!"
– R. Dixon Thayer, former CEO,
Ford Global New
Business Operations, and Senior Partner,
ab3 Resources Inc.
"If I were to
recommend one book to help us all lead the change on the horizon
today – this is it. Inspiring! Practical! Engaging!
Transforming! Buy it. You will want to start applying the
theories and practices immediately."
–
Roland Sullivan, MSOD, an original 100 change agent and co–editor of the Jossey–Bass
Organization Change Series.
"The
Fieldguide should be on the bookshelf of everyone who is a
change champion today or wanna–be change champion. It
effectively provides strategies for change in any type of
organization."
– Subir Chowdhury,
Chairman and CEO, ASI Consulting Group, Author, The Power of Six
Sigma (2001) and Design For Six Sigma (2002).
"Machiavelli once
said, 'Change has no constituency.' This compendium of readings
will help change agents develop and enroll all manner of
constituencies."
– Warren Bennis,
Distinguished Professor of Business, USC, and co–author of Geeks
and Geezers and On Becoming a Leader.
"The
Change Champion's Fieldguide creates value for me by
providing a rich compendium of useful ideas and action–oriented
applications of change leadership."
– Raymond Vigil,
Vice President & Chief Learning Officer,
Humana, Inc., USA.
"The
Fieldguide is a fine collection of thoughts, ideas,
directions, experiences and tools to be used for any
organization to promote change and encourage growth."
– F. Nicholas
Jacobs, President/CEO,
Windber Medical Center and the Windber
Research Institute.
"The
Change Champion’s Fieldguide is an awesome resource for
anyone working on building organizational capacity and
capability. This book gives you a wealth of pragmatic and
leading-edge lessons from practitioners who have a passion and
commitment to accelerating business results through people. It’s
a resource I will continually use and you will too!"
– Susan Burnett,
Vice President for Workforce Development and Organizational
Effectiveness, Hewlett-Packard.
"Essential tools for
change agents … both business leaders and human resources
professionals."
– Sandy Ogg, Senior
Vice President, Human Resources,
Unilever BestFoods, Rotterdam,
The Netherlands.
"Highly recommended!
This step-by-step manual provides a roadmap of best practices in
a clear and accessible format. Leaders and practitioners will
want it in their toolbox."
– Sally Helgesen,
Author of
The Female Advantage, The Web of Inclusion and
Thriving in 24/7.
Reviews for
Best Practices in Leadership Development and
Organization Change
"I’ve been waiting for this book [Best
Practices in Leadership Development and Organization
Change]. It’s the single best guide to best
practices of leadership development."
--Warren Bennis, Distinguished Professor of Management,
University of Southern California, and author, On
Becoming a Leader and Geeks and Geezers
"The editors did a great job finding, structuring,
and presenting an excellent array of case studies. Their
collection is guaranteed to teach those new to the
field, as well as those ‘who’ve been around the block."
--Beverly Kaye, CEO and founder, Career Systems
International, author, Up Is Not the Only Way,
and coauthor, Love ‘Em or Lose ‘Em
"As a professional and graduate student (EMBA, 2004),
I found the cases in [Best
Practices in Leadership Development and Organization
Change] to be very useful in relating theoretical
concepts to the real world. Anyone interested in
furthering a company’s success should read this book!"
--Kishen Kavikondala,
Tower Automotive
"The definitive how-to manual for implementing
organization change based on some of the best ideas out
there in a variety of industries."
--Susan B. Frampton, president,
Planetree
"Finally, the organization’s bottom line and the
individual’s well being . . .now that’s new and
important for the new economy. Open this Best Practices
book to any page and you can start implementing the
practical and caring approaches, getting results while
staying balanced."
--Dan Bishop, executive director,
HeartMuseum
" I found [Best
Practices in Leadership Development and Organization
Change] to be very useful in relating theoretical
concepts to the real world. Anyone interested in
furthering a company’s success should read this book!"
--Donna B. McNamara, vice president, Global Education
and Training,
Colgate-Palmolive Company
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