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The Change Champion's Fieldguide: Strategies and Tools for Leading Change in Your Organization

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Vijay Govindarajan, Earl C. Daum 1924 Professor of International Business, Director, Center for Global Leadership, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College
Will become one of the most quoted, referenced, and used business books in the first decade of the 2000's.

Warren Bennis, Distinguished Professor of Business, USC, and co–author of Geeks and Geezers and On Becoming a Leader
Machiavelli once said, 'Change has no constituency.' [This book] will help change agents develop and enroll all manner of constituencies.

Bob Weigand, Director, Management Training & Development, St. Luke's Hospital and Health Network
A treasure trove of case studies, models and tools which leaders can apply and learn from in a practical way.

Sandy Ogg, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Unilever BestFoods, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
"Essential tools for change agents … both business leaders and human resources professionals."

Sally Helgesen, Author of The Female Advantage, The Web of Inclusion and Thriving in 24/7.
"Highly recommended! This step-by-step manual provides a roadmap of best practices in a clear and accessible format."

"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 Organization Effectiveness, Hewlett-Packard

"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 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

"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.

Best Practices in Leadership Development and Organization Change : How the Best Companies Ensure Meaningful Change and Sustainable Leadership

"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

"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

"I’ve been waiting for this book. 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

"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.org

"As a professional and graduate student (EMBA, 2004), I found the cases in the book 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

"This book is a virtual encyclopedia of practical case studies, tools, and insights on how top companies achieve lasting results-driven leadership development and organizational change. It’s well organized for quick reference and also well researched for in-depth study."
--Donna B. McNamara, vice president, Global Education and Training, Colgate-Palmolive Company