LIVE CALL-IN WORKSHOP RELAUNCH: Friday, Sept. 5th, 2008
We are preparing for our re-launch of our First Friday Call-in Workshops on Professional and Personal Development. If you wish for us to have a particular Thought Leader, please email us at Coaches @ CoachingCircles . com (no spaces). via phone, free
The Global Institute for Leadership Development
SAN DIEGO, CA | Sept. 16-21, '07: A leadership development program that combines the depth of a workshop, the rigor of an executive program and the pace of a world-class conference. San Diego, CA
Participate in an Organizational Change Event
Workshops, seminars, conferences, etc. Get out there and participate! Events either in person or over the phone (worldwide access).
Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail by John P. Kotter
Harvard Business Review January 2007
Leaders who successfully transform businesses do eight things right (and they do them in the right order).
Editor�s Note: Guiding change may be the ultimate test of a leader�no business survives over the long term if it can�t reinvent itself. But, human nature being what it is, fundamental change is often resisted mightily by the people it most affects: those in the trenches of the business. Thus, leading change is both absolutely essential and incredibly difficult.
Perhaps nobody understands the anatomy of organizational change better than retired Harvard Business School professor John P. Kotter. This article, originally published in the spring of 1995, previewed Kotter�s 1996 book Leading Change. It outlines eight critical success factors�from establishing a sense of extraordinary urgency, to creating short-term wins, to changing the culture (�the way we do things around here�). It will feel familiar when you read it, in part because Kotter�s vocabulary has entered the lexicon and in part because it contains the kind of home truths that we recognize, immediately, as if we�d always known them. A decade later, his work on leading change remains definitive.
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Changing How Leaders Lead Change Alexander Caillet of Accompli Accompli's approach to change leadership is summarized in this document, excerpts from a presentation made by Accompli Partner Alexander Caillet in November 2005 in Milan, at the 3d annual conference of the Italian Coaching Federation.
Building Personal Resiliency in Times of Rapid Change by Alicia M. Rodriguez Comments (0) Strategic agility and customer responsiveness are essential to the success of organizations today. The culture of speed, competition and the rapid changes brought on by technology and globalization cause many executives and managers to struggle to move ahead of the competition within and outside their organizations.
“Mind-Set” by Robert Gunn & Betsy Bullickson
What we often call corporate culture is the sum total of behaviors stemming from a collective 'mind-print' that makes each company unique free
“Time to Mourn” by Robert Gunn & Betsy Bullickson
Corporate cost of time lost to bereavement leave is likely to increase free
“LIGHT THE FIRE WITHIN” by Robert Gunn & Betsy Bullickson
When we lead – and live – for a higher purpose than ourselves, it is as if an intense fire is ignited deep within our consciousness free
“Paved With Good Intentions” By Robert Gunn and Betsy Raskin Gullickson
The job of the change leader is not cheerleading in order to make people feel comfortable. free
“How to Stop Worrying” by Robert Gunn & Betsy Bullickson
Like water coursing downhill, anxiety can carve deep channels in a leader's very core -- with harmful effects on his organization free
TOP 10 Books for Entrepreneurs: Apr '07
1. The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do about It
By Michael Gerber 2. Instant Income
By Janet Switzer / Hardcover ...
What to Expect When You're Expecting
BOOK: The answers to hundreds of questions and worries expectant parents may have.
Living a Life That Matters: Resolving the Conflict between Conscience and Success
BOOK: Harold S. Kushner leads us through the thorny issues of self-realization, justice, personal integrity, and relationships in a quest to discover what really matters.
Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail by John P. Kotter
Changing How Leaders Lead Change Alexander Caillet of Accompli 
Building Personal Resiliency in Times of Rapid Change by Alicia M. Rodriguez 
