New Business Book Summary Available for The Art of Change Leadership

The fast pace of technological and social change demands business leaders who can also be transformers. In The Art of Change Leadership, Cheryl Cran presents a road map to create change leaders. She explains how these leaders can come from any level of an organization, and presents the skills necessary to become a change leader. Cran also provides a variety of tools to help individuals discover, assess, and hone these skills and strategies.

New Business Book Summary Available for A Giant Reborn

A Giant Reborn is Belgian economist Johan Van Overtveldt's vigorous rejection that the American political and economic heyday has ended. The United States is poised to profit from the accelerated pace of change that he calls turbochange. Turbochange feeds on a combination of growth in human capital and knowledge, the entrepreneurial spirit, and globalism. Entrepreneurship and openness to change have characterized American culture since its beginning and propelled repeated comebacks from economic disaster throughout U.S. history. A strong rule of law, a widespread commitment to a free market, the cultural icon of the frontier, and openness to immigrants mark the U.S. as unique and place it as the frontrunner for dominance in the 21st century.

New Business Book Summary Available for Leading Continuous Change

Perpetual innovation in technology and greater globalization are making the speed of change that organizations face unprecedented. Today’s leaders in business, government, and civil society cannot afford to avoid change, minimize its importance, or wish away the reality of churn in the workplace; they need a strategy to stop playing catch-up and get ahead. In Leading Continuous Change, Bill Pasmore gives leaders a four-part, nonlinear model for change management that is specifically designed for undertaking multiple change efforts simultaneously and adapting to a rush of changes as they occur. By updating their mind-sets and approaches, leaders can guide their organizations to greater agility, competitiveness, and success.

New Business Book Summary Available for Leading Change

Change is a necessary part of doing business, yet approximately 70 percent of change models fail even in organizations that appear to be well-prepared for success. In Leading Change, Paul Lawrence talks to change leaders from a range of backgrounds to find out what they have learned about the process, including methods that did--and did not--work. He discovered that the more people involved in the inception and subsequent stages of the change, the more likely it is to be effective. He introduces the emerging change model which, since it is continually evolving, means that success is always possible from some perspective.

New Business Book Summary Available for Make Waves

Today’s business world calls for movement, innovation, and dynamic ideas and plans. In Make Waves, Patti Johnson provides a complete and impactful assessment of making a difference and affecting change in a wide variety of corporate structures. She believes that CEOs, executives, and managers are looking for the next generation of “wave makers,” defined as employees, staff members, or fellow leaders who seek to change conventional business modalities. To achieve success and exceed demands, needs, and goals, companies must create new avenues of thought and action and adopt a mind-set that breaks from the traditional methods and practices inherent in the course of day-to-day business.

New Business Book Summary Available for Bringing Strategy Back

Reverse innovation is the idea that many innovations originate in developing countries and trickle up to wealthier nations. In this fashion, the future of true growth and innovation will come from Asia, the Middle East, and the like. In Bringing Strategy Back, Jeffrey Sampler explores how companies in the East that are accustomed to chaos and turmoil are proactively responding to change. In order to succeed in today’s constantly shifting marketplace, companies in the West must learn from those in the East and ditch their traditional, reactive approaches to dealing with unexpected global turbulence.

In Managing Projects, Lou Russell employs a four-phase project management model: define, plan, manage, and review, to illustrate the nuts and bolts of project management. She prefaces the discussion with a review of the relevant terminology, distinguishing between tasks, projects, and processes. She then devotes a chapter to each of the four phases, followed by chapters dealing with the problems of change associated with projects and the basics of a project management office (PMO) for coordinating multiple projects. The book closes with a review of the basic principles of project management, including a list of ten important principles to keep in mind on any project.

Outlaw by Trent Leyshan is for salespeople who are trying to navigate the ever-changing commercial world with fewer resources and more demands on their time. Changing technology and consumers have led to major changes in sales strategies, but many salespeople have not evolved to meet today’s new challenges. Those who recognize the need to change often do not have the tools necessary to bring about that change. Sales leaders, or outlaws, have mastered the techniques and tools needed to succeed in today’s sales environment.