'An inspiring guide for all leaders' Justine Roberts, Founder and CEO of Mumsnet
'Highly recommended' Jack Parsons, CEO of The Youth Group A practical, enjoyable and proven manual for leading transformational change - by the award-winning author of No Bullsh*t Leadership.
Drawing on an international career of leading successful change programmes, Chris Hirst cuts through the bullsh*t to reveal uncomplicated strategies for transformation - no matter the size of your organisation or the nature of the challenge. Leading change is
· Being honest and clear · Building teams full of thriving people · Finding your point of maximum impact
Most importantly, it's about taking action - and this book will show you how.
I came across this book during my trip to local bookstore last week and felt intrigued by the back cover pitch. I have some poor experiences with books whose authors use swearwords in the title as it tends to feel as if they unconsciously aim to compensate for something. Definitely do not expect a leadership classic here, but at least the author seems to know and refer to other good books ("Creativity Inc" on Pixar, Jack Welch, Kaizen... ). Albeit not academic and slightly jumping around I did like his approach on preconditions on effective and sustainable change in organizations, especially the part about organizational culture (improvement starts by removing those who work against/undermine the core cultural vales, low performers come after that).