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It Starts With One: Changing Individuals Changes Organizations
“PROVOCATIVE, PRACTICAL, POWERFUL!” – Stephen R. Covey , Author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People “For any executive, this is an excellent roadmap for leading strategic change!” – Bill Marriott , Chairman and CEO, Marriott International, Inc. “Finally a book that gets it right. Organizations don’t change.
People change. It Starts with One gives extremely practical tools to make real change happen.” – Jack Zenger , Author of The Extraordinary Leader and CEO and Co-founder of ZengerFolkman “All successful businesses accept the need for change. It Starts with One steers the reader through the complexities of modern leadership and delivers a powerful framework for transforming old patterns of action into new strategic direction, emphasizing what matters most–the people.” – Edward Dolman , CEO, Christie’s International plc “Black and Gregersen debunk the myth that organizations change by changing the organization. They understand the real dynamics a leader must manage to convert the hearts and minds of people in a complex organization to a new direction. If you are trying to shake things up and make lasting change, this is a must-read book.” – Gary L. Crittenden , CFO Citigroup “This book broke my own brain barrier, asking me to think differently about ideas and processes that I’d become too comfortable with. It’s a significant contribution to the field of organizational change and will undoubtedly help us be more successful with change. And I love the maps–they provoke my intellect and imagination.” – Margaret J. Wheatley , Author of Leadership and the New Science , Turning to One Another , and Finding Our Way “What a pleasure to find a book on change focused on ‘leading’ rather than ‘managing’ change. Leaders create change; they don’t react to it. This book addresses the crux of that leadership issue by focusing on people, where the real change must occur.” – Richard D. Hanks , Chairman and President, Mindshare Technologies “Few things add greater value than effectively leading strategic change. Few books show you how to do it better than this one.” – Dave Ulrich , Author of Leadership Brand , Professor of Business, University of Michigan and Partner, The RBL Group (www.rbl.net) “A significant barrier to any major change or innovation management process is in transparently defining the past and desired future state, then connecting the move from the former to latter in an inspirational way. It Starts with One offers novel framing and straightforward stepback, targeted thinking that can streamline and turbocharge the challenging change process.” – David N. DiGiulio , Consultant and former Vice President, Research & Development, Procter & Gamble “Leading successful strategic change is one of the biggest and most important challenges executives face today. Black and Gregersen offer a practical set of concepts and tools to meet that challenge.” – Sue Lee , Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Communications, Suncor Energy Inc. “I found this
People change. It Starts with One gives extremely practical tools to make real change happen.” – Jack Zenger , Author of The Extraordinary Leader and CEO and Co-founder of ZengerFolkman “All successful businesses accept the need for change. It Starts with One steers the reader through the complexities of modern leadership and delivers a powerful framework for transforming old patterns of action into new strategic direction, emphasizing what matters most–the people.” – Edward Dolman , CEO, Christie’s International plc “Black and Gregersen debunk the myth that organizations change by changing the organization. They understand the real dynamics a leader must manage to convert the hearts and minds of people in a complex organization to a new direction. If you are trying to shake things up and make lasting change, this is a must-read book.” – Gary L. Crittenden , CFO Citigroup “This book broke my own brain barrier, asking me to think differently about ideas and processes that I’d become too comfortable with. It’s a significant contribution to the field of organizational change and will undoubtedly help us be more successful with change. And I love the maps–they provoke my intellect and imagination.” – Margaret J. Wheatley , Author of Leadership and the New Science , Turning to One Another , and Finding Our Way “What a pleasure to find a book on change focused on ‘leading’ rather than ‘managing’ change. Leaders create change; they don’t react to it. This book addresses the crux of that leadership issue by focusing on people, where the real change must occur.” – Richard D. Hanks , Chairman and President, Mindshare Technologies “Few things add greater value than effectively leading strategic change. Few books show you how to do it better than this one.” – Dave Ulrich , Author of Leadership Brand , Professor of Business, University of Michigan and Partner, The RBL Group (www.rbl.net) “A significant barrier to any major change or innovation management process is in transparently defining the past and desired future state, then connecting the move from the former to latter in an inspirational way. It Starts with One offers novel framing and straightforward stepback, targeted thinking that can streamline and turbocharge the challenging change process.” – David N. DiGiulio , Consultant and former Vice President, Research & Development, Procter & Gamble “Leading successful strategic change is one of the biggest and most important challenges executives face today. Black and Gregersen offer a practical set of concepts and tools to meet that challenge.” – Sue Lee , Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Communications, Suncor Energy Inc. “I found this
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First published June 12, 2002
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November 28, 2023
I enjoyed this leadership book by Black & Gregersen. The concept of mental maps was interesting as it touched on so many aspects of the change process.
"It Starts With One" is very readable and easy to apply to a variety of organizational structures and situaitons.
"It Starts With One" is very readable and easy to apply to a variety of organizational structures and situaitons.
July 6, 2023
Solid book about leasing change. Excellent simple graphical depiction of presented concepts.
October 19, 2009
An organizational change program that truly works
The Greek philosopher Heraclitus taught that nothing is permanent except change. But, in business, even attempts to change aren’t permanent – in fact, corporate transformations are usually either temporary or doomed at the outset. Executives order organizational shifts, assuming that their employees will institute them immediately as instructed and that fruitful transformation will thus ensue promptly. Unfortunately, that seldom happens because human beings, including your staffers, strongly resist giving up comfortable patterns. They will hew to familiar paths unless you or your “change champions” intercept them, one by one, explain J. Stewart Black and Hal B. Gregersen. Their book on organizational transformation makes it clear that companies cannot alter the status quo unless leaders can convince employees to adjust their mindsets and processes first. The authors outline an approach to corporate change rooted in this concept. While their plan is not exactly quick and easy, it is methodical and logical. getAbstract recommends their book to executives and managers who want to direct and control organizational change by working with their employees instead of dictating to them. Why? Because, say Black and Gregersen, one way works and the other way doesn’t.
The Greek philosopher Heraclitus taught that nothing is permanent except change. But, in business, even attempts to change aren’t permanent – in fact, corporate transformations are usually either temporary or doomed at the outset. Executives order organizational shifts, assuming that their employees will institute them immediately as instructed and that fruitful transformation will thus ensue promptly. Unfortunately, that seldom happens because human beings, including your staffers, strongly resist giving up comfortable patterns. They will hew to familiar paths unless you or your “change champions” intercept them, one by one, explain J. Stewart Black and Hal B. Gregersen. Their book on organizational transformation makes it clear that companies cannot alter the status quo unless leaders can convince employees to adjust their mindsets and processes first. The authors outline an approach to corporate change rooted in this concept. While their plan is not exactly quick and easy, it is methodical and logical. getAbstract recommends their book to executives and managers who want to direct and control organizational change by working with their employees instead of dictating to them. Why? Because, say Black and Gregersen, one way works and the other way doesn’t.
August 4, 2014
Desde Leader Summaries recomendamos la lectura del libro Todo empieza con un paso, de Hal Gregersen y Stewart Black.
Las personas interesadas en las siguientes temáticas lo encontrarán práctico y útil: innovación, innovación, desarrollo y cambio.
En el siguiente enlace tienes el resumen del libro Todo empieza con un paso, Las 3 barreras que impiden a las empresas adaptarse al cambio: Todo empieza con un paso
Las personas interesadas en las siguientes temáticas lo encontrarán práctico y útil: innovación, innovación, desarrollo y cambio.
En el siguiente enlace tienes el resumen del libro Todo empieza con un paso, Las 3 barreras que impiden a las empresas adaptarse al cambio: Todo empieza con un paso
August 8, 2008
Some refreshing tools and insights - maybe it was the book I needed at this particular tim in my life or it is really good :) I liked the model - easy to use and remember - must rea again in a few years.
April 7, 2013
I really enjoyed this book. It does a wonderful job of breaking down the reasons why change doesn't happen in organizations and provides some suggested tools and techniques for ensuring the change happens. I'm looking forward to using the tools and techniques for my own change leadership needs.
January 28, 2009
Just started for work...
April 5, 2012
A very interesting perspective - focuses on change at the individual level and why it's so important.
January 3, 2014
This book was a bit dry. I really enjoy leadership books but this one did not catch my attention like i expected it to.
April 26, 2016
Read for my masters course. I liked the principles of it but found it hard to read sometimes with it's style.
June 13, 2022
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