HBRs 10 Must Reads on Change Management (including featured article “Leading Change” ) by Harvard Business Review

HBRs 10 Must Reads on Change Management (including featured article “Leading Change” ) Reviews

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  Carolina Esteves de Andrade

  I just invested in myself with the HBR’S 10 Must Reads Collection by Harvard Business Review Press. This series is really good because each book has 10 of the best articles published by Harvard University on each topic. I think it is a must read for any ambitious manager, new or experienced leader.
  
  It is easy to read, each book has approximately 300 pages. Each chapter is an article from great authors such as Peter F. Drucker, Theodore Levitt, Robert S. Kaplan, David P. Norton and others. One of the things that I liked on these books is that each chapter has a box called Idea in Brief, which gives you an idea of the basic concept of the chapter and most of them has very interesting case studies as well.
  I highly recommend you to get this collection because will inspire you with ideas and knowledge that will accelerate both your own growth and company. Each title includes timeless advice that will be relevant regardless of an ever-changing business environment. The titles include: Leadership, Managing Yourself, The Essentials, Change Management,Managing People and Strategy.
  
  One of my favorite articles were:
  
  What Makes an Effective Executive by Peter F. Drucker (HBR’S 10 Must Reads On Leadership)
  
  Putting the Balanced Scorecard to Work by Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton (HBR’S 10 Must Reads The Essentials)
  
  Managing Oneself by Peter F. Drucker (HBR’S 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself)
  
  The Real Reason People won’t Change by Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey (HBR’S 10 Must Reads On Change Management )
  
  What Great Managers Do by Marcus Buckingham (HBR’S 10 Must Reads On Managing People)
  
  The Secrets to Successful Strategy Execution by Gary L. Neilson, Karla L. Martin, and Elisabeth Powers (HBR’S 10 Must Reads On Strategy)
  
  “Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes “ Peter F. Drucker
  
  “The ability to change constantly and effectively is made by high-level continuity.” Michael E. Porter
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  Vera

  First articles were better than the second half but it was nice to see different perspectives on change management.
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  enTEREletras

  Sencillo de leer y muuuy amigable para personas que (como yo jejeje) apenas comienzan a empaparse de estos temas.
  
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  Brahm

  Good mix of essays, some that I'd say are 5-star and a couple that are real snoozers - "Good" overall.
  
  I'd recommend this book to anyone in an organization that is facing a lot of change. If you're in leadership there are probably some good insights, and if you're not in leadership you'll at least be able to get inside their heads and see what they think about.
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  Barry Davis

  A robust collection of HBR articles on the topic of change management:
  
  Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail
  - no urgency, no powerful guiding coalitions, no vision, no communication of vision
  
  Change Through Persuasion
  -set stage. frame the turnaround plan, manage the mood, prevent backsliding
  
  Leading Change When Business is Good: An Interview with Samuel J. Palmisano
  - gather input on values, analyze input, identify obstacles, launch change initiatives to address obstacles
  
  Radical Change, the Quiet Way
  - employ disruptive self-expression, verbal jujitsu, variable-term opportunities, strategic alliance building
  
  Tipping Point Leadership
  - address the four hurdles: resource, cognition, political, motivational
  
  A Survival Guide for Leaders
  - operate in and above the fray, court the uncommitted, cook the conflict, place the work where it belongs, manage yourself, anchor yourself. determine if it is adaptive or technical change
  
  The Real Reason People Won’t Change
  - offers a series of questions to address the following: diagnose the competing commitment, identify the big assumption, create a sentence stem that inverts the competing commitment with a “fill in the blank” statement, test and consider replacing the big assumption
  
  Cracking the Code of Change
  - contrasts theory E (economic measures) and Theory O (culture and human capability) - both have value regarding the change dimensions of goals, leadership, focus, process, and reward systems
  
  The Hard Side of Change Management
  - provides a formula to evaluate the potential success of a change process (win, worry or woe based on score) by assigning numeral values to four areas: duration, integrity, commitment, and effort (DICE)
  
  Why Change Programs Don’t Produce Change
  - mobilize change commitment by joint diagnosis, develop a shared commitment for organizing, foster consensus/competence/cohesion for vision, spread revitalization to all departments without pushing from the top, institutionalize revitalization through formal policies systems and structures...after it is running, monitor and adjust the process in response to problems
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  Vasundhara Jha

  To begin with, I have a few recommendations here, if you are in a hurry and don't want to go through all the articles here.
  
  1. Tipping Point Leadership- This ought to be read by everyone, but esp by people at top positions in Service Industries. It is a brilliant account of the revival of the New York Police Department, and how it was completely a one-man show! This would feel more like a well-narrated adventure story than a monotonous Change Management article. :)
  2. Cracking the code of change- Again, very insightful on the types of goals you may have and how accordingly your change styles would differ!
  3. Radical Change, the Quiet Way- Changes can be as easily brought by tempered, unsung heroes as by those who do so with pomp, drama & style. Makes you think: What can you, as an individual, in not a very powerful place of leadership do to bring about changes, even small changes for the better?
  
  Overall, It'd be a good learning experience for a reader from any educational/work background.
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  Mykolas Petrauskas

  It is a good crash course into Organisational Change, but does not add a lot if you already have familiarity with a topic. Some great classic articles on why change initiatives fail and why people have diffuculty changing. Reading through the book, had a few moments of "should remember this" - but for a book called "must reads" would have expected much more of those. It is a worthy refresher nontheless.
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  Robbie Burns

  I really like the layout and feel of this series and this is a good one to start. Lots of very clever people writing about their research on change management in ten or so pages.
  
  Not five stars because of the layout. After a page or two of each article there’s side bars and summaries for the entire article which knock the flow of the text out of sync. Why? Wait til the end! I want to read the whole article first and THEN look at a summary and application. Smart people writing…strange decision from book designers and publishers to do this.
  
  Most are great and maybe even worth buying the book for (Kotter’s article, leading change the quiet way, the hard side of change management and the DICE model are great). Some are a waste of reading time and could have said what they said in two paragraphs rather than twenty pages.
  
  Regardless, it’s worth reading and dipping into time and again for anyone involved in change and leadership more generally.
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  William Anderson

  As with any collection of articles, some will be better or more relevant to you than others. This collection is solid and of the quality you expect from HBR. The content spans from turnarounds to cultural shifts, covering the do's and dont's of training programs as well as how to introduce cultural change. The content here is gears towards C-Suite executives but is useful for change agents throughout all levels of an organization.
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  Samer Chidiac

  Just like what the cover says... If you read nothing else on change management, read these 10 articles.
  
  It combined multiple views on Change along with useful tactics and strategies, that went through the individual, the teams and the organization.
  
  Highly recommended to anyone exploring the topic of Change management & transformation.
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  Chrystel

  Like most HBR books like this I’ve read the content was good but it was not presented in an engaging way. I did appreciate the specific examples and ways to implement and encourage change, however improving the way the articles were written could have made them more interesting to read.
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  Fred Rose

  A little dated but some sound articles in here (not all ten but enough to make it worth it).
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  Mikko Hyvärinen

  Few articles about change management in a large organization. Generally good stuff, but much of it is yesterday’s news... Still: worth reading.
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  Debbie

  Must-read for any leader and manager involved in change programs
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  Jenn

  Had to read this for class. Most of the articles were interesting and not too hard to understand.
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  Elham Daneshparvar

  آموزشهای عملی برای کسانی که میخواهند در محیط خود تغییراتی پایدار ایجاد کنند
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  Dan Strick

  Such great motivation to get out and make a difference!
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  Andrea Mcfarlane previously james

  Useful, but would have appreciated guidance on managing change in a small business
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  Jan

  Some good, som obsolete, some so so
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  Kolade Giwa

  Thoroughly enjoyed reading about different perspectives on change management.
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  Avory Faucette

  [note to self: didn't finish last article or two]
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  Andrew Phillips

  Anyone who's trying to change culture, process or anything related to an organisation should read this book.