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"Harness the seven key elements of successful organisational change Leading for Organisational Change is an intelligent and practical guide to the human side of merger integration and other organisational change. Building a clear sense of common purpose and then reinforcing it through storytelling can underpin the success of an integration or significant change programme. Pulling together the best thinking from neuroscience, psychology and business, and her rich personal experience in twenty years of leading change projects in professional services organisations and other people-centred businesses, author Jennifer Emery presents a framework for change rooted in seven key themes that help organisations establish their BECAUSE: belonging, evolution, confidence, agility, understanding, simplicity and energy. Exploring the role each theme plays in the context of change, this insightful and warm book shares real-world examples and provides advice on building purpose and culture and strengthening motivation through listening, empowering and collaborating. Clear understanding of purpose, powerful communication techniques and carefully planned implementation strategies assist in navigating an often stressful and uncertain period of change, and can even enable organisations to thrive throughout this period. This book encourages you to apply important lessons to your own context, allowing you to: Focus on the human, cultural and practical elements of organisational change Apply central concepts of communication and motivation to a wide array of situations in your personal and business life Understand perspectives on change from a broad range of professional sectors Build and strengthen communication skills to promote a sense of shared purpose Leading for Organisational Change offers a warm and intelligent perspective on the personal and inter-personal factors that contribute to successful integration. An invaluable resource for professional services and people-focused organisations, this book provides advice that can cross sectors and lend insight to any major change programme"-- Provided by publisher.

"Sales handles: -High-profile client list who CMS work with. CMS would buy and promote this book heavily within their own firm and with clients. Those CMS clients who also contributed to the book - and other contributors in the legal sector.-CMS have 200,000 client contacts in their CRM database, and 31,047 subscribers to their main newsletter/news service, LawNow. The book will be promoted to all of these contacts and newsletter subscribers.-In 2017, CMS sent out 1,500 articles and 50 other publications via Law-Now. All Law-Now content is also syndicated to Lexology which has in excess of 300,000 subscribers. Law-Now and Lexology will both be utilized by CMS to promote and market the new book. Market description: -The book will be particularly useful for anyone involved in merging and integrating businesses together and with an interest in making the newly merged business a success. Because it is written from an in-house perspective, it will resonate more with those who are a little bit in love with their businesses and the people in them, than with those who bring a more transactional perspective to bear.-This book will also be useful for coaches and HR professionals.-It may also be of interest to academics to those teaching or studying business, the business of law, or professional services more generally"-- Provided by publisher.

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Why You Need This Book; How to Use This Book; Notes; Part One Foundation; Chapter 1 Once Upon A Time; Defining Terms; Notes; Chapter 2 The Angel in the Marble; Six Perspectives on Purpose; Purpose Wash?; Harnessing the Power of Purpose; Discovering Purpose; Notes; Chapter 3 Milk and Mushrooms; Know Thyself; Say What You See; Notes; Chapter 4 Telling Stories; What Makes a Good Story?; Notes; Chapter 5 Everything Must Change; Mergers and Acquisitions; Change

This Time It's Personal; Turning Theory into Practice; Notes; Part Two Story

Chapter 6 BeginningsOnce Upon a Time; First Meeting; Lawyers, Generally; Digging Deeper; Three's a Crowd?; No Mud, No Lotus; Writing the Story; The Story Itself; Telling the Story; Notes; Chapter 7 Starting Out; Getting to Yes; Telling Everyone Else; Getting Organised; Do It Yourself; Do It Once, Do It Fast, Do It Right; Shaping the New Firm; Project Triangle; Tell Us Something We Don't Know; Getting to Know You; Information Overload; Notes; Chapter 8 Making It Happen; Le Weekend; Day 1; Reality Bites

The First Fortnight; Bottlenecks and Bloody Marys; Getting a Grip

How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the WaysThe First 150 Days

Making a Plan; Paper, Stone, Scissors

The Best of Three; Keep Talking ... ; ... Whoa, Keep Talking; Tate That; Getting It Together; Moving On; Notes; Part Three Because; Chapter 9 Belonging; What Is Belonging and Why Does It Matter?; What Happens to Our Sense of Belonging When Things Change?; How to Build Belonging; Connecting and Building Relationships; A House Is Not A Home; Identity; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 10 Evolution; You Say You Want an Evolution ... ; Turning Points and Watersheds

What Does an Evolutionary Approach Bring to Business?How to Build an Evolutionary Organisation; Notes; Chapter 11 Confidence; What Is Confidence?; How Does Confidence Manifest Itself?; Sounds Great, How Can We Get Some (and Why Is It So Hard)?; Notes; Chapter 12 Agility; What Is Agility?; I Don't Dance; Okay, Show Me Some Moves; Building Networks; Getting to Go; The People Model; A Fool With A Tool . . .; Bringing It Together; Notes; Chapter 13 Understanding; What Do We Mean by Understanding?; 'Send Three and Four-pence We're Going to A Dance'; Two Ears, One Mouth; How to Communicate; Clarity

EnlightenmentStumbling Blocks; Notes; Chapter 14 Simplicity; Uh-oh! (More!) Mud; Simplicity of Message; Simplicity of Information; Simplicity of Decision Making; Simplicity of Execution; Simplicity of Structure; Simplicity of Rules; Simplicity of Expectation; Notes; Chapter 15 Energy; Energy, or Resilience?; Why Does Energy Matter?; How Does Change Challenge Energy and Resilience?; The Essential Rhythm; How Can Organisations Build Resilience and Energy?; The Role of Purpose; The Role of Stories; Notes; Part Four Implications; Chapter 16 The Bigger Picture; BECAUSE At Large