Beyond the Wall of Resistance: Unconventional Strategies That Build Support for Change

by Rick Maurer

Book Overview

Focuses on the critical people element in reengineering and restructuring efforts. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1885167075
• ISBN13: 9781885167071
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: Bard Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Recipe is a Masterpiece--Best Book I've Read!

This is the "best" book I've read! With "change" the norm, you must know how to lead the change and we don't lead dollars or materials--it is people--as Tom Peters puts it--"people are our only asset". The author does an outstanding job of walking you through how to make change a reality--dealing head on--with people. I remember the authors recipe with the letters "PEP". Changes force an individual into a "protection" mode (which is natural), but you and I must understand that the protection wall is nothing buy "energy" (but it is critical to understand the energy is not positive nor negative--just energy). Next is "paradox"--you and I must continously engage in dialogue to help people understand why the change is necessary--thus continuously engaging the protective energy. The paradox is the more you engage the protective energy the more it becomes "positive"--leading to the individuals support of change. I have used this recipe and it works--people do not wake up in the morning--planning on how to oppose the future--they just want to understand. I read two books a week, and I've shared the contents of this book with many. THE BEST BOOK I'VE READ!

Helpful from the moment I picked it up!

Many books have been written about change and how to do it. This one is different. It explores how to deal with the natural and inevitable resistance to change. Many organizations have already undertaken massive change efforts, wrenching processes which have left people reeling -- and resistent. Rick's book focuses on how to use the power of resistance to build support for change in organizations. It explores the nature of resistance, how to recognize it, and what to do about it. It is full of practical, immediately useful techniques and tips for ensuring successful and enduring change. Must read!