Master Change, Maximize Success: Effective Strategies for Realizing Your Goals

by Jeanenne Lamarsh and Rebecca Potts

Change is inevitable in any organization. Master Change, Maximize Success is a guide to understanding it and learning to make the most of the opportunities that it provides. This latest addition to the Positive Business series inspires with bold illustrations and a series of Work Solutions - practical exercises designed to teach success. Master Change, Maximize Success gives readers the tools to assess when change is necessary - to stay competitive, to innovate, to grow - and then how to create new strategies to energize managers, teams, and individuals. Authors Rebecca Potts and Jeanenne LaMarsh speak from their experience as consultants to address resistance to change, overcome common obstacles, and evaluate results - leading people and process with positive results.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811841707
• ISBN13: 9780811841702
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

A comprehensive primer in change management

As a professional practitioner of change management, I feel certain that this book will further enhance my understanding of the human side of change, and make me a better consultant. From identifying the factors that drive change, to understanding the roles we play in change, to identifying and mitigating resistance to change, (and so much more) this book is a comprehensive primer in change management. "Master Change, Maximize Success" is an engaging read, and a visually stimulating book that offers powerful philosophies and techniques for surviving in a world that is changing at an unprecedented pace.

Master Change, Maximize Success

Finnaly, a "how to" book written in common sense style. The message of this book is clear, concise, and cogent. Change without proper planning, clear vision, and direct sponsorship is the formula for chaos, at best. This is a work that belongs on the shelf - no, desktop of anyone who is charged with managing people, processes, or the business culture within any corporation. The examples clearly indicate the generic nature of the change elements, regardless of level on a chart or position on the management cascade. I highly recommend this work at both the theoretical level and as a guideline for any business process improvement department.

A GREAT PRACTICAL Book

I have just returned to nashville, Tn from Texarkana, Tx. I took Master Change, Mazimize Success with me along with 2 or 3 other books. I am an avid reader and with all the time I spend on airplanes and in hotels I get to read a lot. I always read well over 100 books a uear. And Rebecca after 38 years of active government service and now another 2 1/2 working in the private sector, you know I have seen lots of change. Unfortunately some of it was not well managed. I found your book very insightful. The high point for me resides in the 21 Work Solutions. I sure wish I would have had that years and years ago! I made so many notes for myself it seemed I was writing another book. I am less engaged in change management now than I was in my active governement service but I am still surrounded by change. This is a great work and already I have some of my collegues reading it. This is material we can apply right NOW! Many thanx for a SUPER book!

Managing Change? Read this book!

Managing change successfully is perhaps the single most difficult task leaders face today. Change is everywhere and the mismanagement of it is costly. Fortunately Rebecca Potts and Jeanenne LaMarsh have written a book that provides a practical approach with a great track record for results. My company has used LaMarsh and Associates on a consulting basis for the past 4 years and we've experienced first hand the benefits that come from using their methodology. This book clearly describes those methods and tools in a straight forward manner. The book is an easy read and loaded with great suggestions for overcoming the inevitable resistance to change.

Practical management of change

Excellent book. If you want to learn about implmenting change in a practical and structured way, you'll find all you need in this book. The Lamarsh approach and supporting tools are the best I've seen and used over my 15 years of experience in managing change.