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It Starts with One

Changing Individuals Changes Organizations

by J. Stewart Black and Hal B. Gregersen

It Starts with One
Publisher: Wharton School Publishing
This Edition: 2008
First Edition: 2002
ISBN: 9780132319843
No. pages: 192

Category: Leadership & Management
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In this summary you will learn

  • Why businesses must constantly change
  • Why transforming your organization requires first motivating your employees to modify their attitudes and actions
  • Why employees resist change
  • How you can convince employees to work differently

Why you should read It Starts with One

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.

About the Authors

J. Stewart Black and Hal B. Gregersen teach at INSEAD, Europe’s largest M.B.A. organization. Gregersen, co-author of nine other books, was a Fulbright Fellow at the Turku School of Economics.

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