Shaping the Future

by Belgard, William P.

• ISBN13: 9780814407776
• ISBN10: 0814407773
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-05-17
• Publisher: Amacom Books

Summary

Shaping the Future provides how-to guidance-as well as examples based on interviews with executives from companies like Boeing, Microsoft, Rockwell-Collins, and Apple-on how readers can help to create a future of their own choosingRethinking many classic assumptions about change, Shaping the Future emphasizes the importance of making a single, critical change-the strategic imperative-rather than many smaller ones.The book presents a practical and unique Transformational Model, consisting of five key steps necessary to overcome resistance and effect critical change within an organization.

Author Biography

William P. Belgard (Beaverton, OR) is founder and CEO of the Belgard Group, a consulting firm specializing in change management, leadership development, and self-directed work teams. Steven R. Rayner (Freeland, WA) is founder of the consulting and training firm Rayner & Associates and a noted authority on high-performance work systems. Belgard and Rayner are cofounders of the American Center for Strategic Transformation and coauthors of the best-selling Tips for Teams.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	1	(10)
Recognition of the Present	1	(1)
Developing a New Model	2	(1)
A Visualization of Tomorrow	3	(1)
The Need to Focus on a Single Point of Change	4	(1)
A Change Epidemic to Counter Resistance	5	(1)
A Breakthrough to Overcome Barriers	6	(2)
A Fellowship to Sustain Improvement	8	(3)
PART I. MANAGING IN AN ERA OF PROFOUND CHANGE	11	(68)
Chapter 1. The Megadigm: Confronting the Six Shifts of Change	13	(34)
The Megadigm	14	(3)
Intangible Quality: Engage in the Third Quality Revolution	17	(7)
"Infolocity" : Work in Dog Time	24	(3)
Age of Value: Demonstrate a Great Value Proposition	27	(4)
Recognize the Obsolescence of Space	31	(5)
Competitive Advantage: Develop the Cooperative Competitor	36	(2)
Mass Uniqueness: The Great Customization Wave	38	(3)
The Mass Extinction of Most of Us	41	(6)
Chapter 2. A Destiny of Choice: Taking Steps that Matter	47	(32)
What Is Transformation?	48	(8)
The Pervasive Problem	56	(7)
What Is Required to Shape the Future	63	(11)
The Leader Within	74	(5)
PART II. SHAPING THE FUTURE YOU CHOOSE	79	(128)
Chapter 3. The Henry Response: Discovering the Leader Within	81	(28)
Hamlet vs. Henry	83	(3)
The Disciplines of Leadership	86	(21)
A Final Thought	107	(2)
Chapter 4. The Simple View: Establishing the Bridge to the Future	109	(26)
Fog of Bureaucracy	110	(5)
A Detailed View of the Future	115	(8)
Boiling It All Down-The Strategic Imperative	123	(6)
The Discipline of a Drumbeat	129	(1)
Embracing Simplicity	130	(5)
Chapter 5. Acts of Counterresistance: Unleashing a Change Epidemic	135	(36)
Addicted to Corporate Culture	137	(7)
Imprinting a New Culture	144	(2)
The Teachable Moment	146	(9)
Epidemic Change	155	(10)
The Five Acts of Counterresistance	165	(2)
A Final Thought	167	(4)
Chapter 6. Breakthrough in Action: Destroying the Box of Complacency	171	(24)
Small Breakthroughs, Enormous Impact	172	(2)
Defining Breakthrough	174	(19)
The Breakthrough Discipline	193	(2)
Chapter 7. A Fellowship of Change Agents: Building Capability for the Long Haul	195	(12)
A Fellowship of Support	197	(4)
The Characteristics of a Transformation Fellowship	201	(3)
The Impact	204	(3)
Afterword	207	(10)
Shaping Tomorrow	207	(3)
A Difference in the Middle	210	(2)
A Return of the Entrepreneurial Spirit	212	(2)
A Future by Choice	214	(3)
Index	217