Change is Like a Slinky 30 Strategies for Promoting and Surviving Change in Your Organization

by Finzel, Hans

• ISBN13: 9781881273684
• ISBN10: 1881273687
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Northfield Publishing

Summary

A practical guide to navigate change in today's organizational climateChange or perish. This is a current motto for leaders in all types of organizations. But how does one adapt to such fast and furious change and effectively lead the organization through change intact and more effective? Hans Finzel provides a proven strategy in Change is Like a Slinky, exploring the six major phases in the cycle of change. As he says, 'Change is a lot like a Slinky...A slinky can be a lot of fun, but it is also completely unpredictable.' Instead of grudgingly wading through inevitable change, readers will find themselves equipped and fired up to tackle it head on.

Author Biography

Hans Finzel is president of CBInternational

Table of Contents

Foreword	9	(4)
Acknowledgments	13	(2)
Change Is	15	(2)
Introduction: Change Is a Runaway Slinky	17	(7)
PHASE ONE: Accept the Need for Change	24	(54)
Keep Your Coils Light	27	(10)
Resistance Is Futile	37	(10)
With the Slightest Nudge, You Can Change Things	47	(12)
Change for Change's Sake	59	(10)
A Love-Hate Relationship with Change	69	(9)
PHASE TWO: Aim Squarely at the Future	78	(56)
Got Vision?	81	(12)
Playing Takes a Dreamer	93	(12)
Follow That Bouncing Change!	105	(12)
Become a Futurist	117	(8)
It's All About Alignment	125	(9)
PHASE THREE: Anticipate Your Adversaries and Allies	134	(46)
Create a Sense of Urgency	137	(10)
Build Consensus from the Inside Out	147	(8)
The Anatomy of Resisters	155	(12)
The Next Big Thing	167	(8)
Don't Forget Your FAQs	175	(5)
PHASE FOUR: Advance the Plan with Courage and Tenacity	180	(50)
Launch with Courage	183	(10)
Communicate, Communicate, Communicate!	193	(10)
Think 1--3--5	203	(8)
Think Leaps, Not Tweaks	211	(10)
Be Sure to Issue Flak Jackets	221	(9)
PHASE FIVE: Adjust Course As You Listen and Learn	230	(50)
Change Is Like a Box of Chocolates	233	(8)
Read the Seasons	241	(10)
Listening Leaders	251	(10)
Learn, Unlearn, and Relearn	261	(8)
The Law of the Boomerang Effect	269	(11)
PHASE SIX: Align Your Team As You Stay the Course of Change	280	(47)
Take the Long View of Success	283	(10)
Encouragement: The Oil of the Change Process	293	(10)
Paradigm Pliancy: The Ongoing Quest for Alignment	303	(10)
Trust: The Glue That Keeps the Team Together	313	(8)
Never Give Up Your Dream!	321	(6)
Notes	327

Excerpts

It took forty years for radio to gain fifty million domestic listeners in the United States. Then it took only thirteen years for television and cable TV to gain fifty million viewers. And the Internet? It took only four years to gain fifty million domestic users. With the advent of PDAs and wireless phones, Internet usage worldwide will exceed 1.1 billion in 2005. That means one of every six residents of planet earth will be using the Internet in 2005.1 And look at the explosion of cell phone usage. Today there are already one billion mobile phone users worldwide. China is adding five million new cell users per month! Name an age-old problem you hardly even imagined would be turned on its ear. I can name you an upcoming technology with a strong chance of solving it within the next twenty years. You name it, and if your organization is founded upon solving the last millennium's paradigms, you're in trouble. I'm not telling you to abandon your mission, but rather to work very, very hard at keeping your coils light. Get ready to adapt to changes of a magnitude that will make your head spin.