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<p>Preface: The Art of Change Leadership—Driving</p> <p>Transformation in a Fast-Paced World xi</p> <p>Acknowledgments xv</p> <p><b>1 Why Do Organizations Need Change Leaders? 1</b></p> <p><b>2 Fast Changing World Needs Leaders Like You 19</b></p> <p><b>3 Hack the Status Quo: Change Manager or Change Leader? 39</b></p> <p><b>4 Upgrade the Leadership OS to Be a Change Leader Who Drives Transformation 65</b></p> <p><b>5 The Change Cycle Transformation Tool 85</b></p> <p><b>6 Help Lead Others to Be Change Leaders Who Drive Transformation 103</b></p> <p><b>7 Technology and People—The Impetus for Change 123</b></p> <p><b>8 Tools for Transformation 141</b></p> <p><b>9 The Art of Adapting to Multiple Personalities, Different Generations, and Cultures 161</b></p> <p><b>10 The Three-Step Change Process Model to Leading Personal and Organizational Change 183</b></p> <p><b>11 Thrive While Driving Transformation That Changes the World 201</b></p> <p>About the Author 221</p> <p>Index 225</p>

<p><b>CHERYL CRAN</b> is the CEO of Evolutionary Business Solutions Inc., where she helps leaders and their teams evolve their executive, leadership, and team skill levels so that they can increase results. She is the author of five books, including the bestselling <i>101 Ways to Make Generations X, Y and Zoomers Happy at Work,</i> and has written for <i>Entrepreneur, Forbes, Metro New York, Readers Digest, Cosmopolitan, Selling Power, Builder Woman, Managing People, Meeting Planners Industry,</i> and more.

<p>We all have a fight-or-flight response wired into our psyche, which is very useful in life-and-death situations, but it’s a substantial challenge to those in charge of driving change with speed and innovation. <i>The Art of Change Leadership</i> demystifies the psychology behind our reactions to change and offers a powerful collection of tools to inspire individual and collective transformation quickly and more effectively. <p>Technology, globalization, and evolving business models are just some factors influencing the need for continual change within organizations determined to keep their competitive edge. Each generation views change differently on a personal level, which is why this empowering book gives you everything you need to be the needed change leader for everyone in your company. By developing the concrete skills every extraordinary change leader uses, you can better understand how people succeed at change and motivate them to follow through with it. Through logically organized chapters, you explore how to improve your focus, connect your body and mind, be agile in a team setting, improve productivity, communicate with your team, and: <ul><li>Leverage your current technical knowledge to increase the rate of innovation</li> <li>Use the cycle of change to foresee and handle change-related issues affecting yourself, others, and business</li> <li>Raise your emotional intelligence to match your IQ</li> <li>Guide ‘change’ initiatives with repeatable success by using the reliable three-step change model</li> <li>Master the single-most important factor to leading change</li> <li>Integrate key attributes of ‘change managers’ into your versatile ‘change leader’ skill set</li></ul> <p>Take this complete resource into your next meeting for its wealth of up-to-date research supporting the strategies top influencers use every day at the world’s biggest brands. Turn to the revealing, real-world examples for insight into navigating your own circumstances, and check your progress with clarifying assessment questions. <p>The science behind <i>The Art of Change Leadership</i> clearly marks the path through disruption to profits.

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