Mastering Change 1st Edition

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The Power of Mutual Trust and Respect in Personal Life, Family Life, Business, and Society This book, written in conversational format with easy-to-understand graphics, presents a tested method for mastering change, whether in personal life, family life, business, or society. In short chapters that are profound, yet easy to follow, Dr. Adizes conveys his method of understanding the dynamics of change. The material in this book has been presently by Dr. Adizes and his certified associates to thousands of people in countries all around the world. Mastering Change addresses many issues critical to our future, both individually and collectively: what to do about change why conflict is necessary how to engage in conflict constructively how to communicate with others whose style is different from your own how to make quality decision how to convert committee work into teamwork how to identify sources of efficiency and effectiveness how to recognize mismanagement styles how to predict whether decision will be implemented how to create mutual trust respect capi: the key to mastering changeAbout the AuthorDr. Ichak Adizes is one of the leading management experts in the world. Since 2005 he has been ranked by Leadership Excellence Journal as one of the top 30 Thought Leaders in Management and Leadership. For his contribution to management theory and practice, he has been awarded 15 honorary doctorates, two honorary citizenships, the honorary military rank of major, was elected a Fellow of the International Academy of Management, and was appointed Honorary Scientific Advisor to IBS – the Academy of Economic of the Russian Federation. For his contributions of humanity, he was selected by the National Ethnic Coalition of Organization (NECO) Foundation to be the recipient of the 2010 Ellis Island Medal of Honor. Dr. Adizes served as a tenured faculty member at UCLA and as a visiting professor at Stanford and Columbia University. He is the founder and president of the Adizes Institute, an international consulting company that applies the methodology bearing his name in order to help organizations manage accelerated change and achieve exceptional results. Dr. Adizes served as a consultant to prime minister and cabinet members in various countries, and to executives in companies ranging from start-ups to the Fortune One Hundred. He lectures in four languages, and has spoken before more than a hundred thousand executives in 52 countries. He has published 11 books, several of which have been translated into 26 languages. Dr. Adizes resides with his family in Santa Barbara, California. He maintains a strict vegan diet, and enjoys folk dancing, playing the accordion, and practicing meditation.

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Acknowledgments About the Author Conversations The Meaning of Management Predicting the Quality of Decision Efficiency and Effectiveness The Incompatibility of Roles The Incompatibility Mismanagement Styles What to Do About Change Responsibility, Authority, Power and Influence Predicting and Efficiency of Implementing Decisions What Makes the Wheels Turn Mutual Trust and Respect and Quality of People Miscommunication How to Communicate with Others Whose Style is Different Perceiving Reality How to Convert Committee Work into Teamwork Endnotes Selected Previous Works by the Author Audio and Video Programs by the Author Other Work of Interest About the Adizes Institute