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Are there common characteristics to be found among companies which have got change management right? Much of the writing on change management focuses on the psychological aspects of implementing change, especially in the face of strong resistance. This is undoubtedly important but there is sense that the baby may be thrown out with the bathwater. Traditional, relatively mechanistic project management tools remain essential as pro-jects move into implementation.

Lead from the top Top management involvement and commitment to any change initiative are essential. But what could be more important to the CEO than the future of the firm? The most successful initiatives we have experienced are those where the CEO is actively and visibly involved throughout the process, dedicating up to 50 percent of their time to the effort, setting the pace, communicating urgency, insisting on breakthrough thinking and results, and leading by example.

Gaining senior management commitment is essential and can be reinforced by incorporating agreed savings and revenue enhancement targets into budgets and performance-related pay systems. Putting stake in the ground sufficiently far ahead forces fundamental rethinking. Through focusing on few key performance objectives and rigorously monitoring progress against them, the energies of the organisation can concentrate on achieving the corporate goals.

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Rare Books. Video Games. My Account. Item 1 of 0. Very Good. Add to cart. Reviews: Trustpilot. Summary This pragmatic "how to" book is derived from the authors extensive experience of one-to-one executive coaching, with tools, approaches, and frameworks to support leaders in progressing their careers, while also maintaining a sense of balance and purpose in their lives.

This is a book for 21st Century leaders. Business conversation is all about the war for talent - and yet the solutions presented are all "outside-in" i.

Alpha Leadership seeks to redress these imbalances. The book is constructed around a new and simple model of leadership. The authors call this, 'Alpha leadership', which consists of three main axes: Anticipate, Align and Act. They have derived this model from their extensive experience of leadership development in the US and Europe, during a period of rapid adaptation to the digital economy. The authors argument is that traditional approaches to leadership, leadership as it is taught in the business schools and the criteria assigned to it by corporate promotion and appraisal systems, focus exclusively on 'action', and take little or no account of the crucial importance of anticipation and alignment.

This is of increased concern since the skills most likely to generate success for leaders in today's networked, knowledge-based and unpredictable business environment are precisely those most often ignored. This emphasis on action without its preliminaries of anticipation and alignment is also a paradox, since without effective anticipation and alignment, action is likely to be inefficient, ineffective, and unsustainable. Alpha Leadership is designed as a pragmatic "how to" book, derived from the authors experience of one-to-one executive coaching - with tools, approaches and frameworks to support leaders in progressing in their careers, while also maintaining a sense of balance and purpose in their lives.

She is co--author of The Difference Engine, and of Alpha Leadership: Tools for business leaders who want more from life. Anne Murphy is responsible for co--operative partnership development at Lancaster University Management School.

She has a background in management learning and extensive international experience as a designer and facilitator of corporate learning initiatives. At Lancaster, she develops new learning and research relationships at the interface between the academic and business communities.

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