{"product_id":"guiding-change-journeys-9780787957117","title":"Guiding Change Journeys","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGuiding Change Journeys, a title in The Practicing Organization Development Series, takes you on a cross-cultural odyssey of personal and organization transformation. Inspired by science, mythology, and real-life lessons, this hands-on resource offers eight compelling transformation cycles that will help you connect with the universal creative spirit within and around us. Each of the change cycles focuses on a specific practice in global organization development (OD) and gives you the insights and methods to guide transformation through uncharted territory. By applying the book''s eight practices--awakening, pathfinding, adventuring, dancing with dragons, compassion, epiphany, synergy, and community--you can effect powerful change. \u003cp\u003eAuthor Rebecca Chan Allen tells stories of change leaders and facilitators, confronted by business volatility and organization diversity, who use timeless techniques to transform impasse into innovation and conflicts into creativity. Guiding Change Journe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With all due respect, the author has truly impressive credentials...\" (Training, 2\/02)\"Guiding Change Journeys brings together the poetic with thepractical. It is an immensely helpful book, beautifully written.\"--Nancy J. Adler, professor of international management, McGillUniversity, Montreal, Canada and author of From Boston to Beijing:Managing With A Worldview\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Guiding Change Journeys is a masterful fusion of Easternand Western wisdom, science, and mythology presented with greatinsight, clarity, and warmth.\" --Robert J. Marshak, organizationconsultant and author of Lewin Meets Confucius: A Re-View of the ODModel of Change\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Rebecca Chan Allen has created an exciting road map for ajourney of change. Her landscape is complete with dragons, deeppits, and pathfinders to stimulate both the guide and the processof organization change.\" --T. Don Stacy, corporate director, NobleAffiliates, Hydril Co, AEC Ltd, and Agrium, former chair, AmocoCanada and Amoco Eurasia\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"...thoughtfully written.... I recommend this book to everyoneinvolved in the journey of change.\" --Robert I. Tobin, professor,faculty of business and commerce, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"This book is a rare gift from a successful internationalorganization development consultant in which Dr. Chan Allen sharespersonal, organizational, and cultural epiphanies.\" --Dr. BarbaraP. Mink, faculty, The Fielding Institute, Santa Barbara,California\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Guiding Change Journeys has elegance and pacing that byitself is a guide to the often frantic change efforts of westernconsultants. It is a book to sit with, absorb, and reflect upon.\"--Dr. Will McWhinney, president, Enthusion, Inc. and author,Paths of Change\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Tables, Figures, and Exhibits\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword to the Series\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction to the Series\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStatement of the Board\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDedication\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Arts of Practicing Change 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Guiding Organization Change Journeys 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Inertia and Awakening 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Call and Pathfinding 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Jump and Adventuring 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Trials and Dancing with Dragons 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Dissolution and Compassion 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Discovery and Epiphany 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Integration and Synergy 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Application and Community 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue: The Gifts of Change 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Editors 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 235\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405039903063,"sku":"9780787957117","price":36.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780787957117.jpg?v=1730488463","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/guiding-change-journeys-9780787957117","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}