Download or read book Change Or Die written by Milton D. Dealy and published by Greenwood Publishing Group. This book was released on 2006 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifies the five key qualities of people and organisations with the courage and insight to inspire positive change. For every business, the choice is stark: "Change - or die." At any moment, two-thirds of companies claim to be in the midst of some type of organisational revamping. But most of these initiatives fail; the business landscape is littered with the carcasses of glants who were unable to adapt to change - Digital, Prime, Wang, and Polaroid, to name a few. What many companies fail to recognize is that organisational change needs to come from within, no matter how profound the external forces. Positive change requires "change agents" throughout the organisation - those individuals who can translate the strategic vision of leaders into pragmatic behaviour. They will be the early adopters of the new values, actions, and skills required by the company. This book identifies the qualities of great change agents and how these skills can be mastered to serve as a catalyst for change throughout the organisation. Illustrating these principles through examples from world-class organisations, Dealy and Thomas demonstrate the techniques for acquiring and executing those skills - and