Change Without Pain: How Managers Can Overcome Initiative Overload, Organizational Chaos, and Employee Burnout

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Summary: Fresh perspective
Review: It's my job to be familiar with change methodologies. So I approached this book with the thought of "not another change model". But I was quickly drawn into Eric Abrahamson fresh perspective on change. Like him, I have experiences in which a recombinant method would have produced long-term organisational improvement. This book is a good read for every practioner who has to have several ideas up his or her sleeve at all times.

Rating:
Summary: Fresh perspective
Review: It's my job to be familiar with change methodologies. So I approached this book with the thought of "not another change model". But I was quickly drawn into Eric Abrahamson fresh perspective on change. Like him, I have experiences in which a recombinant method would have produced long-term organisational improvement. This book is a good read for every practioner who has to have several ideas up his or her sleeve at all times.

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Summary: Fraud
Review: My Board of Directors found this book to be very helpful as we restructure two companies (each numbering over 500 employees). We were able to put existing skill sets to new uses while still making drastic changes in our organization. I highly recommend this book to anyone contemplating change in your company or organization. Read this first!

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Summary: Contemplating organizational change?
Review: My Board of Directors found this book to be very helpful as we restructure two companies (each numbering over 500 employees). We were able to put existing skill sets to new uses while still making drastic changes in our organization. I highly recommend this book to anyone contemplating change in your company or organization. Read this first!

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Summary: A poorly written book on an important topic
Review: The ability to manage organizational change is a crucial element of being a good manager. Unfortunately, Abrahamson's book does not do an effective job of teaching the lessons needed to learn change management skills. In his book, Abrahamson makes it apparent that he is a career academic with no real experience as a business leader. His examples are trite and unhelpful, and the lessons he tries to teach are either painfully obvious or too theoretical to ever be of any real help in a business setting. For a good book on this topic with solid advice and relevant examples, try either "Change Management" or "Strategic Organizational Change."

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Summary: A good eye opener
Review: This book was a complete eye opener. It really presents a completely different take on the topic of managing change. In addition, its full of rich examples, of practical advice and tools that I can put into action. Good stuff for my business.
Also, found the web site for the book www.ChangeWithoutPain.com; although it is under construction..., is also quite useful.

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Summary: Very Useful
Review: Wonderfully written. Many many good examples. Fresh look on the subject of managing change. Useful. Practical. Advice on Culture, People, Social Networks, Structure and Process. Ideas about how to control the pace of change and how to make change less disruptive.

5 stars!