CHANGE IS GOOD...YOU GO FIRST 21 Ways to Inspire Change

by Mac Anderson

*** Item Includes Short DVD Movie*** Deciding to make changes is the easy part. Getting your people on board is much more difficult! This creative book will help you inspire your team to embrace change and realize change can be good!

Best selling author, Mac Anderson (over 2 million of his books have sold) and Tom Feltenstein, highly successful marketing consultant to the hospitality industry, have teamed up to write an unforgettable book on inspiring change in your organization. It's a must read for every manager in your company! Listed below is a sampling from the 21 chapters:

• Change What Needs Changing, Not What's Easy
• Forget for Success
• Re-Recruit Your Best People
• Remove Barriers
• Keep your Focus on the Customer
• Simplify Your Message
• Stand With Them, Not Above Them • Measure Results
• Set the Stage for Innovation
• Pull the Weeds

"This book presents nuggets of leadership wisdom in an unforgettable way!"-Peter Walts, President, Centropy Group

• This book will help you and your team manage change - not have it manage you!
• Shake up the status quo in your organization! Filled with real life stories from top companies who dared to say "No" to business as usual, and ultimately succeeded.
• Kick off your meeting theme or leadership retreat with this motivational movie and create your theme around the books' 21 ways to inspire change.
• Recommended reading for any organization who wants to stand out from the competition and develop new ways of thinking about how to succeed in today's economic times.

Genres: Business, Nonfiction, Leadership, Self Help

110 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[David Grimaud]

TOM FELTENSTEIN, the co-author, gave me an autographed copy of this book at the 2012 Internation Franchise Association (IFA) Convention. It contains twenty-one, inspirational vignettes, and I intend to focus on just a few for some innovative changes I plan for my own annual meeting with my franchisees. This book came just at the right time for me.

[Brooke]

Very basic, fast read. The authors love their examples, but don't offer much insight.

[Christopher]

"Change Is Good... You Go First" by Mac Anderson and Tom Feltenstein is a concise yet impactful read that delves into the heart of change management and leadership. This book encapsulates the essence of guiding organizational change, making it an ideal read for leaders and managers seeking to navigate this challenging terrain.

One of my favourite aspects of this book is how it combines impactful quotes with practical advice. For instance, the insight from Eric Harvey and Steve Venture, "Our brains are like closets. Over time they are filled with things we no longer use - things that don't fit. Every once in a while they need to be cleaned out," highlights the need for continual adaptation and discarding outdated practices and ideas.

Other quotes that resonated and stood out for their value and relevance to change management include:

"It's easier for companies to come up with new ideas than to let go of old ones." - Peter Drucker

"A good leader inspires people to have confidence in their leader. A great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves." - Anonymous

"Progress involves risk. You can't steal second base and keep your foot on first." - Frederick Wilcox

"What gets measured gets improved." - Peter Drucker

"To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness." - Ben Franklin

In summary, "Change Is Good... You Go First" is a valuable resource for anyone in a leadership position facing the challenges of change. Its blend of succinctness and depth makes it a great guide in the world of change management.

[Chombi]

A good book for those who're new as managers. This book give you some inspiration to you to do better in your work and team.

[Finn (theroyaltyreader)]

3.75

So short but can be a little bit inspiring

[Megan]

Read for work. Basic stuff, a couple of good things to think about

[Brittany Elizabeth Cartwright]

Quick, easy ready with good snippets of how to lead change!

[Patience]

Lots of good tid-bits of wisdom! I’ll revisit this one!

[Mark]

A to-the-point guide to guiding change as a leader.

[Sunita Sinha]

The book offers a lot to think about and practice what suits your current organizational goals

[Giaunie Hendrix]

a

[Zoidberg]

Great collection of stock photos and inspirational quotes to learn to manage your company better.

[Emilee]

Good basics. And a quick lessons.

[Erin Wyatt]

This is a quick read full of a lot of inspirational quotes. While there are nuggets of wisdom, I found it to be largely without depth.

[Helfren]

The way to master the competition, is by mastering the change. Instead of making change a movement, instead create the change by prioritizing it as a culture. The book offers a very interesting proposal on how as business leader to be the sole change in the organization.

[Nate Bagley]

It's a short book that is fairly predictable. its good, not great. the title pretty much sums it up.

[Pyxipyro]

I was given this book to read for a learning community at work. Its a short inspirational book on change. Good quick read to get you thinking.

[Booksandball]

Excellent read! Easy to read covering the key steps to leading change. Very inspiring stories.

[Matt Blair]

Provocative advice and inspirational platitudes in equal measure. Your mileage may vary.

[Erin]

Punchy and to the point. Definitely a reference book and one I'll revisit often.

[Dan]

Great little book with lots of motivation to be a strong leader. Great quotes and great stories.

[Carolyn Valcik]

A quick book with life lessons.
Short, easy ways to make a change.