bestseller

A Fifth Discipline Resource

THE DANCE OF CHANGE

THE CHALLENGES OF SUSTAINING MOMENTUM IN LEARNING ORGANIZATIONS

Peter Senge, Art Kleiner, Charlotte Roberts, Richard Ross, George Roth & Bryan Smith

"My first - and enduring - reaction to this book was 'it's brilliant'..."
People Management

"Closely and cogently argued... Its points are often thought provoking. It is likely to repay any reader who is open to new ideas and unafraid of putting those ideas into action."
Management Skills and Development

"How do we go beyond the first steps of corporate change? How do we sustain momentum?" These are the questions that The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook team seek to answer in The Dance of Change. Companies and organizations cannot thrive today without learning to adapt their attitudes and practices. But many discover, after initial success, that even the most promising efforts to transform or revitalize organizations can fail to sustain themselves over time.

Now, drawing on new theories about leadership and the long-term success of change initiatives, the authors show how to accelerate success and avoid obstacles. Written for managers and executives at every level, The Dance of Change reveals how business leaders can work together to anticipate the challenges they will be forced to face. Written in a compellingly clear format, readers will learn how to build the personal and organizational capabilities needed to meet those challenges.

Filled with individual and team exercises, in-depth accounts of sustaining learning initiatives by managers and leaders in the field, and well-tested practical advice, The Dance of Change provides an insider's perspective on implementing learning and change initiatives at organizations such as British Petroleum, Chrysler, Dupont, Ford, GE, Harley-Davidson and many more and offers crucial advice for line-level managers, executive leaders, internal networkers, educators and others who are struggling to put change initiatives into practice.

Peter Senge is the Director of the Center for Organizational Learning at MIT's Sloan School of Management, and a founding partner of Innovation Associates in Boston. Together with Art Kleiner, he is also a co-author of The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook and Schools that Learn. Art Kleiner is also the author of Who Really Matters.