Changing the Essence

Richard Beckhard was an American organizational theorist, Adjunct Professor at MIT, and pioneer in the field of organization development. Beckhard co-launched the Addison-Wesley Organization Development Series and began the Organization Development Network in 1967.Wendy Pritchard is the author of Changing the Essence: The Art of Creating and Leading Environmental Change in Organizations, published by Wiley.

• Preface. The Authors. Choosing the Fundamental Change Strategy. Creating a Learning Organization: Balanced Rewards for Results andImprovement. Leading a Vision-Driven Change Effort: A Commitment to theFuture. Focusing the Effort: Crucial Themes That Drive Change. Resolving the Leader's Personal Dilemmas: Style and Behavior. Aligning the Organization: Integration of Roles, Systems, andRewards. Leading the Transition: Strategies for Process, Commitment, andCommunication. Epilogue: Visionary Leaders and Transformed Organizations. References. Suggestions for Further Reading. Index.

"The indispensable leadership handbook for men and women who mustmanage the massive change, complexity, and opportunity that markour time." --Frances Hesselbein, president and CEO, The PeterDrucker Foundation "This new book helps us see that fundamental change is bothpersonal and relentlessly systemic, or it is nothing at all."--Peter Senge, author of The Fifth Discipline