Champions of change : how CEOs and their companies are mastering the skills of radical change / David A. Nadler with Mark B. Nadler.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-313) and index.

1. What It Takes: Confronting the Realities of Change -- 2. Where to Start: Understanding Organizations -- 3. From Tuning to Overhaul: The Dimensions of Change -- 4. Reshaping the Entire Enterprise: The Special Challenges of Discontinuous Change -- 5. Winning Hearts and Minds: Overcoming the Obstacles to Change -- 6. Setting the Stage: Recognizing the Change Imperative -- 7. Waging the Great Campaign: Developing a Shared Direction -- 8. Building a New Strategy: The Strategic Choice Process -- 9. Redesigning the Organizational "Hardware": The Keys to Strategic Design -- 10. When Worlds Collide: Aligning Strategy and Culture -- 11. Finding the Right People: A Guide to Strategic Selection -- 12. Staying the Course: Consolidating and Sustaining Change -- 13. Leading the Charge: The Unique Role of Senior Management -- 14. Learning to Lead Change: The New Principles for CEOs and Companies.

How do today's most outstanding executives inspire change throughout their organizations? What makes them effective leaders, driven to champion change? This compelling guide offers managers a rare, behind-the-scenes glimpse into real-world change strategies successfully put into practice by corporate leaders. Top management consultant David Nadler reveals the experiences and insights of the CEOs and key managers he has advised over the course of twenty years.

In Champions of Change he combines their applied visions into a clear, common-sense approach to initiating, designing, and implementing organizational change.