Who Killed Change?: Solving the Mystery of Leading People Through Change

By Ken Blanchard

By the bestselling author of The One Minute Manager, a business parable that teaches organizations to cope successfully with change.

Every day organizations around the world launch change initiatives – often big, expensive ones – designed to improve the status quo. Yet 50 to 70 percent of these change efforts fail. A few perish suddenly, but many die painful, protracted deaths that drain the organization's resources, energy and morale.

So, Who or what is killing change? That's what you'll find out in this delightful whodunit. The story features a Columbo-style detective named Agent who's investigating the murder of yet another Change. One by one, Agent interviews thirteen prime suspects, including a myopic leader named Vision; a chronically tardy manager named Urgency; an executive named Communication whose laryngitis makes communication all but impossible; and several other dubious characters.

The suspects are sure to sound familiar, and you're bound to relate them to your own workplace. In the end, Agent solves the case in a way that will inspire you to become an effective Change Agent in your own organization.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins UK
• Release date: Jun 25, 2009
• ISBN: 9780007323845

Ken Blanchard

Ken Blanchard es el coautor de El nuevo mánager al minuto y otros cincuenta libros, incluyendo los best sellers del New York Times Gung Ho! y Raving Fans. Las ventas combinadas de sus libros ascienden a más de dieciocho millones de ejemplares en más de veintisiete idiomas. Es el líder espiritual de The Ken Blanchard Companies, una compañía global en la formación gerencial y el desarrollo empresarial que él y su esposa, la doctora Marjorie Blanchard, fundaron en 1979.

Reviews for Who Killed Change?

[Neetu Bhambhani · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Amazed at how the author converted so much management knowledge into a thriller and a very interesting one at that. It will help everyone who reads it. Some things might seem pretty basic but there are certain subtleties in the book that make it worth reading and once you've read it, you won't let change die.