OTHER BOOKS BY THE AUTHORS

Richard H. Axelrod, Terms of Engagement: Changing the Way We Change Organizations, Berrett-Koehler, 2000. If you’ve ever asked yourself, “How can we get the entire organization to support your change effort?” you are not alone. Here Dick shows why current approaches to change often create resistance instead of reducing it and provides readers with a practical, principle-based strategy for creating successful change outcomes. There are plenty of case studies and lessons applicable to any change project you’re undertaking.

Richard H. Axelrod and Emily M. Axelrod, The Conference Model, Berrett-Koehler, 1999. In this booklet, Dick and Emily describe their approach to redesigning organizations and processes.

Robert W. Jacobs, Real Time Strategic Change: Involving an Entire Organization in Fast and Far-Reaching Change, Berrett-Koehler, 1997. Jake’s book describes how to bring large groups of people together to create their future, faster. Chock full of tools and techniques, it walks you through a step-by-step process for unleashing the hearts, minds, and hands of your total organization.

Robert W. Jacobs and Frank McKeown, Real Time Strategic Change, Berrett-Koehler, 1999. In this booklet, Jake updates his previous work and provides readers with a condensed version of his original text.

VISTA Consulting Team Limited, Meetings by Design, VISTA Consulting Team Limited, 2002. Written by Julie Beedon and her partners in VISTA, this hands-on tool kit is a must for every Pragmatic Involver. It describes a multitude of ways to include others and make meetings something people want to attend instead of the energy-draining punishment we have come to accept as “the way things have to be.”