Agent of Change: My Life My Practice (Jossey Bass Business & Management Series) - Tapa dura

"This personal account of Richard Beckhard's many careers is must reading for managers and consultants alike. Beckhard, one of the founders and true innovators in organization development, has always been a master at designing interventions that produce learning and the management of change. Anyone interested in organizational, group, and individual learning will find this a fascinating account full of wisdom and insight." --Edgar H. Schein, Sloan Fellows Professor Emeritus and senior lecturer, Sloan School of Management, MIT "Beckhard has done it again! He sets out to tell us a story?his own?and along the way passes on his great wisdom. He truly is a master teacher. Using the unfolding of his life and career, he teaches us how to be flexible, develop theory from practice, garner strength through experience, create change, and much more." --Fredda Herz Brown, Ph.D., principal, Metropolitan Group, Family Business Consulting

The professional memoirs (and insights) from a revered organization consultant. In this remarkable memoir, Richard Beckhard shares a lifetime of wisdom from his forty-five year career as one of the country's foremost organization consultants. Written in a highly readable style, this book offers an insiders view of how change management has evolved in the latter half of the twentieth century. Throughout the book Beckhard weaves his life story with the lessons he learned from his role as an influential agent of change. The book thoughtfully outlines his principles of practice to show how they not only shaped his career but how they can be used as a model for anyone who is grappling with the issues of organizational change.