CHANGE-friendly LEADERSHIP: How to Transform Good Intentions into Great Performance

• Winner of the Eric Hoffer Award
• Winner of the Independent Publishers Excellence Award
• Winner of the Axiom Business Book Award

“This is a truly splendid book … highly relevant, tremendously insightful, remarkably accessible.” Stephen M.R. Covey, bestselling author of The Speed of Trust

How can you get people “on board” with your change effort so they’re part of the solution instead of part of the problem? How can you use resistance as a positive force that actually accelerates your desired change?

CHANGE-friendly LEADERSHIP offers a step-by-step approach to transforming good intentions into great performance.

You’ll learn how to:

• Turn skeptics into allies
• Forge a coalition of engaged sponsors
• Navigate organizational speed bumps
• Counter dirty tricks
• Enable your change to “stick the landing”

Create a can-do culture that makes future change easier. You can do all that and more with CHANGE-friendly LEADERSHIP. Written by Rodger Dean Duncan, a seasoned leadership coach and change practitioner whose clients have included senior officers at top companies in multiple industries and cabinet officials in two White House administrations.

If you like the works of Stephen Covey, John Kotter, Ken Blanchard, Dave Ulrich, Liz Wiseman, Simon Sinek and other experts in workplace issues, you’ll love CHANGE-friendly LEADERSHIP.

EDITORIAL REVIEWS
"A truly splendid book ... highly relevant, tremendously insightful, remarkably accessible." Stephen M.R. Covey, NYT bestselling author of The Speed of Trust

"As a leader in the corporate world for over three decades, I find myself drawn to books which offer enlightened thinking on leadership that stand up to scrutiny from a practitioner's point of view and can be put to work on Monday morning. This is one of those books. I highly recommend it." Douglas R. Conant, retired President & CEO of Campbell Soup Co., NYT bestselling author of TouchPoints & The Blueprint

"With wisdom and insight, Change-friendly Leadership beautifully brings home the simple truth that people are as important as results." Ken Blanchard author The One Minute Manager & Great Leaders Grow

"Leading through change is tough and, now as never before, necessary. Reading Rodger Dean Duncan's book is like having a favorite uncle—wise, funny, and (yes) friendly—to guide you. Erika Andersen, author Leading So People Will Follow

"This insightful book presents a refreshingly positive method for motivating your team (and yourself) through times of guaranteed change. It’s truly a performance enhancer, and a must read for all leaders who want to go from great to greater!" Ann Rhoades, former Chief People Officer at Southwest Airlines, author Built on Values

"Change-friendly Leadership is a work of brilliantly memorable models, genuinely compelling stories, and highly practical advice that inspire and energize. It's awork of optimism, compassion, and encouragement in a time when so much of what we hear about change is pessimistic. It's the kind of book you can put to use immediately. So, do it!" Jim Kouzes, author of he Leadership Challenge

“Destined to be a classic, this remarkable book will reshape your thinking about what kind of leadership produces positive, sustainable results—and develops your people in the process.” Chip Conley, NYT bestselling author, founder/CEO Modern Elder Academy

“A powerful and convincing affirmation that effective leadership is not about title or position, but about values-based person-to-person behaviors.” Bill George, Harvard Business Professor, author of Authentic Leadership & True North