Change from the Inside Out, Erika Andersen
Change from the Inside Out, Erika Andersen
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Change from the Inside Out
Making You, Your Team, and Your Organization Change-Capable

Author: Erika Andersen

Narrator: Erika Andersen

Unabridged: 8 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 10/26/2021


Synopsis

Change initiatives fail because humans are hardwired to return to what's worked for us in the past. This book offers a straightforward process for rewiring ourselves and those we lead to be more change-capable. 

Erika Andersen says avoiding change is a biological imperative. Change initiatives often fail because leaders don't overcome individuals' instinctive impulse toward homeostasis - stable conditions needed for survival. Incorporating a fictional story of a jewelry business changing generational hands, Andersen lays out a five-step process for addressing both the human side of change and its practical aspects:
 
Step 1-Clarify the change and why it's needed: Get clear on what the change is and the benefits it will bring.
Step 2-Envision the future state: Build a shared picture of the post-change future.
Step 3-Build the change: Bring together a change team, engage key stakeholders, and plan the change.
Step 4-Lead the transition: Build a transition plan that supports the human side of the change, then engage the whole organization in making the change.
Step 5-Keep the change going: Work to make your organization permanently more change-capable.
 
With engaging opportunities to self-reflect and try out the ideas and approaches throughout, this book is a practical guide to thriving in this era of nonstop change.

About Erika Andersen

Erika Andersen is founding partner of the consulting firm Proteus International and the author of Growing Great Employees: Turning Ordinary People into Extraordinary Performers and Being Strategic: Plan for Success, Out-Think Your Competitors, Stay Ahead of Change, which she adapted into a public television show, Being Strategic with Erika Andersen.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Alexander on October 13, 2021

Erika Andersen’s new book, Change From The Inside Out, is an exemplary kind of leadership advice guide. Particularly because it revolves around a general theme, rather than a specified area of interest. This makes Andersen’s advice more subjective for each reader of the book, rather than something d......more

Goodreads review by CYNTHIA on October 28, 2021

In this book, business author Erika Andersen addresses the important and complex topic of how to effectively navigate, create and lead change...and she does so with her characteristic simple, insightful, practical guidance. This book points out convincingly how, in our increasingly turbulent world,......more

Goodreads review by Rachel Van Carpels on November 08, 2021

As with her previous books, Andersen does the often challenging job of offering inroads to all kinds of readers - those who are gung-ho to make changes and those who find the prospect terrifying. She takes time in the early chapters to lay the foundation for why the work of change (and being able to......more

Goodreads review by Erika on October 26, 2021

Dear Goodreaders - At the risk of being outrageously self-aggrandizing, I believe this new book is tremendously useful and timely. In this era of non-stop and ever-increasing change, becoming change-capable is essential to our happiness and success. Change from the Inside out provides insights, skil......more

Goodreads review by Robert on November 03, 2021

Humans don't do change well. That's gotta change Throughout most of human history, the pace of change was slow enough that individuals and organizations did not have to spend much time worrying about adapting. Today, the exponential growth rate of information, technology and innovation means that ch......more