Change Management Fables: Leadership of Change Volume 1

Peter F Gallagher

Mar 2019 · Leadership of Change Book 1 · PFG Publishing

About this ebook

Leadership of Change Volume 1: Change Management Fables

Change Management Fables: Ten fables about the leadership paradox of implementing organisational change management versus delivering normal day-to-day operations.

About this Book: Leaders go about their daily task of implementing the organisation’s strategy to deliver financial results. All of a sudden there is a change explosion that disrupts normal day-to-day operations. This is the leadership paradox: implementing change versus delivering day-to-day operations. Leaders then need to adjust their focus to implement the change, so that the organisation stays ahead of the competition and continues to deliver revenue to its shareholders. That means the change has to ensure a return on investment, full employee change adoption, and sustainable change.

Leadership of Change® Volume 1 represents the author’s experiences throughout his career, it, provides ten practical stories of typical and consistent change management challenges that organisations and leaders experience when implementing organisation change, transitioning their organisation from the current ‘a’ state to the future ‘B’ state. Potential solutions are introduced which are developed in Volumes 2 and 3. This book includes illustrations as well as the a2B Change Management Framework® (a2BCMF®), the AUILM® Employee Change Adoption Model and the a2B5R® Employee Behaviour Change Model.

Other Leadership of Change® Volumes:

Volume 2 - a2B Change Management Pocket Guides

Volume 3 – Change Management Handbook

The volumes in this series are intended to be leading practice in organisational change management and implementation, which supports strategy execution. They are based on the author’s work, with over thirty years of organisational change implementation, transformation, and business improvement experience in over twenty countries. Volume 1 shares change management challenges and experiences told through ten short fables that are based in some way on the author’s work experience. Volume 2 is the a2B Change Management Pocket Guide that is practical, hands-on and provides a framework, concepts, models and techniques to help employees with change implementation. Volume 3 is the a2B Change Management Handbook which provides many more concepts and much more detail than contained within the Pocket Guide.

Change Management Pocket Guide: This pocket guide contains over thirty concepts, models, figures, assessments, tools, templates, checklists, plans, a roadmap and glossary structured around the ten-step a2B Change Management Framework®.

About this Book: This pocket guide is a practical, hands-on guide built around the a2B Change Management Framework® (a2BCMF®) with over thirty models, tool and change concepts. It is designed to support change practitioners delivering hands-on organisational change. The pocket guide supports a programme approach to organisational change, starting with ‘change definition’ (strategy alignment) and moving through to ‘closing and sustain’ the change. The ten-step a2BCMF® is supported by over thirty concepts, a change adoption model, a behavioural change model, figures, assessments, tools, templates, checklists and plans, as well as a roadmap and glossary. It covers the key change management concepts such as sponsorship, communications, readiness, resistance and adoption. The assessments provide valuable input on whether the team should progress from one critical a2BCMF® step to the next.

Change Management Handbook: This handbook contains over fifty concepts, models, figures, assessments, tools, templates, checklists, plans, a roadmap and glossary structured around the ten-step a2B Change Management Framework® each with a practical case study.

About this Book: This handbook is for growth mindset leaders, senior managers, students, HR professionals and change management practitioners who want to deliver organisational change while their organisation continues with day-to-day operations. The Leadership of Change Volume 3 is based on over thirty years of experience implementing change, transformation and improvements into some of the world’s largest and most successful organisations across many countries and cultures. It provides deep insights into change programme delivery using the a2B Change Management Framework®. It starts by aligning the change with the organisation’s strategy and vision, moving through to successfully closing and sustaining the change. It covers ten key change management implementation concepts in detail, which include sponsorship, change history, communication, change planning, readiness, resistance, developing the new skills and behaviours, as well as adoption. It also includes the AUILM® Employee Change Adoption Model and the a2B5R® Employee Behaviour Change Model.

Ratings and reviews

As an accredited and practicing change management professional, I found this book really helpful with some excellent insights. I particularly liked the real life scenarios and the lead into the ten step solutions. Most change management books do not use examples that are 'relatable' to organisational implementation and delivery. I'm really looking forward to reading the following two volumes which will further develop the ten step solutions (once they're published) - a2B Change Management Pocket Guide: The Leadership of Change Volume 2 and The Leadership of Change Volume 3 - Leadership Solutions Handbook. I'm already using the free downloadable a2B change management roadmap.

I was trained by Peter on a lean change practitioner training course in Nigeria a few years ago when he worked for the world’s largest energy company. Peter came highly recommended for the corporate office in the Netherlands and was part of the organization effectiveness team deploying global corporate transformational change and improvement programs. What I liked about the author, even then was his ability to talk about change from a variety of perspectives. He knew the academic side (the scholars), the leadership side (strategy alignment, sponsorship. etc) but for me it was his ability to convey the real-life challenges of what really happens on the ground. I still remember the stories he conveyed on how organisations, leaders and employees react to change. The author categorises these reactions as: Advocates, Observers and REBELS. When a colleague mentioned that Peter had created this book on fables, I quickly got a copy and have just finished reading it. The fables are indeed real-life stories with real-life characters arranged in a logical sequence, each focusing on separate but related steps of effectively implementing organisation change. Looking for to getting my hands-on volume 2 and 3. Yes, I will be using the free change management roadmap on my next project….

I was trained by Peter on a lean change practitioner training course in Nigeria a few years ago when he worked for the world’s largest energy company. Peter came highly recommended for the corporate office in the Netherlands and was part of the organization effectiveness team deploying global corporate transformational change and improvement programs. What I liked about the author, even then was his ability to talk about change from a variety of perspectives. He knew the academic side (the scholars), the leadership side (strategy alignment, sponsorship. etc) but for me it was his ability to convey the real-life challenges of what really happens on the ground. I still remember the stories he conveyed on how organisations, leaders and employees react to change. The author categorises these reactions as: Advocates, Observers and REBELS. When a colleague mentioned that Peter had created this book on fables, I quickly got a copy and have just finished reading it. The fables are indeed real-life stories with real-life characters arranged in a logical sequence, each focusing on separate but related steps of effectively implementing organisation change. Looking for to getting my hands-on volume 2 and 3. Yes, I will be using the free change management roadmap on my next project….

About the author

 About Peter F Gallagher

Peter is a Change Management Expert, International Speaker, Author and Leadership Alignment Coach and Trusted Adviser to C-suites.

Experience:
He has a proven track record of complex change and project delivery in multi-disciplinary environments for the world’s largest and most successful organizations. He has Big Four external consulting experience, as well as internal and commercial consulting experience, working in over twenty-five countries over a thirty-year career. Companies he has worked for include: EY, Shell, NCR and Bombardier Aerospace and has held senior roles in industry and has boardroom experience as a NED. His clients include organisations such as ADNOC, Boeing, GE, Rolls Royce and Saudi Aramco.

Speaking:
Peter speaks on the leadership of change®, change management, change leadership alignment and the benefits of change management gamification. As a speaker, Peter has presented strategic transformations leading practice to Government entities, CEO audiences globally, leadership teams and at professional membership conference. For over 30 years Peter has been helping organisations, leaders and employees change, improve and transform through keynotes, master classes, change management gamification workshops, projects and programmes. The change question set Peter asks all leaders and works with their team to develop the solution is:

"Do you have a change vision? Are you aligned on your strategic objectives? Are you a high performing team? Does your team have change leadership skills to lead the change or improvement that your organisation is facing?"

Publications:
~ Leadership of Change® Volume 1 - Change Management Fables
~ Leadership of Change® Volume 2 - Change Management Pocket Guide
~ Leadership of Change® Volume 3 - Change Management Handbook

Professional Qualifications:
Peter has an MBA (Distinction) from the Robert Gordon University. He is an American Society of Quality (ASQ) Certified Manager of Quality, a Certified Change Management Professional™ with the Association of Change Management Professionals (ACMP) and holds three certifications from the Project Management Institute (PMI). He is also a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt.

Board Member:
~ Vice President of Association of Change Management Professionals (ACMP) UK