Beyond Intractability: A Free Knowledge Base on More Constructive Approaches to Destructive Conflict

Abstract of "Making Change Stick: Twelve Principles for Transforming Organizations" by Richard C. Reale

Citation:
Reale, Richard C. Making Change Stick: Twelve Principles for Transforming Organizations. Park Ridge, NJ: Positive Impact Associates, 2005.

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Organizationally and individually, to change is to choose. The twelve principles in this book make the choices easier:

Know Where You Are Going
Challenge Your Thinking
Involve and Be Involved
Align Your Culture
Honor Emotions
Confront Fear
Don't Wait for Perfection
Communicate Intentionally
Set People Up For Success
Catch People Doing Something Right
Measure Stuff that Matters
Lead From the Heart

If you torture data sufficiently, it will confess to almost anything. -- Fred Menger

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