Lasting Change: the Shared Values Process That Make Companies Great - Hardcover

Lebow, Rob; Simon, William L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471292648 ISBN 13: 9780471292647

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1997

Synopsis

"Rob Lebow and William Simon are on the money. Lasting Change is the only way to go and it can only happen through shared values. Lasting Change is just great-a must read!"- Ken Blanchard, Chairman and CEO, Blanchard Training & Development, Inc. and coauthor of The One Minute Manager.

"Don't miss this book! You'll come away with some extraordinary insights into how great companies make the Shared Values Process an essential principle of their strategy."- John Sculley, principal, Sculley Brothers and former CEO, Apple Computer.

"The concepts and examples are extraordinary. Lebow's Shared Values Process will prove to you that the tired old prescription of 'fixing people' is flawed. To improve performance, you must change the 'context.' This formula will work for any organization that wants lasting change!" -Paul Horgen, President and CEO, IBM Mid-America Employees Federal Credit Union.

"Today's leaders will need shared values simply to meet the challenges ahead. The next generation will demand those shared values. Lasting Change offers inspired yet practical advice for those who seek to build organizations guided by a moral compass." - Dick Capen, author of Finishing Strong/Living the Values That Take You the Distance, former U.S. Ambassador to Spain and Publisher of the Miami Herald.

"The book is well written, straightforward, and no-nonsense. It holds your attention. It is a book I will certainly require in the MBA courses I teach." - Four-star general Warren D. Johnson, USAF (Ret.), Adjunct Professor, Wake Forest University.

"Lasting Change is packed full of the stuff that makes great people and great companies-a well-packaged postgraduate education that is sure to have a lasting impact on those who have the good fortune to read it. It's a must read for entry-level neophytes and seasoned CEOs."- Harold Burson, Chairman, Burson-Marsteller.

"A great collection of anecdotes and experiences that will help a manager develop into a leader.

The book has a lot of information and is well written." -Philip Crosby, CEO of Philip Crosby Associates II, Inc., author of Quality Is Free and The Absolutes of Leadership.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

Lasting Change The Shared Values Process That Makes Companies Great Rob Lebow & William L. Simon Do you work just for money? Or do you seek depth and satisfaction on the job? Surveys show that we want both. Leading companies have begun to recognize that increased productivity and profitability come when motivated workers find their jobs dignified and fulfilling. Until now there has never been a realistic business process that successfully combined the ideal with the practical, the human with the pragmatic, the honorable with the profitable. The Shared Values Process presented in Lasting Change is a quantifiable, tested program that rapidly translates into bottom-line profits and enhanced job satisfaction. You’ll find

• the eight basic shared values that will transform your workplace
• how to measure the current effectiveness of your organization with an easy-to-use Values and Attitude Study
• why "fixing" people never works, and what you should do to help people work at their optimum best
• how great companies are transforming people at every level into true leaders
• how your organization can get people at every level to take responsibility and follow through
• how to benchmark and prove that the Shared Values Process actually works

As business and political leaders decry the lack of strong values in the workplace, Rob Lebow and William Simon take a pragmatic approach to putting those values back into any business. The tested, documented techniques in Lasting Change are a sure way to find continuous improvement in communication, innovation, enthusiasm, responsibility-taking, empowerment, and team play. Top companies such as Armco Steel, Trane, Holland American Lines, Westmark Hotels, PepsiCo, Engen South Africa, and Frontier Phone have been putting the Shared Values Process to work. The effects on customer focus, competitive advantage, and bottom-line results will astonish you!

About the Author

ROB LEBOW is the founder and CEO of The Lebow Companies, an international consulting and training firm that specializes in installing the Shared Values Process in companies of all sizes and in all sectors. He is the author of A Journey into the Heroic Environment.

WILLIAM L. SIMON is a professional writer who has written several books and coauthored such best-selling titles as Profit from Experience and On the Firing Line.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0471292648
• ISBN 13: 9780471292647
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272