The Dinosaur in the Living Room: Achieving Positive Change by Tackling the Obvious

What if it were possible to avert needless declines in performance and to divert the energy toward positive change? What if it were possible to reverse declining performance by achieving significant gains of 25, 50, 100% or more in a matter of months? What if such gains were attained, not by adding new technology, allocating more capital or launching yet another change program, but by tackling obvious opportunities using existing resources? What if the improvements could be achieved faster by replacing conventional methods with new practices that work better and are less labor intensive? Such opportunities do exist, are readily available and proven. The Dinosaur in the Living Room answers many of the "What if questions" posed above; and provides clear-cut strategies for achieving positive change and results.

Harlow Cohen has thirty-two years of consulting, management and academic experience. He is the president of*HBC&A, Inc., a change management consulting firm, and an adjunct professor at Case Western Reserve University. His consulting spans clients in automotive, industrial, consumer products, retail, research, insurance and banking. Before forming HBC&A, he was a senior consultant for Robert H. Schaffer and Associates, VP of Organization Planning and Development for Ameritrust Company, Senior VP of Operations for Boykin Management and Director of Human Resources for Cole National Corporation and Cole Consumer Products.Dr. Cohen holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and a Masters in Organization Development from Case Western Reserve University. He has published articles on achieving positive results, identifying and developing managerial high performers, fostering effective teams and boosting the contributions of human resource professionals.