These five short, fictionalised tales, based on true stories, are an easy read, but they also pack a punch – each illustrates a key technique for dealing with change.
Can Bill use the magic of the Food Bank to give his team a sense of purpose? Will the inscrutable Professor convince Cliff to hand over control of change to his staff? Can George help Frenzy enter the digital age without losing its identity? Will Manish swallow his pride and re-invent his approach to sales? And finally, after Katie is plunged into chaos by her secretive boss can she do any better?
5 Tales of Change is a companion volume to Anthony’s first book, The 5 Forces of Change, described as “a model that works - finally!” by an OU MBA that recently attended one of Anthony’s workshops, and as "A master-class on the competencies required to achieve effective organisational change" by Professional Manager Magazine.
To enter the competition, email platform-competitions@open.ac.uk by 31 August 2012. Please make the subject of your email ‘5 tales of change competition 2012’ and include your full name and address. All entries will all be entered into a prize draw and the winner will receive a signed copy of Anthony’s book.
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This competition opens on 17/07/12 and closes on 31/08/2012. Prizes must be taken as offered and are not transferable or exchangeable for a cash equivalent. Only one entry per person. This competition is open to all except employees of The Open University. Entries must be received by 31 August 2012. The promoter accepts no responsibility for any entries that are incomplete, illegible, corrupted or fail to reach the promoter by the relevant closing date for any reason. The winners will be drawn and notified within 28 days of the competition closing. The name and home town of the winner will be published on Platform. The editor’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
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And the winner is... Andy Raggett, of London. A copy of the book is in the post, happy reading!