Teaching the Elephant to Dance: Empowering Change in Your Organisation [Paperback]

James A. Belasco (Author)

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Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Random House Business Books; New edition edition (10 Sep 1992)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0712655395
ISBN-13: 978-0712655392
Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 13.7 x 1.5 cm

Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

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Trainers shackle young elephants to deeply embedded stakes to make them stay in one place. Older elephants never try to leave even though they have the strenght to pull the stakes and move beyond. Using this analogy, the author shows how many organizations are stuck fast in obsolete working methods and practices which completely disqualify them from success, or even survival, in today's hectic, ever-changing business environment. This book describes over 100 organizations - from IBM, American Express, British Airways, Amstrad, Kodak, Benetton and McDonalds to universities and government agencies - which have stayed successful, or recovered from the brink of disaster, by their effective management of change and empowerment of employees right through the organization from top to bottom.

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boring 22 April 2012

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its more like teaching an elephant to sleep. its cumbersome and annoying and so outdated.
its going to the nearest charity shop to dance

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