High Velocity Culture Change: A Handbook for Managers

The chapters are a little out of order, but all the information is there. Used this for a 440 level class at ASU and loved it.

Anything by Price Pritchett is great reading and insight.

Short and sweet!

Mostly for type A people that are tired of waiting for type D people like me. I'm sorry and I hate myself.

I have heard a lot of criticisms of this small book as being too 'brutal' and uncaring of peoples needs and sensibilities. If one was to act PRECISELY as laid out then yes, I would agree. However if you have the brains and emotional maturity to read between the lines and see the messages the authors have laid out, use your skills with people to ensure the communication of ideas is effective and appropriate, its a brilliant book with some great 'heads up' information. It outlines some very common traps for inexperienced people and states clearly what must happen to effect genuine change.As a 'handbook' for how to act? Not so much....as a great tool to evaluate your change plans and progress? Great !

Flimsy in every way!

We used this book as the basis for a day long discussion about changing the culture of our organization. It was used as a pre-read to a one day meeting. It facilitated a common language and concepts allowing us to cover more ground in a shorter time. I would recommend this book for any group looking to change its culture through revolution rather than evolution.

I was so intrigued by the vast difference in opinions about this booklet that I just had to read it. Yep, I'm a little wonky. As the title suggests, this is a handbook FOR MANAGERS! Handing every employee a copy to read will not likely produce the results you intended (see the one-star reviews as examples). As we all know, any tool used improperly can wreak havoc. I can see how this little booklet could easily be misinterpreted if not used appropriately.The quotes offered by another reviewer were, in my opinion, used out of context (see pages 34 and 40 for the complete text). Your leadership team should know about the difficulties or face certain failure in the change initiative. Corporate culture change is a hard, messy process and some people will be really unhappy. Roughly eighty percent, per the Pareto Principle. If you need to soft-peddle change to employees, tell them their cheese has moved and see how that goes. Again, the Pareto Principle: roughly eighty percent of all change initiatives fail.High-Velocity Culture Change quickly describes twenty-two possible aspects of a change project that managers will want to know. Pritchett and Pound sugarcoat nothing. They pull no punches. The language is clear and easy to understand, short and to the point. I like that it is not a full-blown training manual. As one reviewer noted, it could be an excellent pre-read to an all-day discussion to prepare managers for what lies ahead of them. My suggestion would be to follow this up with the  ADKAR: a Model for Change in Business, Government and our Community : How to Implement Successful Change in our Personal Lives and Professional Careers  book in your goal of preparing your leaders for the challenges ahead. Once your leadership team is fully on board, then give your employees the  Employee's Survival Guide to Change  and lead them through the process. That will support them better. Oh, and I wish you much success with your change initiative!

A quick read with some solid advice. If you are not a book worm yet need some advice to get on track with culture change this is your read. No it is not deep as some of the more expanded text or courses which I have taken but still offers a good condensed set of steps. For the price I say buy it and form your own opinion. It helps in any cases of culture to have some interpersonal training so as not to misinterpret the information, but this little book is a quick start. I am a trained HR proffesional.