This book is to professionals what management books are to managers. Chock full of checklists, dos and don'ts, models, assessments, worksheets and flowcharts, this is designed to help professionals: -market their skills -establish 50-50 partnerships with managers -sell their ideas and proposals -establish powerful professional roles -secure client commitment to action

If you are a professional working in an organization, this is the book you've been waiting for.Chock full of checklists, dos and don'ts, models, assessments, worksheets andflowcharts, this book is designed to help you:* market your skills* sell your ideas and proposals* secure client commitment to action* establish 50-50 partnerships with managers* establish powerful professional roles* make client resistance work for you.Using these skills effectively, you will experience increased impact and career satisfaction while being viewed as a valued, core member of your organization.This practical, down-to-earth, how-to book will become your constant reference. It also offers you the unique opportunity to rate yourself against the world's largest database of client/customer feedback.With this book as your Success Guide, turn your Expertise into Results!

Bellman shares his techniques for enlisting key people in the cause of getting work done when someone else is in control of the project.

The first edition of this completely revised and updated edition of a classic in the field of human resources sold over 60,000 copies worldwide and won the Book of the Year award from the Society for Human Resource Management. This new edition includes two completely new chapters, new examples and techniques, and links to free downloads on the authors' website, www.partners-in-change.com.

Draw on and develop the skills of your own faculty to provide effective, job-embedded professional development (PD) that is based on proven strategies and cost-effective PD models.

Nearly a decade later, leading change pioneers in the field have realigned to bring you the second edition of the Change Champion's Fieldguide. This thoroughly revised and updated edition of the Change Champion's Field Guide is filled with the information, tools, and strategies needed to implement a best practice change or leadership development initiative where everyone wins. In forty-five chapters, the guide's contributors, widely acknowledged as the "change champions" and leaders in the fields of organizational change and leadership development, explore the competencies and practices that define an effective change leader. Change Champions such as Harrison Owen, Edgar Schein, Marv Weisbord, Sandra Janoff, Mary Eggers, William Rothwell, Dave Ulrich, Marshall Goldsmith, Judith Katz, Peter Koestenbaum, Dick Axelrod, David Cooperrider, and scores of others provide their sage advice, practical applications, and examples of change methods that work. Change Champion's Field Guide examines the topic of leadership and change within four main topics including: Key elements of leading successful and results-driven change Tools, models, instruments, and strategies for leading change Critical success and failure factors Trends and research on innovation, change, and leadership Guidelines on how to design, implement, and evaluate change and leadership initiatives Fresh case studies that highlight leading companies who are implementing successful change in innovative and inspired ways.