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by Mamie F. Jones (Author)
It's time to lead extraordinary change!
Transformation is hard. And most efforts fail. After thirty-five years of leading transformation efforts with multiple organizations and teams, Mamie Jones has developed a proven playbook for anyone who wants to drive dramatic change and produce extraordinary results. It's time to take your organization or team to the next level through learning how to:- Adjust your own mindset and approach to leadership so you can transform the mindset of others.
- Discover the simple, necessary ingredients that propel an organization or team into transformation and know whether your organization is ready for it.
- Create the right environment for change and discover the skill of active listening, nurturing it in others and changing your work culture.
- Capture the hearts and minds of your people in practical ways and bring the "burning platform" to life.
- Move your transformation into high gear in a way that inspires, excites and emboldens your team.
- Inspire your team to work in a way they never dreamed possible and commit to stay the course.
- Develop a transformation culture so your organization and your team are always moving forward.
Lead Extraordinary Change: The Proven Playbook for Driving Successful Organizational Transformation is a book you will come back to again and again, gleaning new insights and implementing each step. Most transformation efforts fail-but yours doesn't have to!
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Lead Extraordinary Change provides an actionable blueprint for driving successful and meaningful transformation, equipping leaders with a strategy to create change that brings out the best in their organization and, more importantly, their people. Mamie Jones's proven strategy for transformation takes a human-centered approach, because true change is not just about infrastructure and processes.
The intentional approach narrated in Lead Extraordinary Change focuses on nurturing transformation through an ongoing cycle of six key stages--built around understanding, commitment, and celebrating wins. With practical wisdom from experience driving change, Jones aims to provide learning and insights, advising readers on what to do, but also on how to execute each stage of leading remarkable transformation from within.
Are you ready to lead your own extraordinary change?
Author Biography
MAMIE JONES is a former SVP executive with over 35 years of corporate leadership experience, which she now lends to public speaking and periodical consulting. She has held senior positions at major companies like Sabre, Travelocity, Dun & Bradstreet, and Intuit, winning numerous awards including the Tech Tital CTO award for North Texas and Inuit's CEO Leadership award. A celebrated keynote speaker, Mamie has presented at conferences across the U.S. focused on driving organizational transformation. She is a steadfast supporter of women in STEM careers and has served on advisory boards for Teradata and the University of Texas at Dallas, currently serving on the Mastek Inc. Board of Directors. Originally from the Pacific Northwest, Mamie resides in North Texas and Colorado, spending summers on the Oregon Coast with her family.
