The capacity to lead change is not exclusive to executives at thetop of the org chart. This essential business competence can be learned. In this power-packed toolkit, authors Ken Matejka and Al Murphy put the power to become a champion of change into the ds of every leader, manager, and positive change agent in today's team-based organizations.

With an easy-to-follow six-step process, dianostic exercises and surveys, strategies for cvercoming roadbloks, best practices from successful change leaders, and powerful ac-tion tools to facilitate learning, Makink Change Happen On Time, On Target, On Budget com-fronts head-on the prevailing notion that one size fits all when implementing change initia-tives in organizations.

Matejke and Murphy show clearly clearly how different types of changes—from continuous improvements to reorganizations, strategic redirections tocultural shifts—require differ-ent styles of leadership, communication plans, leves of staff involvement, and implemen-tation strategies. They dig deep into what it takes to analyze the forces driving the need for change, build a compelling business case for change story, choose the communication and leadership approach that best fits the work culture, and take the right actions that will capture both the mind and the heart oferery employee needed to ensure the long-term success of the change effort.

Ken Matejka, an award-winning educator, is professor of leadership and change management at Duquesne University. An active speaker, trainer, and consultant, he has delivered executive education courses and strategic retreats forleaders and change agents at such leading Fortune 500 companies as FedEx Ground, Dlothing & Sporting Goods, AT&T, Sears Merchandising Grolup, and US Steel, several non-for-profit organizations and numer-ous national associations Author of five business books, including A Manager's Guide to Millen-nium, he also contributed articles to many pub-lications including Business Horizos, Management Decision, Training, Executive Excellence, Working Woman, and the Dallas Morning News.

Al Murphy principal of Man-aging Change Consultants, has concentated on the issues associ-ated with the implementation of change in organizations for more than thirty years. He holds a Master's degree in organization development from Pepperdine Umi-versity and has studied and practiced with many of the leaders in the field, Murphy has consulted with a variety of corporate, entrepreneurial, and nor-for-profit clients including Mellon Financial, Highmark, Alcoa, Federal Express, and Citizens National Bank. He has served on adjunct fac-ulty at the Donalue Graduate School of Business at Duquesne University for more than ten years.