A Powerful Look at Corporate Change and Why Mergers,
Reorganizations, and Transformations Succeed or Fail
“[One of the] best business books of 2001 . . . [a] useful and
intelligent tool for coping with the inevitable metamorphoses of
business and life.” —Miami Herald
“Provocative imagery . . . useful questions for managers to ask
themselves.” —Harvard Business Review
“The Change Monster not only talks intelligently about the social
dynamics and emotions of people [in change efforts], it does so
with wisdom, insight, and practicality.”—Daniel Leemon, executive
vice president and chief strategy officer, Charles Schwab
Corporation
“A practitioner’s primer on revitalization that puts you in the
shoes of some who have failed and others who have succeeded. In
doing so, Jeanie Daniel Duck graphically delivers her main message
to management: Learn to master the emotions and obsessions of those
who stand in the way of change, including your own, and once you
do, you have your hands on a miraculous engine for change.”
—Michael Useem, professor of management and director of the Center
for Leadership and Change at the Wharton School, University of
Pennsylvania, and author of The Leadership Moment and Leading
Up
“Duck is an acute and empathetic observer of the changes erupting
in the workplace from the convulsive nature of corporate evolution.
. . . Jeanie Duck’s terrific book is a . . . useful and intelligent
tool for coping with the inevitable metamorphoses of business and
life. Sensitive but tough, Duck’s compassionate wisdom is street
smart without a trace of glibness.” —Miami Herald