Collaborative change leadership book by John Kuypers

John Kuypers
The Change Leader With a Mirror

Collaborative change leaders get better results...with a mirror

Change leader John Kuypers offers a new collaborative change method that helps inside change leaders get better results faster.

In his third and latest book, John Kuypers shows leaders the surprising impact of shifting leadership authority...with a mirror. Who's The Driver Anyway? is published by Canada's leading HR publisher, Carswell, a Thomson Reuters company.

Using the metaphor of a relationship between a driver and a passenger, change leaders quickly learn that when they look in the mirror, they are either "Near" or "Far" drivers. When they and their colleague(s) are both Near or both Far, things progress smoothly. But look out when Near and Fear criss-cross! Drivers quickly get stuck in no-action, or mired in open resistance and conflict.

WTDA is a mirror that reflects back the root cause of all resistance - who gets to decide. It does so without judging anyone as right or wrong. Thus, it is not threatening, which lowers resistance and creates real, lasting change. Near and Far are simply two opposite ways of "driving" results. This immediate self-awareness makes it evident to everyone that someone needs to shift or things will remain off-the-rails.

Who's The Driver Anyway? offers leaders a two-way leadership method in three plain steps - Rift, Shift, and Lift. Thanks to its common language, leaders learn to communicate openly and upfront on the key question: Who gets to decide? It could be the boss. It could be a peer. It could be the subordinate. WTDA gets everyone on the same page about core issues in dispute. Action quickly follows, and frustration dissipates quickly.

Need more convincing? Read the many enthusiastic testimonials below. Then contact us to learn how we can help your change leaders achieve measurably higher levels of productivity, quality and collaboration. Run a series of workshops. Fire them up with a keynote speech. Provoke discussions with the book. Re-align roles and responsibilities using Role Driver. If you need change leaders, not status-quo leaders to achiever your goals, Who's The Driver Anyway? will get everyone on your team to embrace change, willingly and collaboratively.

Read great reviews from leaders like Malcolm Hopkins, vice-president of St. Thomas-Elgin Hospital:

"John Kuypers has written a book which deals with a vexing issue managers struggle with and which gets in the way of not only their performance but of the entire organization. Most fail to see that the root cause of their struggles is often a lack of understanding of the organizational culture. John�s book helps managers think through the vital question: Who should make the decision? What is my role? Where should my authority begin and end? What is the culture here? Are we team based, consensus driven, or are we a group of entrepreneurs, loosely collaborating? The driver/passenger analogy John uses clarifies the various relationships which are possible and gives the reader much room for personal reflection. Who�s The Driver Anyway? gives managers some great tools to enhance both their own and their organization's performance!"

Malcolm Hopkins, VP Corporate Services, St. Thomas-Elgin General Hospital, Ontario, Canada

Who's The Driver Anyway? makes it easy to see why individuals and entire teams resist change or get stuck. One reader exclaimed, "It's like someone lifted the blinds on my office window. I can now see clearly what's happening and why." Click to read more book reviews.

Read what this satisfied client said after implementing the Who's The Driver Anyway?^tm collaborative change program with his staff of 35 people:

Cam Thomson, Senior VP, Carlson Marketing Canada says,

�I was impressed with the Who�s The Driver Anyway?^tm program. My team runs complex, client-driven marketing programs and they all need to be on the same page to get things done right and done on time. The workshop gave us new language with which to communicate clearly and reliably about who�s doing what. The driver-passenger language was easy to grasp and everyone rated the experience highly. Most importantly, people are using The 7 Performance Drivers tool in day-to-day discussions. I also like how it gave me a means to create the kind of team culture I wanted to have in our business to be productive and effective. I highly recommend it!�

Who's The Driver Anyway? is a leadership results book for managers and entrepreneurs caught between a rock and hard place - wanting to get things done right, but needing key people to embrace crucial decisions they may not like.

Kelly Hoey, Executive Director, Halton Industry Education Council (HIEC) says:
"Who's The Driver Anyway? has helped me to resolve situations that I know need to be resolved with my staff. The 7 Performance Drivers collaborometer tool gives me a visual way in which to have an honest, objective discussion, particularly when they come to me with problems, not solutions. This great tool ensures that they walk away owning their share of the responsibility for getting the work done."

Call today to learn more at 1-877-688-6326 or e-mail us to set up a phone appointment. If you lead a rapidly changing organization of any size, Who's The Driver Anyway? provides a proven leadership methodology.

Jim Jonkman, VP Operations, Etymonic Design Inc, says: (Medical Device Manufacturers)

"Who�s The Driver Anyway? is really quite a tool bag � maybe more of a chest of tools � really it�s a full workshop! I didn�t expect that it would be so comprehensive. It makes a strong case for why �command and control� won�t work anymore and why business needs to shift to a culture of collaboration. That message instantly resonates in today�s business world but up until this book, there haven�t been any tools to make it happen � or understand why it�s a lot harder than it sounds. The driver/passenger model of collaboration is a breakthrough! It is very intuitive and the overlying concept of Near/Far explains behaviours that we have all seen. All the tools are so easy to remember � Rift/Shift/Lift, the Expectations Pyramid, Time Frame, HURD, WIN, and the dreaded "opposite effect". It sounds like alphabet soup but they are all very simple and easy to use tools that work in harmony to diagnose problems and make the positive change to a culture of high-performance collaboration. Great stuff!"

Who's The Driver Anyway^tm is the cornerstone of the leadership mentoring and consulting practice of Performance Shift Consulting, Burlington, Ontario, Canada.

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