Overcoming Barriers to Strategic Change

Produced

• 2004

Key Features

55-minute VHS or DVD video

One of the most critical challenges for managers today is change. Organizational change is often difficult because of psychological and organizational barriers that get in the way. Jim Phills explains how to overcome the communication breakdowns that otherwise prevent effective decision-making and hinder constructive organizational change.

Do you think your organization adapting to the changing environment as quickly as the organizations you are competing against?  Professor Phills draws on examples from his research and consulting experiences to illustrate the psychological and organizational barriers that can get in the way of effective organizational change. He explains the need to balance advocacy with inquiry when in the midst of strategic discussions, Phills also introduces a framework for understanding and managing communication breakdowns that otherwise prevent effective decision-making and constructive change.

Jim Phills is codirector of the Stanford Business School's Center for Social Innovation, and director of the Executive Program for Nonprofit Leaders. Prior to his appointment at Stanford in 1999, he was a Visiting Scholar at Northwestern University and Assistant Professor at Yale University. Phills holds an MA and PhD from Harvard University.

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