Charging Back Up the Hill - (Jossey-Bass Business & Management) by Mitchell Lee Marks (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Just as organizations have survived other recessions, they will come through this latest one-but they will need help to recover from it. In this book, acclaimed author and consultant Mitchell Marks offers the wisdom drawn from his many years of experience in helping organizations weather and manage the storms of mergers, acquisitions, and downsizing. Marks shows senior executives, team leaders, HR directors, and consultants how to get jaded employees back on track, carry them through the transition, and motivate them to perform at their best. He provides comprehensive guidance on "transition management," explaining how to approach the new and create a context for recovery. And he details how to revitalize the entire organization-the individual spirit, teams and their performance, and organizational systems.
Mitchell Lee Marks (San Francisco, CA) is an independent management consultant specializing in helping firms plan and implement mergers, restructurings, and other transitions. He also consults in areas of CEO coaching, senior team development, HR development, and corporate culture. Previously, he was senior director at Delta Consulting Group and national chair of the HR Management Practice Group at William H. Mercer, Inc.

From the Back Cover

In uncertain economic times, merger, acquisition, and downsizing activity increases as companies seek to streamline or strengthen their business in order to survive. But what happens in the post-transition workplace? Executives look ahead to new opportunities, while employees remain unprepared and unmotivated to make new strides. Middle managers flounder without answers for anyone. Without clear vision, functional structures, and effective communication, and feedback, many organizational transitions fail. The post-transition organization needs more than the economy's recovery to get back on its feet-- it needs effective leadership and management. And it needs a workplace that has let go of the pain of mismanaged transitions and is willing to charge ahead and capture the prize that awaits as new business opportunities emerge.

This insightful guide, by the internationally renowned management consultant Mitchell Lee Marks, presents an innovative process for workplace recovery. Charging Back Up the Hill lays out the essential elements of successful transition management, providing the techniques and tips that executives and managers can use to lead the organization following a merger, acquisition, downsizing, or other major transition. Marks offers invaluable advice to any organization ready to change and charge ahead in the twenty-first century.

Charging Back Up the Hill offers advice and techniques on how to:
* Overcome the unintended impact of mergers, acquisitions, downsizings, and other major transitions on employee morale, team productivity, and organizational effectiveness
* Use the transition as an opportunity to build a desired new corporate culture.
* Convey empathy for what organizational members have gone through during the transition period
* Create employee energy for moving forward and align it with organizational objectives
* Understand the conceptual and practical underpinnings of the process of workplace recovery after transition
Inspiring and informative, Charging Back Up the Hill will empower leaders to transform their workplaces in transition into the organizations that triumph.

About the Author

Mitchell Lee Marks leads JoiningForces.org in San Francisco and San Diego, which specializes in advising executives on managing mergers, restructurings, and other transitions; building team effectiveness; and developing organizational cultures to achieve desired financial and strategic objectives. Marks has worked with numerous organizations, including AOL, BP Amoco, Intel, Pfizer, Bank of America, and Blue Shield of California. Marks is the author of several books and articles, including Joining Forces: Making One Plus One Equal Three in Mergers, Acquisitions, and Alliances (Jossey-Bass, 1998).