Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler, Influencer: The Power to Change Anything. McGraw-Hill, 2007. Referenced in: Leading in Subordinate Roles Leading Change and Transition LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is a popular text on how to motivate others to change. It is not a step-by-step process, but still contains good wisdom for
Chip Heath and Dan Heath, Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard. Crown Business, 2010. Referenced in: Church Change – Strategies for Leading Church Change – Creating Receptiveness, Overcoming Resistance LifeandLeadership.com Summary This book is gold for troubleshooting why change is not working and how to get change efforts on track. It is
Beverly A. Thompson and George B. Thompson, Jr., Grace for the Journey: Practices and Possibilities for In-Between Times. Alban Institute, 2011. Referenced in: Leading Change and Transition LifeandLeadership.com Summary This book equips leaders to help their churches through the confusing and discouraging wilderness times. Another value is to help ministers live amid the disparity between
David N. Mosser, Editor, Transitions: Leading Churches Through Change. Westminster/John Knox, 2011. Referenced in: Change, Leading Change and Transition Change, Receptiveness and Resistance LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is a rich anthology of seasoned wisdom on how preachers may help their congregations during times of confusing change, conflict, and life crises. It also addresses how congregational issues
Dale Galloway and Warren Bird, Innovative Transitions: How Change Can Take Your Church to the Next Level. Beacon Hill Press, 2007. Referenced in: Leading Change and Transition Church Leadership Foundations, Research on Effective Churches Leadership in Conflict LifeandLeadership.com Summary This volume tells the stories of several churches that have experienced challenging transitions under a variety
Sarah Lewis, Jonathan Passmore, Stefan Cantore, Appreciative Inquiry for Change Management: Using AI to Facilitate Organizational Development. Kogan Page, 2011. Referenced in: Strategies for Church Renewal – Whole Systems, Large Group LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is an excellent introduction to Appreciative Inquiry, but also does a good job integrating with other Whole Systems approaches to organizational
Scott Belsky, Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality. Portfolio Hardcover, 2010. Referenced in: Change Concepts and Theories LifeandLeadership.com Summary This Wall Street Journal bestseller is a helpful tool for the actual execution of visionary ideas, whether in churches or anywhere else. It distills 6 years of research on how creative individuals
Bill Kemp, The Church Transition Workbook: Getting Your Church in Gear. Discipleship Resources, 2004. Referenced in: Leading Change and Transition Small Church Leadership LifeandLeadership.com Summary Kemp is a church renewal specialist among United Methodists. This book is not focused strictly on small churches, but can serve as an excellent companion resource with Kemp’s other volume,
Craig A. Satterlee, When God Speaks Through Change: Preaching in Times of Congregational Transition (Vital Worship, Healthy Congregations). Alban Institute, 2005. Referenced in: Church Conflict – Leadership, Preaching, and Worship in Times of Conflict Leading Change and Transition LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is the third installation in a six-part Vital Worship, Healthy Congregations Series published by
Mary Ann Salerno and Lillie Brock, The Change Cycle: How People Can Survive and Thrive in Organizational Change. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2008. Referenced in: Leading Change and Transition LifeandLeadership.com Summary Brock and Salerno’s Change Cycle is an insightful model of six stages people and organizations experience during a change, as well as the thoughts, feelings, and
