Practice Makes Culture: How Welcoming Elephants, Creating Ownership, and Facilitating Daily Practice Transform Organizations

<B>Transform your organization when most change efforts fail.</B><BR><BR>After decades of organizational transformation efforts, the failure rate remains stubbornly high: over 70%. What's missing? The human element.<BR> <BR> In Practice Makes Culture, you'll discover why most transformations still fail and how to ensure yours succeeds by addressing what other approaches miss: the emotional dynamics, hidden narratives, and everyday behaviors that truly shape your organization.<BR> <BR> This practical guide introduces a powerful framework centered on three critical focus areas:<BR> <BR> <b>- Elephants: </b>Address the emotional aspects of change, recognize diverse perspectives, and tackle difficult conversations that most leaders avoid.<BR> <b>- Ownership:</b> Create transformation that people actually want by ensuring those affected by change are the ones steering it.<BR> <b>- Practice:</b> Transform meetings into powerful practice fields for cultural change through consistent, daily reinforcement of desired behaviors.<BR> <BR> Whether you're helping your humans grapple with GenAI (everywhere), helping turn around a business or department, or building a learning organization, you'll learn how to create lasting change that delivers both better business results and happier humans. Filled with practical templates, facilitator guides, and real-world case studies, this book translates cutting-edge research into actionable practices you can implement immediately.<BR> <BR> Don't settle for another failed transformation. Create a culture where continuous improvement and positive change become organizational habitswhere your teams deliver with confidence, quality, and joy

Book details

• Publication date: 4 August 2026
• Dimensions: Height 228. mm; Width 152. mm
• Publisher: IT Revolution
• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN-13: 9781966280200