The Secret of Change Winning Hearts, Changing Minds by Victor S.L.Tan CEO of KL Strategic chnage Consulting
	First book of its kind with poems on change. The Secret of Change is written with powerfully-crafted poetic verses accompanied by elegant rhythms, rhymes and reasons to persuade  readers to transform their way of thinking and working. The 50 poems in the book addresses various topics in change management that can be easily and quickly grasped for immediate application in the workplace and in clients’ environment. Dr. Victor Tan has brilliantly broken the conventional way of management writing by coming up with a unique approach of communicating change in an enchanting and exhilarating manner. He managed to distill all his experiences and wisdom gathered from his 25 years of working as a corporate leader and consultant into beautifully written poems on change.
Table of Contents: About the author 12 Preface: The Secret of Change 14               Winning Hearts, Changing Minds Begining Poem: Poem That Rhyme 19 CHAPTER 1: MANAGING CHANGE The True Secret 23 Managing is an Art 25 Change 27 A Vision Of Change 29 The Tone Of Change 31 The Flow Of Change 33 Communicate 35 Invincibility 37 Changing Leaders’ Mindsets 39 The Change Agent 41 CHAPTER 2: MANAGING PEOPLE Leadership 45 Train And Gain 47 Perspire, Inspire and Acquire 49 Meeting Others Needs 51 Spotting The Sleek Cheat 53 Overcoming Resistance 55 Beating Procrastination 57 The Man Who Is Afraid to Fail 59 Correcting Mistakes 61 In Search Of Solutions 63 CHAPTER 3: DEVELOPING A CONDUCIVE WORKPLACE Work of Passion 69 Make Work A Play 71 What Executives Want 73 Retaining Top Talent 75 Reducing Complacency 77 A Wonderful Life 79 True Wealth 81 The Best Gift is To Forgive 83 A Happy Face 85 CHAPTER 4: SELF MANAGEMENT The True Gift 89 The Real Pot Of Gold 91 Interpersonal Skill 93 Blindspots 95 Releasing Trapped Minds 95 An Open Mind 97 Learning 99 Being Creative 101 Stop Regretting 103 What I Believe (Nuggets of Wisdom) 107 CHAPTER 5: TAKING THE ROAD LESS TRAVELLED Being The Best 113 Doing the Impossible 115 Going The Extra Mile 117 Being Proactive 119 Thinking Positive 121 Making A Difference 123 The Beautiful Mind 125 Superior Performance 127 Credibility 129 Closing Poem: A Poem A Day 131 The Author 157 Acknowledgements 158 Product Details Format : eBook (pdf) File Size: 1436 KB No of Pages : 134 pages Price : US$4.99 2CheckOut.com Inc. (Ohio, USA) is an authorized retailer for goods and services provided by KL Strategic Change Consulting.

Customer Reviews

I agree with Dr Victor Tan that the key aim of leaders today is to win hearts and change minds to get people to change fast enough before it is too little, too late. I believe this is probably the first change management book in the world where the significant lessons of change are exquisitely crystallised into poems that rhyme all the way to make them distinctive and memorable. This is truly a powerful book whose time has come and I shall make it a compulsory reading for all the leaders in my organisation.

- Tan Sri Dato' Dr Teh Hong Piow
President & Chief Executive Officer, Public Bank Berhad, Malaysia.

" The Secret Of Change as Victor’s innovative way of presenting the art of leading change in a very exciting fashion through his poems.  Each of the 50 poems in the book addresses various topics in change management that can be easily and quickly grasped for immediate application in the workplace and in our clients’ environment. "

- Encik Wan Zaidi Wan Jaafar
Managing Director HeiTech Padu Berhad

" The Change Secret provides the essence of changing the thinking of people with valuable insights on managing change, leadership and self management."

- Mr Julian Fung
General Manager Montgomery Watson Harza Consulting

'The wealth of knowledge, wisdom and experiences shared in this book which would take years to accumulate, are distilled into 50 powerful poems  that are easy to digest and assimilate.   I believe this book will certainly help the readers to adapt, grow and improve their quality of lives "

-Mrs Patricia Lum
President Multicultural Ladies Association

" The message of change certainly requires an art of delivering it powerfully and gracefully. Dr Victor Tan’s words through his powerful poems will certainly touch the hearts and minds of leaders. I believe the messages in this book have relevance to the corporate world as well to our daily lives "

- Mr Reza Ghazali
Country Head and Managing Director
Korn/Ferry International (M) Sdn. Bhd

" Dr Victor Tan is in his full element when persuading leaders to practice the most positive but less stressful way of getting people to change. The beauty of the book is that it also provides sound advice on how to  live our lives meaningfully and with fulfillment "

- Tn. Hj. Ir. Mahabot Suib
CEO Felda Engineering Services Sdn Bhd

" Being a change guru, Dr Victor  Tan has always find a creative way to deliver his message effectively and powerfully. Having engaged him a few times to undertake training for our company, I notice he has an effective way to inspire and motivate leaders to go the extra mile and achieve greater performance. "

- Mr Teoh Weng Chai
CEO Worldwide Resins & Chemicals

" This book conveys the messages in a unique and attractive form backed with powerful arguments for change.  The book is written with powerfully-crafted poetic verses accompanied by elegant rhythms, rhymes and reasons to persuade  readers to transform their way of thinking and working.  I believe this book is a product of “blue-ocean” thinking and is a breakthrough in the publishing industry. 

- Dato' Dr. Abdul Samad Mohamed
Group Managing Director
NCB Holding Berhad

" Too often great ideas are put across in a complicated manner and the essence is lost in the presentation.  However, this book manages to bring out the best of the messages of change in a simple yet compelling manner.  This is a book you cannot afford not to read as the ideas are most timely and relevant. "

- Datuk Dr. Mohamad Salleh Ismail
Executive Chairman
National Feedlot Corporation

Sample Chapter

PREFACE

We can either be overwhelmed  by events and happenings to become change victims or we can unleash the power of change within us to become change winners.  The truth is we have a choice.  We are not trapped.  We are not too old or too young. We do not need great positions, status or authority.   We do not have to wait out to change. We do not need complex ideas and complicated steps.  We are not powerless, helpless and hopeless.   We can change now. 

The Secret Of Change: There is a  power of change within us. The secret is not about some ambiguous  Law Of Attraction.  It is not simply  wishing for things to change. It is not thinking about change and imagining things to change by themselves. 
It is not about waiting for some cosmic power of the Universe to create the change.  The true secret is that we create the desired change by unleashing the internal power within us and  take the necessary  actions to make things happen out there.   Everyone of us can change our ways, our work, the quality of our  relationships and our lives for the better.   We can simply change with our everyday little efforts we take to improve things in the workplace and in our lives.  In this aspect,  Helen Keller (the famous blind/deaf author and lecturer) understood the Secret Of Change: “I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.” The secret lies in the subtitle of the book. There  is a proper art of changing others. It is not through forcing people but getting people want to change. To do this requires the art of winning hearts and changing minds  of people to take those necessarily steps be it big or small towards positive change in a consistent manner. That is what this book is all about.

This book comprises  fifty special poems written from the heart, mind and soul and categorised into five  chapters namely;
Chapter 1 Managing Change
Chapter 2 Managing People
Chapter 3 Developing A Conducive Workplace
Chapter 4 Self Management
Chapter 5 Being The Best

Each of the chapter comes with the relevant poems.  Each poem covers a certain aspect of change which resonates with sound reasons, rhymes and rhythms to win hearts and change minds toward taking positive and  productive actions.  Perhaps the question you might ask is:  Why a book on Change in the form of poems?  My answer is simple: There is a rhythm, rhyme and reason in change.

There is rhythm in change.
Yes, change in the corporate world has uncertainty and unpredictability about it. However, within the chaos and ambiguity, an astute leader can find a meaningful pattern - and catch its rhythm. Companies grow from small start-up ventures to large successful giants. If they become complacent and fail to change, they eventually fail. Likewise, many companies started as centralised organisations when they are small. As they grew bigger, they decentralised. When things seemed to get out of control, they centralised again in areas of critical functions.   One needs to adapt to the rhythm of change in the workplace or in our lives, in this specific case either to let go or to tighten  control.

There is a reason for change.
Leaders should not change according to their whims and fancies.  There are sound reasons for change for companies as well as for individuals. Companies need to change to improve the bottom line. To survive, they need to adapt to the changes  brought about by globalization.  In organisations,  individuals need to change to increase their knowledge and skills and  enable them to be more competitive and valuable. In their personal lives, they need to change their thinking, ways and habits to adapt to the  different stages of life and the roles they play.

There is rhyme in change.
There is a need to align their systems, structures, strategies and skills  to meet the changing needs of the marketplace.  When internal changes that are implemented are not aligned with external factors, companies  become irrelevant and eventually failed – in a similar manner, dinosaurs become extinct as they failed to change and adapt to the environment.   Likewise, companies need to change outdated policies and procedures to improve decision-making to “rhyme” with the increasing competitiveness in the industry.

In poetic form, an organisation needs to:
Adapt to the rhythm
To change with the season,
Through sound business reason
 To grow its business kingdom.

May you translate this poetic reading into positive and profitable change for yourself and your company.

Dr Victor S.L.Tan, 2008.

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Price : US$4.99