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Gregory P. Shea & Cassie A. Solomon Books

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Gregory P. Shea is a Senior Fellow at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an expert in organizational change and leadership.

Known for: Leading Successful Change: 8 Keys to Making Change Work

Books by Gregory P. Shea & Cassie A. Solomon

Leading Successful Change: 8 Keys to Making Change Work

Leading Successful Change: 8 Keys to Making Change Work

leadership·10 min read

Leading Successful Change provides a practical framework for implementing organizational transformation. Gregory Shea and Cassie Solomon outline eight key levers that leaders can use to align systems, structures, and behaviors to achieve sustainable change. Drawing on real-world examples from diverse industries, the book emphasizes how emotionally intelligent leadership and well-designed work environments can make change efforts succeed.

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Defining the work system model: understanding how structure, processes, people, and culture interact to shape behavior

The authors start with a deceptively simple insight: people behave the way they do because their work environment makes those behaviors make sense. If we want different results, we must change the system, not simply demand different choices. The work system model describes eight levers that collecti...

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Key 1 – Organization structure: aligning roles, responsibilities, and reporting relationships to support change

Structure defines how work gets done and who is responsible for what. In many organizations, structure is treated as static, but Shea and Solomon encourage leaders to see it as dynamic scaffolding. When change requires collaboration across functions — say, moving from product-centric to customer-cen...

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About Gregory P. Shea & Cassie A. Solomon

Gregory P. Shea is a Senior Fellow at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an expert in organizational change and leadership. Cassie A. Solomon is a consultant and educator specializing in organizational design and change management. Together, they have guided numerous organizati...

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Gregory P. Shea is a Senior Fellow at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an expert in organizational change and leadership. Cassie A. Solomon is a consultant and educator specializing in organizational design and change management. Together, they have guided numerous organizations through successful transformations.

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