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More About This Title Journey to Newland: A Road Map for Transformational Change (story book)
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With an animated fable, the Journey to Newland storybook provides readers with a cast of memorable characters, a captivating story, and a common language to deal with difficult and often emotionally sensitive issues in negotiating change within their organizations. The allegory follows a group of animal characters through uncharted territory, from Oldland to Newland. Each animal represents a different type of work personality; navigating such metaphorical places as Nostalgia Desert, Transition Valley, and Leverage Lake, the team—comprised of Eagle, Owl, Lion, Dolphin, and Ant—finds a way to survive, even thrive, by leading change.
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Bill Poole, CEO, president, and founder of J2N Global, has more than twenty-five years of experience as a personal, team, and organizational consultant; coach; speaker; and author. His organization’s website can be found at www.j2nglobal.com
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Foreword by Kevin A. Henry ix
Preface xiii
Introduction xv
1 A Change Is Coming 1
2 Diverse Consensus 5
3 A Team Emerges 11
4 The Vision Emerges 25
5 Resistance Begins 31
6 Seeking a Strategy 37
7 The Plan 47
8 The Plan Made Whole 51
9 The Resistance 61
10 The Dinosaur Graveyard 65
11 The Journey 73
12 Time for Transition 77
13 Conflict Arises 83
14 Finally Home 89
15 Lessons Learned 95
About the Author 99
About the Collaborators 101
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“Journey to Newland skillfully and creatively illustrates the process, principles, and capabilities required for successful transformational change.”
—BOB PETTUS, retired vice chairman of the board, Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated
“Journey to Newland is a proven process for strategic planning and strategic communication. It integrates frameworks, capabilities, and tools to achieve desired outcomes through these two vital activities that determine business results.”
—WINNIE WANG, CEO, Visionary Consulting, Shanghai, China
“Journey to Newland is a practical and impactful approach to simulating and stimulating c creates a vivid visualization of the desired change that leads to achieving real change.”
—ARINYA TALERNGSRI, managing director, APMGroup, Bangkok, Thailand
“This story provides change leaders and teams with an impartial and unifying platform to deal with behavioral challenges that might otherwise undermine a well-intended change effort.”
—JEFFERY TAN, director, Professional Development, Singapore Institute of Management
“Journey to Newland is an extremely useful business tool that has enabled us to explain complex business principles in a simple and engaging format. Don’t be fooled by the symbolism on the surface. This story goes much deeper than meets the eye. It’s ‘simplexity’ at its best.”
—SCOTT CHONTOS, CEO, C. J. Malin & Associates, Addison, Texas,
“Using the story and the process behind it allowed our company to evolve in both our revenues and our leadership culture.”
—ANGELA Y. BAUER, owner, Tropical Nut and Fruit
