New Resources
The Employee Handbook for Organizational Change: Facing the Problems,
Resistance: Moving Beyond the Barriers to Change
Price Pritchett
1996
Book
34 pages
Organizational Management
The 16 guidelines in this handbook show you how to free up the valuable energy that's
being wasted on resistance. Ideas include explain the rationale for change,
over-communicate and make sure people have the know-how needed.
WordPower Vocabulary Builder
A. Rae Price
1987
Audiocassette Tape
4 tapes
Communication
How to build a vocabulary people notice, respond to and respect. These tapes will help you
increase your verbal impact, earn respect for your intellect, feel confident conversing in
any business or social situation, and understand more of what you read and hear. The tapes
will help you understand words, remember them and use them.
Mastering Meetings
National Institute of Business Management
1990
Book
148 pages
Meetings
Includes tips on protocol, dealing with hidden agendas, establishing responsibility for
follow-up, leading small discussion groups, working with problem participants, taking the
routine out of routine meetings and more. A chapter is devoted to graphics and audiovisual
equipment.
Workteams and The Wizard of Oz
Ken Blanchard
1993
Videotape (includes leader's guide and participant workbook)
18 minutes
Collaboration/Cooperation
Using footage from the film "The Wizard of Oz" as a powerful metaphor, Blanchard
teaches six keys to successful teamwork. He shows that Dorothy becomes a team leader that
any modern-day organization would value. She begins with a clear objective, builds a team
of diverse individuals to pursue a goal that will benefit all, delegates tasks and gives
team members courage to creatively take risks. They establish mutual trust and empower
themselves to support one another while mounting a dangerous mission. They achieve their
team goal and grow as individuals.
Advisory Boards Series
National Center for Nonprofit Boards
1996
Book
3 booklets: 22, 16 and 16 pages
Advisory Councils
A package of three booklets from the National Center for Nonprofit Boards: Creating and
Renewing Advisory Boards: Strategies for Success, How to Help Your Board Govern More and
Manage Less, and How to Build a More Effective Board.
Building Boards That Work
National Center for Nonprofit Boards
1996
Videotape (includes video workshop user's guide)
68 minutes
Advisory Councils
"Building Boards that Work" explores how an organization builds the board it
needs. Part One of the workshop looks at the elements of a strong board: a clear sense of
the board's role, strategies for identifying and recruiting a productive corps of board
members, and a commitment to sound orientation and ongoing board education. Part Two
focuses on the development of a working partnership between the board and the staff.