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Mastering the Challenges of Leading Change: Inspire the People and Succeed Where Others Fail

ISBN: 978-1-119-10220-5
224 pages
November 2015
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January 28, 2016
Hoboken, NJ

Change Expert Shares Secrets of Mastering the Challenges of Leading Change in New Book

Atlanta—H. James Dallas, a.k.a. #changemaster, is on a mission: To guide those who want to be change agents using the lessons he learned during 30 years of leading change at global companies. Dallas’ book, Mastering the Challenges of Leading Change: Inspire the People and Succeed Where Others Fail  and his new radio program "Change Agents Exclusive: Showcasing and Learning from World-Class Change Agents" on www.businessradiox.com both provide the tools to successfully lead change.

 Dallas led an extraordinary number of successful changes at Georgia-Pacific Corp. and Medtronic Inc.: ten transformational and turnaround initiatives, twenty acquisition integrations, five operations/quality shared services centers of excellence, and three innovation centers. He has developed a personal and successful approach to managing change with his “Four Ps”: priorities, politics, people, and perseverance. Dallas is proud of the number of executives that he mentored and sponsored using this method. At last count, 4 are CEOs, 8 are CIOs, and 5 are in the executive level positions within multibillion dollar companies. Dallas’ approach is noteworthy following a 2015 McKinsey poll found that 75% of major change initiatives fail.

 “Leading change isn’t easy as the meager success rate tells us,” agrees Dallas. “But what that means is that those few who master it find themselves in a tier above their competition. Their careers climb high and fast.” Dallas’ career exemplifies this climb. After joining Georgia-Pacific as a cost accountant, he rose to become CIO. When Dallas retired from Medtronic in 2013, he was SVP – Quality, Operations & IT. He managed an annual budget of $4.7 billion and 19,000 employees.

 Among Dallas’ many honors, Black Enterprise and Savoy magazines named him one of the most powerful black men in corporate America several times in his career.