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On first glance – you might think this is just a collection of stories. And of course – being a busy professional you have no time to read just any collection of stories.

Firstly, anyone who knows Bob Dick, will also know that this collection of stories will be exceptional, and won’t be just any collection of stories.

Secondly, change has become a billion dollar industry for coaches, change management consultants, leadership development facilitators and strategy professionals.

You might think that with such an established industry and the many, many books and articles available on Amazon and the internet, what space is there for another one?

Well the good news is that this book is very different.

It represents a unique selection of change-related stories from a man who has spent four decades involved with organisations working as a consultant, academic and action researcher.

Many may know Bob Dick as the inveterate action researcher. One of the grandfathers of facilitation in Australia and a prominent international figure in the field of Action Learning and Action Research.

And – following the model of action learning – this book does not profess a 6 step guide to successful change. What it proposes is much richer. This book invites you to step into the shoes and worlds of the characters featured in upcoming pages and discover for yourself.

This e-book innovatively explores:

•Stories that every change leader needs to read

•The often unexamined role of the “ordinary” person in change

•How stories can help you be a more engaging coach, facilitator, trainer, leader, ...

•The power of story as a tool for influence

•How archetypes provide a way of interpreting stories

•The different meaning of first, second and third-person stories

•The deeper meanings behind “All stories are true but some actually happened”

•Ways of effective story listening and interpreting

•Understanding that “What’s not said” is as important, or more so, than what is said

•How story helps us work more intuitively with organisational systems