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Journey to Newland: A Road Map for Transformational Change, Story Book
By Bill Poole with Daryl Holt, illustrated by Andy Dorsett

ISBN: 978-0-7879-9440-2
Paperback 128 pages

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.

This storybook is presently used in all LifeLead International's current workshops.

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Journey to Newland: A Road Map for Transformational Change, Facilitator's Guide
By Bill Poole with Karen Gray and Greg Gray

ISBN: 978-0-7879-8801-2
Loose-leaf 256 pages

Providing participants with the opportunity to understand how change is inevitable and how transformative change is a crucial ingredient to organizational success, The Journey to Newland training package offers a creative approach that helps to simplify complex issues and brings intangible concepts down to earth.

In this comprehensive program, training and organization development professionals will find an integrated design and infrastructure that will enable them to focus on the important issues of leadership, change, teamwork, diversity, and communication under the umbrella of one program. A Journey to Newland Workshop is ideal for a variety of organization situations including:

• Launching large projects
• Major change initiatives
  
• Systems, software, and technology implementation
  
• Increased capacity and adaptability for change
  
• Shifts from a management to a leadership culture
  
• Important strategy changes
  
• Business improvement initiatives
  
• New business unit implementation
  
• Acquisitions and mergers
  
• Development of values, vision, and strategies
  
• Creation or development of leadership teams

The Facilitator's Guide includes everything you need to conduct a 1-day introductory session or a 2-day workshop:

• Detailed instructions and scripts for your training sessions
• Guidelines for follow-up coaching sessions and development activities
• Sample participant materials, including a Participant Workbook, Pre-Journey Guide, and Story Book
• A state-of-the-art electronic teaching tool (on CD-ROM)
• A 20-minute Journey to Newland animated film (on DVD) with subtitle options in English and Spanish

The Journey to Newland Workshop provides participants with a cast of memorable characters, a captivating story, and a common language designed to help participants navigate through the often difficult and emotionally charged issues that arise during periods of growth and change in organizations.

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Journey to Newland: A Road Map for Transformational Change, Pre-Journey Guide
By Bill Poole with Karen Gray and Greg Gray

ISBN: 978-0-7879-8803-6
Paperback 16 pages

The Journey to Newland Pre-Journey Guide offers a thought-provoking resource you need to prepare you for the Journey to Newland workshop. Once you complete the self-assessment and have had time to reflect on the materials presented you will be ready for the workshop which will provide you with the skills you need for your personal journey to Newland.

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Journey to Newland: A Road Map for Transformational Change, Participant Workbook
By Bill Poole with Karen Gray and Greg Gray

ISBN: 978-0-7879-8802-9
Paperback 144 pages

If You're Not Leading Change, It Will Lead You.

In today's fast-paced business environment, change has become "business as usual." Change is constant. Change is relentless. It's no surprise then that the success or failure of an organization often depends on your ability as a leader, to respond to change. While most leaders realize the importance of facing change head-on, far too few are equipped to handle the journey that ensues.

The Journey to Newland Participant Workbook provides workshop participants with a road map for navigating the change journey from start to finish. This comprehensive framework -- with its easy-to-follow process, memorable methodologies, and practical tools -- enables participants to explore and eventually master the skills that are most crucial to transformational change leading change, building teams, valuing differences, and optimizing communication.

Using this handy Workbook, in conjunction with a workshop, will help leaders simplify complex issues and bring intangible concepts down to earth. Participants will meet and become familiar with a cast of memorable characters, engage in a captivating story, and learn a common language to deal with emotionally sensitive issues.