BOOKS
Each of the four books Dan has written has delved deeply into a topic that needed to be understood more completely. Written for leaders on the front lines of change, they have been acclaimed for their practical analysis and useful recommendations.
Taking Advice: How Leaders Get Good Counsel and Use It Wisely, Harvard Press, 2006
“The first comprehensive treatment of what wise leaders try to do well and every leader can improve on—finding the best advice and making the most of it”
Right from the Start, (with Michael Watkins), Harvard Press, 1999
“An action-oriented framework to follow during the first six months (in a senior job)…filled with timeless lessons of leadership, succession, and transition”
Total Quality: A User’s Guide for Implementation, Addison-Wesley, 1991
“…describes…in a practical, no-nonsense way (how to lead) a company-wide effort that installs and makes permanent a climate where employees continuously improve their ability to provide on-demand products & services (in a way that) customers will find of outstanding value”
Manufacturing’s New Mandate: The Tools for Leadership, Wiley, 1988
“There has been perhaps no other time as difficult for manufacturing and its leaders. (This is) the only guide that covers (the strategies necessary) to get—and to stay—on top in difficult times”
ARTICLES
Here is a sample of the articles Dan has written:
"The Successor’s Dilemma", Harvard Business Review, fall, 1999
"When New to the Organization, Creating Momentum is the Biggest Challenge",
Across the Board, fall, 1999
"Transactional Tactics", Across the Board, September 2000
"The Challenge of New Leadership", Leader to Leader, summer 2000
"Navigating the Succession Minefield", Harvard Management Update, 2000
“Almost Ready: How Leaders Move Up", Harvard Business Review, January 2005
"The Advice Paradox", Optimize, November 2006
"Getting Good Advice", Harvard Management Update, December 2006
"The Help Paradox", Conference Board Review, April 2007
“Changing Your Company’s Strategy? Better Change its Personality, Too: The CEO-HR Executive Partnership”, by Dan Ciampa and George Stalk, People & Strategy, Volume 31, Issue 2, 2008, The Journal of the Human Resource Planning Society.
“No Sense of Urgency … How Can a New Leader Get Things Started”,
The Conference Board Review, April 2009
"The Art of Taking Advice and Using it Wisely", People & Strategy, Volume 33, Issue 2, 2010
"The Organization’s Role in CEO Transitions", 2010 in process
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