This is an indispensable guide for all organizational development practitioners! I started in this field over 25 years ago and I wish a guide such as that existed when I first was starting out. The authors do a thorough job of grounding their guidance in theory and bring forward practical tools and frameworks to guide Human Resource and Organizational Development professionals on how to approach the work to achieve systemic change, engage all stakeholders and be aware of the dynamics and politics within organizations. The chapters cover an overview of OD history and theories, competencies for OD practitioners, stages on how to contract with clients, organization design, organization health, employee engagement, etc. In addition, there are chapters addressing "living on the edge of chaos and change" - which is a fantastic guide on how we need to both follow a change process as well as be attuned to the things that emerge along the way. As an internal OD practitioner in a large organization, I really appreciate the chapter on dealing with the complicated dance between HR and OD.

I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in organizational development or current professionals in this space.

Another good book for anyone who works in HR. Some concepts were new and some I already know.
It's a good introduction to for anyone who works in HR.
Recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine

As an HR professional of 10 years, it doesn't hurt to have a few more books on organizational development. A lot of the topics were things I already knew but it was easy to read and informative, and would be especially helpful for an HR newbit.