70% of all change initiatives fail. But the odds turn in your company’s favor once you understand that change is a multi-stage process–not an event–and that persuasion is key to establishing a sense of urgency, winning support, and silencing naysayers. We’ve combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles on change management and selected the most important ones to help you lead your organization through transformation.

This collection of best-selling articles includes: featured article “Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail” by John P. Kotter, “Change Through Persuasion,” “Leading Change When Business Is Good: An Interview with Samuel J. Palmisano,” “Radical Change, the Quiet Way,” “Tipping Point Leadership,” “A Survival Guide for Leaders,” “The Real Reason People Won’t Change,” “Cracking the Code of Change,” “The Hard Side of Change Management,” and “Why Change Programs Don’t Produce Change.”