THE ELEPHANT HUNTER

Speaking Truth in Organizations

BY STACIE L L MORGAN, PHD

Slogging through the organizational wild, our humble hero hunts, tags and tracks the elephant in the room—the unspoken truth which creates devastating blind-spots, impacting organizational morale and momentum. The reader is immediately immersed into the world of The Elephant Hunter, who reaches out to share highlights of “field notes” from decades on organizational safari™ and the tools and techniques of the trade, in hopes of inspiring others to join the hunt.

“There is a heat signature in every room. It is mobile and massive. This temperature can’t burn but the motion can trample and the tusks can pierce. Assumptions are not safe; expectations are at risk. Follow my journey as I take you on safari through the jungles of organizational life, hunting the evils of suppressed truth, hidden in plain sight. You know what it feels like to be with an elephant in the room. How this entity was created and methods for disarming the handlers that trap these creatures are only part of what will be revealed. For identifying the elephant in the room is not the end of the hunt, it’s just the beginning.”

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First Readers Rave…

"A must-read for students and masters of organizational development. You’ll be drawn in by her creative presentation. Learn from her wisdom and laugh at her effervescent wit.”

- Gen Z, Speech-Language Pathologist

“This book is a lighthearted vehicle for the difficult discussion of meaningful and relevant organizational “elephants in the room.” The author covers topics that focus on specific industries, but really resonate across industries, disciplines, and hierarchies. Difficult organizational topics include bias, toxic personalities, shared values, fear, and even sexual harassment, along with many others. By reading this book, you’ll recognize situations that may have been toxic, identify ways to call out the elephant in the room, and gain tools to track the way you think of and tackle these difficult situations.
Stacie Morgan hit the nail on the head on this one and I couldn’t stop connecting each field case with situations within my own work experience.
Such a unique, story-telling way to convey meaningful information. Well done!”

— Millennial, Project Manager

“The Elephant Hunter is a fascinating literary journey on safari across many different organizations to observe and tag (identify and reveal) various elephants (paradoxes and painful truths). The Elephant Hunter expertly guides the reader through their experiences pursuing these creatures and the results of their hunts. Overall, the book is an empowering story of hope in the face of challenging realities that closes with a toolkit for those interested in adopting the vows of the elephant hunter and also speaking truth in organizations.”

—Millennial (Researcher, Veteran)

“This book shows a wealth of insight into the dysfunctions of the workplace. I’ve seen many of them first hand during my 39 years in large technology companies. This book will be a genuine ray of hope for those who have a deep desire to make their workplace function better and be a fun place to work as well.”

— Boomer II, Engineer

"Organizations for the most part have traditional environments, clicks, traditions, and hierarchies that go unchallenged, until now. The Elephant Hunter, Speaking Truth in Organizations by Stacie Morgan breaks the status quo with a clever approach to exposing, and challenging what most either cannot do, or are afraid to do, that being to address the metaphorical Elephant in the Room.
This is not just another leadership book, it is a revolution for organizational leadership that identifies the threat to organizational morale and efficiency, and presents solutions to eliminating the threats. This is a must read for anyone wanting to break the status quo, adapt to an ever-changing organizational environment, and lead into the future.”

— Boomer II, Leadership Professor, MBA Curriculum Director, Veteran

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Organizational adventure

Book series

On a long-haul journey filled with compelling and immersive adventures in the organizational wild™.

A business book written in the style of biographical fiction—think Indiana Jones and Harry Potter in the workplace, but it’s all true—where a central character, The Elephant Hunter, tells the story of leading complex change in organizations from the perspective of employees in the trenches. Inspired by the author’s career, which spans four decades of organizational consulting and employee exploits from entry level to senior executive, entrepreneur to graduate leadership program director. This is an ongoing story, sharing secrets of the human side of change—what worked, what didn’t, and why. The Elephant Hunter Book Series takes you on adventures where academics dare not go. This is the unreported or underreported underbelly of organizations where sample size and statistical analysis cannot follow. For stats and studies still won’t overcome a person’s fears and dissolve their blind spots. These are the elephants in the room, and they must be tagged directly—follow these adventures and be entertained into discovering why and how.

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More than a Metaphor

On a mission of mercy to free elephants everywhere, 10 % of book and merchandise proceeds will be contributed to elephant rescue efforts. Learn more about the elephant rescue cause and its relationship to this books series on the CAUSE page linked below.

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Author

StACIE L L MORGAN, PHD

On a mission of mercy to reveal secrets of the human side of change, Stacie LL Morgan, PhD, leverages her decades in the trenches working with organizations like HBO, Xerox, NASA, NOAA, and the USAF, combining them with her experience developing, teaching, as well as running graduate and corporate leadership programs, to bring readers gritty, witty, and wild adventures in the underbelly of organizations where data dare not follow. With innovative adventure-style storytelling, she brings to life the reader’s experience of the world of work as only someone can who’s been there, done that, and bought their whole team tee-shirts can do.

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