Markovitz Consulting

JULY 11, 2017

The data on change management are consistent: about 70% of change initiatives fail, despite the plethora of books, conferences, and scholarly papers dedicated to the subject. For example, he had one patient begin an exercise program by simply marching in place for one minute in front of the television.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 25, 2018

One of the most successful began with a simple exercise aimed at helping the leaders to define their three highest priorities. Then we took them through a structured exercise including delving into their calendars to assess whether they were using their time to best advantage, including setting aside time for renewal.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Cultural change requires a nucleus of organizational catalysts who are insiders with outsider cultural beliefs. A control group completed an assertiveness skills exercise.) Second, they show genuine understanding of the cost of inequality for everyone (not to mention the organizational bottom line).

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Harvard Business

MARCH 27, 2017

Consider the experience of one of the world’s largest footwear manufacturers, whose leaders engaged in an exercise that others can use to revamp the way they make decisions. In its fast-changing industry, big challenges loomed on many fronts. It consists of these four steps: 1. Compile a list.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

In this management style, there are two scenarios at play. You are more powerful than some people and have the authority to control their actions directly by issuing orders or indirectly by exercising political power. The Orange management style is extremely competitive and results driven.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Most modern health care improvements seem to involve expensive technology and an uncomfortable amount of change management. We conducted interviews with staff members in the hospital, nursing home, and rehabilitation center, and conducted an informal survey after the initial exercise.). Kelly Sillaste/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Many “team-building” exercises are theoretical and the stakes are low. And we continued to take the temperature of the organization by conducting surveys on employee engagement and culture. Sustaining change is a lot easier when those conditions are in place. Our focus on meaningful problems was critical.

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Harvard Business

MAY 12, 2016

Recent research on change management teams, virtual teams and new startup teams has shown that teams in which leadership is shared, rather than vested on a single individual, can be very effective, demonstrating through quantitative methods that shared leadership can, and does, lead to improved organizational performance.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 13, 2016

For example, through a patient-journey-mapping exercise, the Care in Place team noticed that some of the senior patients being sent to the ER did not need to go. Most care-delivery organizations do not have a culture that can tolerate uncertainty for such a long period.

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