Consulting Matters

JULY 14, 2022

Do you want to know how to get a seat at the table in the C-Suite and get senior leaders to buy into transformational change that you know they need that they don't quite see yet? In this episode, you'll hear: Sarah's insight into how to break into larger organizations and connect with this type of buyer as I did with Sarah.

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Steve Shu Consulting

APRIL 12, 2010

In the scorecard below, I’ve also depicted areas where the company needs to make improvements (operational and tactical focus) and where the company needs to differentiate longer-term (strategic focus). . How can you use them more effectively? The figure below shows an illustrative scorecard for a company.

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Harvard Business

JULY 31, 2017

One area so far relatively untouched is change management. The failure of major transformation projects to deliver the expected benefits is a well-documented phenomenon : many change programs simply do not achieve their business goals. A big obstacle is the change management profession itself (of which we are all proud members).

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 12, 2024

The immediacy of day-to-day operations can lead to a strategic process that is more about ticking boxes and filling templates, which often end up languishing, unopened, in an inbox. Strategy and foresight were once the same discipline. And they should be again.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 27, 2024

In this article, the author explains how to shift from an operational to a contextual mindset so that you can better identify the hidden obstacles that may be thwarting your strategy’s implementation so you can address them before they take root.

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LSA Global

MAY 16, 2024

It demands aligning top leadership for change to guide those affected by change through the inevitable ups and downs of organizational transformation. The data on successful organizational change management is pretty bleak – by most accounts 70% of all organizational change efforts fail to deliver expected results.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Data science is becoming a reality for change management, and although it may not have arrived yet, it is time for organizations to get ready. The companies best positioned to change in the next decade will be the ones that set themselves up well now, by collecting the right kind of data and investing in their analytics capacity.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 1, 2021

With a clear line of sight , each function, each team, and each individual employee understands exactly how they are to operate and where and when they will interact with others. Agility and a Learning Mindset The 90-day operational road map provides guidelines, but there will inevitably be unforeseen roadblocks.

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Kates Kesler

MARCH 7, 2021

Change management is not just a skill or a process. Integrated portfolio management. . Change management (CM) excellence. . Project management (PM) excellence. How should we organize project and change management practitioners? . Where do we need leadership and management? .

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Organizational Talent Consulting

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Like a computer operating system governs the computer's processing capability, our internal traits and attributes influence our external behaviors and habits. If you are not a skilled speed reader, you may be surprised that you can learn how to read a book in an hour. The role of individual traits in reflection.

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Comatch

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The world is changing rapidly, and the way that companies operate within it needs to shift as well. More than ever, organizations are using independent experts and freelance management consultants to address critical challenges. workforce and 14% of the European workforce operate as freelance professionals. .

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Harvard Business

MAY 31, 2016

He summarized the issue very simply: “We can automate mathematics, we can automate design decisions, but we cannot automate changes in human behavior.” Operations in a Connected World. ” Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture. The technologies and processes that are transforming companies. It’s a familiar story.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Successful Change Requires A Focus on the Human Side of Change Attention executives: to succeed at big, complex, and fast organizational change , you need to understand how to prioritize the human side of change. The post How to Better Manage the Human Side of Change appeared first on LSA Global.

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Ben de Haldevang

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

We address both the operational implications, the impact on clients and how to address the human issues which will undoubtedly arise from the deal. and I talk through the separation of the EY consulting business as much discussed and written about over the past few months.

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LSA Global

JUNE 15, 2017

In our twenty-five years of culture change and change management consulting we have learned that a clear business strategy must come first. How to best stay in touch with your employees. Change will come hard. Want to learn about changing corporate culture? Is your environment more structured or informal?

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 21, 2021

I want to shed some light on that vastly underappreciated matter by examining the important topic of how to identify and sell your competitive advantage. If all of your peers are marketing people and the business has a shortage of operations people, it makes sense for you to differentiate yourself by highlighting your operations experience.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Our change management consulting experts knew that this professional services client faced increased competition, employee burnout, pricing pressure, and marketplace disruption. We know from change management simulation data that successful leaders of change make sure their own beliefs and behaviors genuinely support the change.

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LSA Global

APRIL 20, 2023

Whether major or minor, culture change can be challenging. The Good News Yes, any kind of organizational change is difficult. The Bottom Line If you need to embark on organizational change, do not underestimate the systemic power of four organizational mechanisms for change that can speed up the process.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 3, 2018

But a portion of their operations team is purposefully misaligned from a cultural perspective by having an explicit culture of planning, education, prevention and safety. How to Avoid Bad Corporate Subcultures that Sabotages Success. The post How to Identify and Avoid Bad Corporate Subcultures appeared first on LSA Global.

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Harmonious Workplaces

OCTOBER 24, 2023

In 1997, Jim promoted me from CSR (customer service representative) to assistant manager of Blockbuster within a few months just prior to my graduation from college. Here I learned how to improve performance by working as a team and the value of transformational leadership from intrinsically motivated people. That’s a lot of bending!

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Rick Conlow

MARCH 25, 2020

.” Through training, study, and mentoring, almost any manager can learn how to give negative (and positive) feedback seamlessly in their daily communication or engagement with employees. Proactive managers learn to do this to inspire their teams. Reactive managers just push to get the tasks done. Managing change.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 13, 2017

Companies wind up in trouble and squander the time, talent, and energy of their workforce when they lose focus, spend money on things that don’t make a difference to employees or the future of the business, and use operating models that are out of whack. redesign the operating model. Redesign the Operating Model.

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Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2018

Changing consumer needs, combined with shifting workforce expectations, are altering the competitive landscape and dictating transformation of existing company operating models for consumer industries. But it is not just the nuts and bolts of a company that need to change. There’s no time to lose.

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Asamby Consulting

JULY 25, 2022

This sounds obvious, yet is critical to understand: Just because you develop an ambitious strategy doesn't mean you change the way your organization operates. And does everybody know where to find and how to use that documentation? When you have formulated your strategy, make a plan on how to communicate it.

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Kates Kesler

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

structure, process), implementation choices (transition sequencing, change management approach), and talent alignment decisions for key positions. This may mean stopping or slowing down other initiatives in order to make capacity for the organization to change, and explaining why to impacted stakeholders outside your organization.

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Kates Kesler

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

structure, process), implementation choices (transition sequencing, change management approach), and talent alignment decisions for key positions. This may mean stopping or slowing down other initiatives in order to make capacity for the organization to change, and explaining why to impacted stakeholders outside your organization.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Only operating in the short term or taking too much risk and gambling on one specific future are frequent traps leaders fall into when facing economic uncertainty. Change management should be presented in a way that leads to different ways of thinking and acting. Journal of Property Management, 73(5), 13. Chermack, T.

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Nash Consulting

JULY 7, 2022

(AND HOW TO DO IT WELL) By Ethan Nash "Our only security is our ability to change." - John Lilly Because we are living in an increasingly changing world, it has become more and more necessary for organizations to be flexible, nimble, and adaptable. So, let’s take it back to Change Management 101. Action Item!

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 9, 2018

New Managers Should Focus on Helping Their Teams, Not Pleasing Their Bosses. How New Managers Can Send the Right Leadership Signals. Here’s How to Create It. Karen Dillon. Amy Jen Su. High-Performing Teams Need Psychological Safety. Laura Delizonna.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

In 2011, when I came to Centura Health in Colorado as President of its largest operating group (Mountains and North Denver Operating Group or MNDOG) and CEO of its flagship health organization, Saint Anthony Hospital, I saw a clear mandate for change. The feedback could be tough at times.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 21, 2020

I am a Change Management Consultant working with leaders around the world on change initiatives, and in this blog, I focus on the positive impact the situation could have on workplace behaviour. It’s intuitive, 5-10 mins and people know how it works, and as a project manager he can manage 5 teams at the same time.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

JUNE 12, 2023

Leaders need to be able to operate within and upon the business. Today, many leaders are asking how they can change the organizational culture. Although culture change is challenging, making changes doesn't require considerable investments or team colocated in the same building.

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Rick Conlow

MARCH 25, 2020

.” Through training, study, and mentoring, almost any manager can learn how to give negative (and positive) feedback seamlessly in their daily communication or engagement with employees. Proactive managers learn to do this to inspire their teams. Reactive managers just push to get the tasks done. Managing change.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

No business leader operates in a vacuum. Leadership success or failure is part of and dependent upon several contextual drivers that surround them — the ecosystem, the organizational strategy, the culture, the organization’s attitude toward change, and the internal and external stakeholders they must serve.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

APRIL 10, 2023

Operations - improving customer service and identifying production errors and defects. The following short video from Simon Sinek expands on the tension leaders face and how to show vulnerability in the workplace as a leader. Identify the roles that will be strategic, operational, and supporting for introducing AI to your company.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Theodore Roosevelt Reason #1: Pressure Accelerates Change One reason to embrace pressure is that pressure accelerates change, and leadership is about change. In the book Leading Change, renowned change management thought leader John Kotter identified that overcoming complacency to change requires a sense of urgency.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

MARCH 28, 2022

Executive Coaching Example: A leader from one part of the world was assigned to take on operations in another in one organization. This short sample video from Neil Gaiman's master class on storytelling provides a great example of how to put these all together: Lead with Questions. Too often, change processes begin with what is wrong.

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