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Making Change Work: A Strengths-Based Approach

Organizational Talent Consulting

Appreciative Inquiry is an approach to change management that fosters positive transformation. It can be used in one-to-one coaching sessions, with teams to create strategic plans , or in companywide large-scale change initiatives. link] How is Appreciative Inquiry different from other popular change management approaches?

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Buying out the banks – a repeat of 2007/2008 or something new?

Ben de Haldevang

This week we talk about the wave of forced mergers in the US. Paul Siegenthaler, Abhay Pande and I talk about the drivers for the current transactions, what are the implications from an integration perspective, and what the future holds. As ever, we’d love to hear from you. Please let us know your thoughts, comments and ideas.

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How to Bring Out Your Best in the New Year

Organizational Talent Consulting

Here is a bonus link to an assembled collection of my top five personal favorite books from thought leaders on the topics of change management, coaching, culture, innovation and creativity, leadership style, servant leadership, and strategic planning. International Journal of Educational Management, 15(3), 119-124. Doolittle, J.

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4 Ways to Improve Your Leadership Communication Effectiveness

Organizational Talent Consulting

Your degree of self-awareness , self-management, motivation, empathy and interpersonal skills make up your emotional intelligence. Appreciative Inquiry is a positive, strength-based approach to change management that can bring new life to change initiatives. Too often, change processes begin with what is wrong.

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How to Use Reflection to Bring Out Your Best in the New Year

Organizational Talent Consulting

Here is a bonus link to an assembled collection of my top five favorite books from thought leaders on change management, coaching, culture, innovation and creativity, leadership style, servant leadership, and strategic planning. International Journal of Educational Management, 15(3), 119-124. Journal of Work-Applied Management.

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After a Merger, Don’t Let “Us vs. Them” Thinking Ruin the Company

Harvard Business

The interviewees, who were in the process of an M&A deal or who had recently been through one, included C-suite executives, private equity dealmakers, business owners, entrepreneurs, and middle managers. “their” company dynamic is minimized, largely due to the approach of the acquiring company.

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business

We see an interesting pattern across the professionally managed companies, those whose CEOs were hired by the board. For new growth, in 2007 Faber helped form a new business unit called Nutricia, anchored off a $17 billion acquisition, to pursue baby foods, protein bars, and health shakes. Today this unit accounts for 29% of revenue.