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We May Not Have a Clear Path, But We Each Have One

Harmonious Workplaces

I really handled every aspect of the human resources spectrum, including job analysis, selection, training and development, talent management, rewards and benefits structures, compliance, and termination. In 2009, the recession from 2008 forced me to pivot, sell the business, and reenter consulting full-time. That’s a lot of bending!

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3 Tactics for Accelerating Company Performance Despite an Economic Downturn

Organizational Talent Consulting

Change management should be presented in a way that leads to different ways of thinking and acting. Organizational Development can support the implementation workshops with change models and activities for the workshops. 2009, July 22). "The most threatening competitor leadership teams face is themself." Beatty, K.

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Consultant Ninja: Consultants = Big Strategy, Little Execution. Client.

Consultant Ninja

Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Friday, June 26, 2009. June 26, 2009 at 2:18 PM. June 26, 2009 at 2:46 PM. June 27, 2009 at 3:50 AM. June 28, 2009 at 1:02 AM. NumbaJockey.

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6 Organizational Culture Change Strategies

Organizational Talent Consulting

Diagnosing and changing organizational culture: Based on the competing values framework (Third ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Gregory, B. Harris, S. Armenakis, A. & Shook, C. Organizational culture and effectiveness: A study of values, attitudes, and organizational outcomes. Journal of Business Research, 62 (7), 673-679.

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Stop Using the Excuse “Organizational Change Is Hard”

Harvard Business

The insidious myth that change initiatives usually fail is disturbingly widespread. Most experts, for example, state that 70% of change efforts fail, but a 2011 study in the Journal of Change Management , led by the University of Brighton researcher Mark Hughes found that there is no empirical evidence to support this statistic.

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The Challenges GM Is Facing, and the Reasoning Behind Its Plant Closures

Harvard Business

While the job losses are a terrible blow to those workers and the families they support and the local economies where the factories are located, the decision could prevent the kind of crisis that resulted in it seeking bankruptcy protection in 2009 and a $50 billion bailout by the U.S. government.

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The Critical Skills for Leading Major Change in America’s Health System

Harvard Business

health system, change management is an essential skill for public and private leaders alike. For these leaders — and young people aspiring to careers as health care managers — one very practical question emerges: What are the critical skills for leading major change in our health system?

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