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

Harmonious Workplaces

Rita High School, where I learned to develop group and individualized training toward specific goals — namely, competing in band competitions or performing in concerts. L&D, goal-setting theory of motivation, and leadership training took shape during those five years with the band.

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Leadership Pressure is a Privilege

Organizational Talent Consulting

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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6 Organizational Culture Change Strategies

Organizational Talent Consulting

link] Culture Change Strategy #4: Deliberate role modeling and training How leaders act and behave outside of training is more significant than what is said or demonstrated within training events. The Journal of Product Innovation Management, 30 (4), 763-781. References: Büschgens, T., Bausch, A., & Harris, S.

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Mergers & Acquisitions: The Importance of Creating a Shared Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

A framework for the role of the human resource in managing culture in mergers and acquisitions. Human Resource Management, 50(6), 859-877. Diagnosing and changing organizational culture: Based on the competing values framework (Third ed.). A framework for the human resources role in managing culture in mergers and acquisitions.

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How the World’s Oldest Company Reinvented Itself

Harvard Business

By 2011 the pulp and paper giant — the world’s oldest corporation, dating back to 1288 — had laid off over one-third of its 30,000 employees. ” Among a number of initiatives to kindle the transformation, Stora Enso took a novel approach to change management. Matt Lyon/Getty Images.

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How Volvo Reinvented Itself Through Hiring

Harvard Business

Between 2011 and 2015, the company added 3,000 new people in engineering and development. Training was also essential: Jacoby and Sällström implemented a range of initiatives designed to shift the staff into a more entrepreneurial mindset, and each of the 300 key leaders was given a personal coach.

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IMS Consulting Group (IMS Health) Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

After having provided consulting services for their clients under the IMS Health umbrella for a while, it was high time for them to segment the consultancy services out into a different arm – thus IMS Consulting Group was born in 2011. Life-cycle management strategy. Organizational redesign/change management.

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