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Earn Your Seat in the C - Suite with Darden’s Chief People & Diversity Officer Sarah King

Consulting Matters

Sarah and I met in 2012 when she hired me to consult with her and the senior team at Wyndham Vacation Ownership on a massive org transformation project she was leading. Sarah is a visionary who can see a better future for the organization she serves, AND she is a warrior who can make this type of change happen.

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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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Working from Home

Tom Spencer

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. Seeing these results, management at CTRIP offered all their employees the option to WFH, which boosted the firm’s productivity by 22%.

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How Companies Say They’re Using Big Data

Harvard Business

I’ve been surveying executives of Fortune 1000 companies about their data investments since 2012, and for the first time a near majority – 48.4% — report that their firms are achieving measurable results from their big data investments , with 80.7% of executives characterizing their big data investments as “successful.”

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Gaining Clarity in What You Care About Most Deeply in Your OD Work

Consulting and Organizational Management

Gaining Clarity in What You Care About Most Deeply in Your OD Work By Carter McNamara on December 2, 2012. The profession has become filled with niche players……executive coaching, team building, process improvement, change management, etc. Guest Writer Submissions. To Subscribe to a Blog. I love that type of project.”. “On

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Mergers & Acquisitions: The Importance of Creating a Shared Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

UNDERSTANDING THE LOCAL CULTURAL CONTEXT Today many industries and organizations operate on a global scale. Diagnosing and changing organizational culture: Based on the competing values framework (Third ed.). However, highly visible and disruptive events like mergers and acquisitions can make cultural differences striking.

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The 3 New Rules of Engagement For Leaders

Cheryl Cran

As leaders we cannot afford to have any of our team mates not be operating at their optimal performance. Research by the US Conference board in 2012 states that happiness is and will be a key factor in whether employees stay engaged with their current employer. So how can we as leaders help the people we lead having deeper meaning?