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Change Readiness?—?Essential but Oft-Omitted

Harmonious Workplaces

During the month of October, I had the pleasure of learning Organizational Development (OD) and Change Leadership from The Drucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate University. I found this experience not only enlightening and a delight but also pragmatic and extremely helpful in the way I think about organizational change.

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6 Organizational Culture Change Strategies

Organizational Talent Consulting

Just as no one is perfect, no organization is perfect, and no organizational culture is perfect. Organizational culture is everyone's responsibility, and leaders play a central role in influencing and reinforcing the company culture. Today, many leaders are asking how they can change the organizational culture.

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Mergers & Acquisitions: The Importance of Creating a Shared Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

Culture is acutely critical during notable changes, such as M&As, which offer an opportunity for a renewed start on culture. When two organizations combine through mergers and acquisitions for economic reasons, it is doubtful that the two cultures will remain precisely the same.

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Harmony & Rythm in Organizational Development

Harmonious Workplaces

New Beginning, Making Gains: Attitude change and acceptance take hold as people perceive benefits (improved efficiency, new skills, better service) and celebrate successes. Training teams to use music as a metaphor may inspire them to adopt better listening, adaptation, and engagement skills and abilities. Bridges, W. link] Hull, A.

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Towers Watson Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Note: To continue the merger and consolidation excitement, Willis Group (a large insurance provider interested largely in the actuarial practice of Towers Watson) and Towers Watson announced on June 30, 2015 that they had agreed to a $18B merger. Corporate Risk Management and Risk Financing. TOWERS WATSON CONSULTING CULTURE.

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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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5 Things We Learned About Creating a Successful Workplace Diversity Program

Harvard Business

In 2015, UCAR appointed Brinkworth as the Director for Diversity, Education, and Outreach (DEO), (later called the Chief Diversity Officer), and was tasked with making UCAR more diverse and inclusive. Most have formal training or personal experience with diversity-related issues, although this is not required to participate.