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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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3 Tactics for Accelerating Company Performance Despite an Economic Downturn

Organizational Talent Consulting

Reactive workforce reductions, burn-the-furniture cost-cutting, and spray-and-pray strategies out of desperation have historically led to considerable losses. Implementation typically involves experimentation, analyzing the existing strategies, and creative experiential learning exercises. It is easy to find out what doesn't work.

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4 Ways to Improve Your Leadership Communication Effectiveness

Organizational Talent Consulting

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. Design – establishing creative strategies to move from what is to what can be. Dream – collaborating on the best of what can be.

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Robo-Advisers Are Coming to Consulting and Corporate Strategy

Harvard Business

Corporate strategy is complex, and the advice is expensive. This makes corporate strategy an enormous and untapped prize for “robos” and “AI-enabled” expert advice across the entire enterprise; this market is ripe for disruption much the way the financial investing industry was in 2008.

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Part 3: Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile with Skills, Endorsements & Accomplishments

Successful Independent Consulting

For example, I have over a hundred endorsements for change management, but I no longer do that type of work so I moved it much lower on my list. Hi, Now that I’m self-employed I’m paying more attention to my “go-to-market” strategy and how people perceive me online. I learned this the hard way.)

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Don’t Just Tell Employees Organizational Changes Are Coming — Explain Why

Harvard Business

You want to answer: How are the changes you make today helping you achieve your vision for tomorrow? For example, in 2017 our client FMC Corporation was preparing to acquire a significant part of DuPont’s Crop Protection business, which would transform FMC into the fifth-largest crop protection company in the world.

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What Not to Do When You’re Trying to Motivate Your Team

Harvard Business

Unfortunately, too few managers understand this, and so there is a gap between managers’ efforts and the results they’re getting. Here are three of the most offensive forms of “motivating” I’ve seen managers employ, and three alternative approaches I’ve seen work wonderfully.

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