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Sometimes Doing the Right Thing Involves Risk

Harmonious Workplaces

My affinity for working with business owners and executives stands as one of the main reasons why I chose to study Industrial-Organizational Psychology at Purdue and to make consulting, organizational development, and change management hallmarks of my career. Human Resource Management Review, 28 (2), 190–203. Ehrhart, K.,

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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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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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How To Get Really Good at Facilitating Change

Nash Consulting

Add to this the fact that nearly half of the organizations on the 2018 top 100 list by revenue were not on that list in 2008. The world is changing, and it’s changing quickly, and organizations need to get really good at change or risk failure, which involves understanding and managing resistance to change.

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How Future-Proof Are Your Leadership Skills?

Organizational Talent Consulting

If you believe that training is expensive, it is because you do not know what ignorance costs." Here is a bonus link to an assembled collection of my top five favorite books from thought leaders on change management, coaching, culture, innovation and creativity, leadership style, servant leadership, and strategic planning.