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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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Sometimes Doing the Right Thing Involves Risk

Harmonious Workplaces

Leaders striving for a better workplace may suffer consequences In a recent post on LinkedIn from the Business & Management Consultants open group, a contributor posted, “A manager who challenges the boss and stands up for their team, despite risking their own career, is a true leader.” Click the link below to try it out. Ehrhart, K.,

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Mental & Physical Health Support During a Career Crisis

Harmonious Workplaces

Among the decisions I needed to make which could have profound effects on my career and my family, I found myself torn between what I had prepared to do since I reentered graduate school — management consulting in organizational development and change management — and what I had done as a consultant and executive, MarCom (marketing communications).

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

Harmonious Workplaces

This morning, I attended a Momentum session of the Society for Evidence-Based Organizational Consulting (SEBOC). This group of Industrial-Organizational (I-O) Psychology practitioners took turns sharing how they found their way toward our aligned passions of how people think and behave in the workplace.

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How to Identify and Accelerate the Right Leadership

Organizational Talent Consulting

Leadership development is best viewed as a system and not an event. You can accelerate talent development by rethinking your approach. Aligning the leader and organizational development readiness with high-quality coaching improves development outcomes. Henry Ford Development Readiness. & Hannah, S.

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The Right Questions Can Reveal the Right Problems

Harmonious Workplaces

Leverage effective inquiry tactics to diagnose organizational needs As a Certified Management Consultant (CMC), I belong to the Institute of Management Consultants (IMC USA) and the IMC Chicagoland Chapter. Using good questioning tools and techniques can set one consultant apart from the pack.