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The Right Questions Can Reveal the Right Problems

Harmonious Workplaces

In the dynamic fields of organizational development (OD) and change management (OCM), a consultant’s ability to ask the right questions plays as crucial a role as having the right answers. Appreciative Inquiry: A Double-Edged Sword In dialogic organizational development practices, appreciative inquiry has emerged as a powerful tool.

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You Can’t Pizza Party Your Way to a Great Corporate Culture

Harmonious Workplaces

Carefully and appropriately choose your organizational development interventions. Amid good times and bad times, workplaces can choose better interventions toward organizational development and motivation of employees to work hard and remain loyal to their work. Picture a fall Friday morning in a downtown office.

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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. Organizational Change in Human Service Organizations: A Review and Content Analysis. Is your organization ready for it? References Graham, J.,

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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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Sometimes Doing the Right Thing Involves Risk

Harmonious Workplaces

I believe that leaders must: Face the obstacles to success for their group (Holiday, 2014) Have the courage to do the right thing (Holiday, 2021) Possess the discipline to see their way through doing the right thing (Holiday, 2022) Remove their own ego from the equation. Click to Complete Your Scorecard We would love your feedback.

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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. Gurdjan, P.,

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

Harmonious Workplaces

In 2021, Dr. Casey DeBruyn recommended, based on my interests and the content of my schoolwork, that I consider organizational development (OD) and change management as career paths in consulting. In 2020, I enrolled at Purdue Global to begin my academic journey in I-O Psychology.

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