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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. Challenges in Achieving Change Readiness Organizations often face hurdles in developing change readiness. Is your organization ready for it?

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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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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 the link below to try it out. References Holiday, R. Ehrhart, K.,

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How to Identify and Accelerate the Right Leadership

Organizational Talent Consulting

Leadership development investments don't have to be a big gamble. A talent calibration meeting is to review, assess, adjust, and agree upon a direct report's performance and potential within the organization and make development decisions. How Can You Accelerate Leadership Development? Henry Ford Development Readiness.

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Employees Are Losing Patience with Change Initiatives

Harvard Business

A Gartner survey found that employees’ willingness to support enterprise change fell from 74% in 2016 to just 43% in 2022.

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3 Tactics for Accelerating Company Performance Despite an Economic Downturn

Organizational Talent Consulting

Scenario development of multiple potential stories about what the future might look like. Organizational Development can support the implementation workshops with change models and activities for the workshops. Combined with leadership development, assessments can create a sense of urgency and motivation for change.

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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).