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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. Leadership Support: Leaders must champion change and cultivate an environment that encourages adaptability. References Graham, J.,

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How to Identify and Accelerate the Right Leadership

Organizational Talent Consulting

A lot of businesses are experiencing a leadership shortage. CEOs need a strong leadership pipeline to thrive, but it's not easy to build. In fact, perceptions of leadership effectiveness and readiness often differ between executives and the frontline. Leadership development investments don't have to be a big gamble.

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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. When organizations offer such perks in the face of adverse situations, employees can begin to distrust leadership. Picture a fall Friday morning in a downtown office. Transparency and professionalism must always take precedence. Dawson, R.M.,

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Sometimes Doing the Right Thing Involves Risk

Harmonious Workplaces

Regrets to Leadership Risks? However, in leadership, I feel we always risk something. Inclusive leadership: Realizing positive outcomes through belongingness and being valued for uniqueness. Within a few months, despite receiving a letter of recommendation, citing budget constraints, I found myself laid off. I would do it again.

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3 Tactics for Accelerating Company Performance Despite an Economic Downturn

Organizational Talent Consulting

"The most threatening competitor leadership teams face is themself." Organizational Development can support the implementation workshops with change models and activities for the workshops. When building organizational change resilience, investing in culture change makes a difference in adoption and utilization.

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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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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).