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How to Get Your Workforce Ready for Change

LSA Global

Don’t make organizational change any more challenging than it already is. Change management consulting experts know that most workers naturally feel resistance to change. To make lasting change, find ways to prepare employees for change in order to reduce anxiety and to increase engagement. to-1 margin.

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3 Tactics for Accelerating Company Performance Despite an Economic Downturn

Organizational Talent Consulting

Bain & Company found that 47% more S&P 500 businesses moved from the bottom quartile to the top half, and 89% more dropped from the top quartile to the bottom half during economic downturns compared to periods of strong economic growth. Ongoing project assessment of changes taken with defined early indicators. & Eden, C.

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Top 10 Criteria of an Effective Change Catalyst

LSA Global

Done right, Change Catalysts are critical ambassadors and liaisons for desired change. The Track Record on Organizational Change. Most leaders know that change is hard. Culture change challenges. Lack of compelling case for change. Change Catalysts should play an important role in all four areas.

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Other-Centered Communication for Change

LSA Global

Communication for Change Experienced change management consulting professionals have learned a lot (the hard way) about how to communicate for effective change in the workplace. For example, change communication should be simple, clear, timely, relevant, oft-repeated, and leader-led.

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4 Field-Tested Factors to Better Manage Organizational Change

LSA Global

The Challenge of Organizational Change Statistics can be misleading, we know, but when they are so lopsided, you have to lend them some credence. Bain reported that only 12% of change management initiatives achieve what they set out to do, and over one-third fail miserably.

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3 Steps to Strategic Alignment

LSA Global

to-1 Leadership Effectiveness 8.71-to-1 Not until the leadership team is aligned can you ensure buy-in from all levels of the workforce, create the right behavioral motivators, and track the success metrics to be sure you stay on track. In fact, recent research by Bain confirmed what we have seen in our 25+ years in the field.

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Essential Components of a Successful Vision for Change

LSA Global

A Change Management Essential – A Successful Vision for Change Successful organizational change, both big and small, has to begin with a clear and compelling vision of the desired state to motivate and align those affected by the desired new ways.