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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. One of the more impactful moments in the course involved the resistance to change by most people at most times.

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Your Consulting Niche vs Jack-of-All-Trades Myth

Successful Independent Consulting

My company represents self-employed professionals across the country, and over the last seven years I have interviewed, coached, or worked with more than 200 independent management consultants. Conversely, I represent several consultants who are always in demand. Translation: change management for IT projects.

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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.” Regrets to Leadership Risks?

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How to Keep Your Pulse on the People Side of Organizational Change

Organizational Talent Consulting

One of the greatest leadership challenges during organizational change is making the invisible visible. But emphasizing implementation without creating a sense of urgency can create change resistance and confusion, causing people to give up before they start. I would add change. Leading Change.

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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. That’s a lot of bending!

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Foundations of Consulting ? Part 2: How Do Consultants Work.

Consulting and Organizational Management

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Foundations of Consulting — Part 2: How Do Consultants Work? Part 1 of this series is What Do Consultants Do? Many consultants use a systematic, or planned, approach. Implementation Phase (Change Management Phase).

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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." Change management should be presented in a way that leads to different ways of thinking and acting. Organizational Development can support the implementation workshops with change models and activities for the workshops. & Eden, C.

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