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5 Typical Phases of Organizational Change that Must Be Navigated

LSA Global

Navigating the Typical Phases of Organizational Change Organizational leaders face a daunting task: keeping up with or staying ahead of the relentless pressure to change. Second, change management consulting experts know that change is messy. The same is true of navigating the typical phases of change.

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Evaluating the Culture of an Organization

Gina Abudi

When I am asked by a client to help them evaluate the culture within their organization, there are two steps I take: Evaluate the organization informally (interactions among people) Evaluate the organization formally (processes and procedures) To do both well, I spend time within the organization getting to know the individuals.

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Change Management Is Becoming Increasingly Data-Driven. Companies Aren’t Ready

Harvard Business

Data science is becoming a reality for change management, and although it may not have arrived yet, it is time for organizations to get ready. The companies best positioned to change in the next decade will be the ones that set themselves up well now, by collecting the right kind of data and investing in their analytics capacity.

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Health Systems Need to Completely Reassess How They Manage Costs

Harvard Business

Cost reduction requires an honest and thorough reassessment of everything the health system does and ultimately, a change in the organization’s operating culture. They also do not represent sustainable, long-term change. These actions certainly save money, but typically less than 5% of their total expense base.

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5 Behaviors of Leaders Who Embrace Change

Harvard Business

Part of the issue is how organizations view the human aspect of the closing date, which is usually treated as the end of the transaction, when it’s really just the start of change. Organizations, processes, and cultures will be integrated for weeks and months after the organizations come together, causing disruption and uncertainty.

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business

The list includes a health care company that was once near bankruptcy (DaVita), a software firm whose stock price stagnated for a decade (Microsoft), a travel website that faced overwhelming competition (Priceline), a food giant that seemed to lose its focus (Danone), and a steel company that faced new pressure from lower-cost rivals (ThyssenKrupp).

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Leaders Who Get Change Right Know How to Listen

Harvard Business

In fact, she logged nearly 200,000 miles that first year as she traveled to each site to share the strategy and reignite enthusiasm about the future of Xerox. What she learned informed her strategy for the turnaround, which she then communicated through a series of town halls, roundtables, and memos. “Defection slowed to a trickle.