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All Management Is Change Management

Harvard Business

Change management is having its moment. But many of these indicate that change management is some occult subspecialty of management, something that’s distinct from “managing” itself. This is curious given that, when you think about it, all management is the management of change.

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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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Selling Your Competitive Advantages in Consulting

Tom Spencer

Landing engagement roles, securing additional responsibilities, and sometimes even obtaining opportunities to attend social events can require selling yourself. Any professional sales pitch should be based on reality. Some firms label this “building your professional brand”. The sincere truth. This could be professionally disastrous.

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How To Sustain Change: Keeping The Momentum Going After The Training Ends

Nash Consulting

The Post-Training Conundrum “Change is not an event, it’s a process.” If customer centricity is the goal, your performance measures should not just celebrate sales but also applaud customer satisfaction and engagement. Ongoing Education and Reinforcement Change is not a one-time event but a continuous journey.

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4 Ways to Improve Your Leadership Communication Effectiveness

Organizational Talent Consulting

18% reported a failure to close a sale. Your degree of self-awareness , self-management, motivation, empathy and interpersonal skills make up your emotional intelligence. The oldest cave paintings in the world were used to tell stories of pre-historic events. Too often, change processes begin with what is wrong.

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How Women of Color Get to Senior Management

Harvard Business

They had all received at least one promotion or expansion of roles and responsibilities within management at the present company, and had been identified as having high leadership potential. What were the critical events, and what lessons did they learn? How People Get Ahead. Too often, their ambitions are thwarted.

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Changing Company Culture Requires a Movement, Not a Mandate

Harvard Business

The role of sales representatives in Russia was recast to act as knowledge hubs for physicians, since better physicians lead to healthier patients. At the internal launch event, Dr. Reddy’s employees learned about their purpose and were invited to be part of realizing it. Practices for Leading a Cultural Movement.

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