Change Management, Leadership, Management and Organizational Development

Change Readiness?—?Essential but Oft-Omitted

Harmonious Workplaces

DECEMBER 12, 2023

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.

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Why Doesn’t My Software Work?

Harmonious Workplaces

MARCH 23, 2024

If so, the problems may stem from a lack of organizational change management (OCM). Your tech likely functions; you need better OCM Have you ever implemented a piece of technology and deemed it a failure? When I came aboard a firm, the CEO proudly stated that the company adopted Salesforce like many larger competitors.

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Sometimes Doing the Right Thing Involves Risk

Harmonious Workplaces

JANUARY 11, 2024

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

APRIL 3, 2023

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. Leadership is committed to the change.

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How can I manage employee resistance to change?

Harmonious Workplaces

MARCH 21, 2024

During the ending phase of a change initiative – which is where the current state ends and change begins – people express unhappiness and discomfort. Morale declines, performance decreases, and managers may wish to quit. appeared first on Harmonious Workplaces.

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3 Tactics for Accelerating Company Performance Despite an Economic Downturn

Organizational Talent Consulting

OCTOBER 31, 2022

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

Successful Independent Consulting

JANUARY 20, 2017

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. Translation: change management for IT projects. The exact opposite is true. Translation: turnaround expert.

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We May Not Have a Clear Path, But We Each Have One

Harmonious Workplaces

OCTOBER 24, 2023

L&D, goal-setting theory of motivation, and leadership training took shape during those five years with the band. In 1997, Jim promoted me from CSR (customer service representative) to assistant manager of Blockbuster within a few months just prior to my graduation from college.

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Mental & Physical Health Support During a Career Crisis

Harmonious Workplaces

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

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).

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Implementing Technology to Support Change

Harmonious Workplaces

APRIL 4, 2024

What are some best practices for selecting and implementing new technologies to support change? Watch this video with the transcript below: Sometimes, to facilitate organizational change, we need to add another element—new technologies.

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Gaining Clarity in What You Care About Most Deeply in Your OD Work

Consulting and Organizational Management

DECEMBER 2, 2012

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. The profession has become filled with niche players……executive coaching, team building, process improvement, change management, etc. How to Manage Resistance in Consulting — Part 1 of 3: What is Resistance? Career Management.

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

Consulting and Organizational Management

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Implementation Phase (Change Management Phase). ————————— For more resources, see the Library topics Consulting and Organizational Development. Career Management.

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Why It Is Difficult to Change From Reactive to Innovative and What To Do About It

Cheryl Cran

MAY 14, 2014

I have been a student of consciousness principles for over twenty years in addition to human behavior psychology and organizational development. Think of Neo on the Matrix he was able to navigate the challenges of both worlds by ‘training’ his mind and his skills to mastery.

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The Right Questions Can Reveal the Right Problems

Harmonious Workplaces

JANUARY 17, 2024

Leverage effective inquiry tactics to diagnose organizational needs As a Certified Management Consultant (CMC), I belong to the Institute of Management Consultants (IMC USA) and the IMC Chicagoland Chapter. This leads to more engaged, more motivated workers which develops a more resilient and adaptive organization.

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10 Pitfalls That Destroy Organizational Trust

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 3, 2023

In their new book, Move Fast and Fix Things, Frances Frei and Anne Morriss outline five strategies to help leaders tackle their hardest problems and quickly make change. Their second strategy is to build — or rebuild — trust with your stakeholders.

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10 Beliefs That Get in the Way of Organizational Change

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 24, 2023

In their new book, Move Fast and Fix Things, Frances Frei and Anne Morriss outline five strategies to help leaders tackle their hardest problems and quickly make change. They argue that most big organizational problems deserve a more urgent response — a metabolic rate that honors the frustration, mediocrity, and pain of the status quo.

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10 Signs Your Company Is Resistant to Change

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

In their new book, Move Fast and Fix Things, Frances Frei and Anne Morriss outline five strategies to help leaders tackle their hardest problems and quickly make change. Often that’s not clear to everyone – because people have developed a number of effective ways to tolerate the problem instead of fix it.

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