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Research Roundup: How the Pandemic Changed Management

Harvard Business

Researchers recently reviewed 69 articles focused on the management implications of the Covid-19 pandemic that were published between March 2020 and July 2023 in top journals in management and applied psychology.

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Creating Buy-in & Facilitating Change Management

UPD Consulting

As a first step, organizations should assess the problems they are facing and their associated root causes, map out the research and data they have on an issue of interest, and then determine the high-level activities necessary to advance the work. Oftentimes, this ends up duplicating or complicating ongoing work.

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The 6 Most Common Change Management Mistakes

LSA Global

The Most Common Change Management Mistakes Can Be Avoided. Our organizational alignment research found that the highest performing businesses have leaders and employees who are highly responsive to making the changes required to stay competitive in their marketplace. The 6 Most Common Change Management Mistakes.

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How can I manage employee resistance to change?

Harmonious Workplaces

The best answer I can give based on research: listen to your employees. 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.

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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. I found this experience not only enlightening and a delight but also pragmatic and extremely helpful in the way I think about organizational change.

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Data Can Do for Change Management What It Did for Marketing

Harvard Business

There has been a rapid uptake in health care, consumer marketing, crime reduction, agriculture, scientific research, and many other areas. One area so far relatively untouched is change management. But before that can happen, we have to understand why data has failed to catch on in change management to date.

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Reach Business Success with Consultants

Business Consulting Agency

Consultants analyze financial metrics, identify revenue opportunities, optimize pricing strategies, manage costs, and develop financial forecasts that drive sustainable financial success for clients. A survey by McKinsey found that 70% of transformation initiatives fail due to resistance to change.