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Storytelling in OD Communications

Harmonious Workplaces

Persuade and solidify commitment using stories of triumph and loss in organizational development. I recently asked my mentor, Alan Landers, to provide an article on practical interventions one can use in organizational development. My wife Lisa and I chatted this morning about various things on our minds.

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The Right Questions Can Reveal the Right Problems

Harmonious Workplaces

In the dynamic fields of organizational development (OD) and change management (OCM), a consultant’s ability to ask the right questions plays as crucial a role as having the right answers. In contrast, poorly framed questions can stifle creativity, evoke defensive responses, and hinder the flow of vital information. Kogan Page.

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Leading by Lending a Hand to Others

Harmonious Workplaces

Strong manager-employee relationships through great leadership leads to positive outcomes After hearing so many people talking about the Apple TV show Ted Lasso and using it in the context of business leadership, I had to see what caused all the buzz. The show has captured my attention and a little of my heart.

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You Can’t Pizza Party Your Way to a Great Corporate Culture

Harmonious Workplaces

Carefully and appropriately choose your organizational development interventions. Earlier that month, the administrative assistant informed everyone that health insurance costs would rise without additional subsidies and no one would receive holiday bonuses this year. Picture a fall Friday morning in a downtown office.

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How to Align Executive Development with Organizational Values

Consulting Matters

Coaches Don Knagge and Rachelle Stone get to dive into the actual frameworks I used to lead organizations and executives through the executive development process. Soak it all in because today's Ask Betsy is a fire hose of information! Betsy is one of those brilliant organizational people that continues to blow my mind."

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3 Tactics for Accelerating Company Performance Despite an Economic Downturn

Organizational Talent Consulting

Informed narratives or stories about possible or plausible futures. Enhanced human and organizational learning and imagination. The most threatening competitor leadership teams face is themself." Organizational Development can support the implementation workshops with change models and activities for the workshops.

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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. Too often, organizational change management is simply a series of communications where executives or project managers inform the business that change is coming. Leadership is committed to the change.

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