Organizational Talent Consulting

JUNE 19, 2023

Have you ever wrestled with the idea of being vulnerable in a conversation? Regardless of leadership level or amount of experience, all leaders struggle with the tension of being vulnerable or not. In difficult conversations, followers want to know you care about them. Being vulnerable requires courage and produces trust.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

In the realm of business, the term “ governance ” conjures images of stale bureaucracy, mundane meetings, and rigid roles. However, such perceptions fail to capture the potential impact of governance to influence the actions, cognitions, and emotions of individuals.

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Prudent Pedal

JULY 27, 2021

It’s important to understand what’s at stake. Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) “marketing” is the season’s latest trend. If you haven’t noticed, it might be a good time to start paying strategic attention because it will be impacting your firm in a significant way shortly. Why is ESG important to Professional Services?

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Metrics Deloitte Government Trends 76

LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

To create a customer experience that aligns with your organization’s values, purpose, culture, and strategy, you must thoughtfully work with your entire organization to understand at each level how to consistently deliver the best customer experience possible. Identify them, model them, reward them, and reinforce them.

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The Management Centre

MAY 29, 2021

Improved awareness and understanding, strengthened relationships. Improved awareness and understanding, strengthened relationships. These questions tend to focus specifically how to separate the outputs from the outcomes. In this blog we explain how to differentiate outputs and outcomes, and why doing so is crucial to project success.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Strategic Thinking Connects product decisions to business context and investment thesis, balances business and scientific insights, understands the product value proposition and financial impact of choices, and understands the big picture and competitive environment.

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LSA Global

JUNE 13, 2023

No matter what the organizational change, leaders need to: Ensure Leadership Alignment Research by Bain found that senior leadership support is the number one change success factor by a hefty 2.5-to-1 to-1 margin. Is your leadership team really aligned on the desired changes? Listen carefully for their ideas on why it will work and why it might not.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Assure your boss that you understand his pressures and goals, and pitch your raise as a way to help him.” ” HBR: New Research Shows How Employees Feel When Their Requests for Raises Are Denied by Lydia Frank — “According to our analysis, 33% of employees who were denied a raise were provided no rationale. .”

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Consulting Matters

OCTOBER 9, 2020

You understand the business rationale and the economic conditions that led your company make this decision that is completely changing your life. Your mind gets that it's not about you. But your heart.that's a whole different story. Let me give you the clarity that your anxious heart and mind needs: a solid plan for moving forward.

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freshminds

JANUARY 17, 2019

Make sure you fully understand the question in hand and write it down, capturing all of the relevant details and requirements of the case study. This is to ensure that you have a clear understanding before you start. Explain the rationale for this approach and your reasoning behind using it. Stay focused on the problem at hand.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Employees deserve to understand the rationale behind the new strategy and where they fit in. The Ability to Align Strategy and People Sets Leaders Apart Organizational strategies must go through your people and your culture to be successfully implemented. You can’t just announce plans and assume compliance.

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The Management Centre

APRIL 5, 2022

Is the original project rationale still valid? Consider the options: The is a great way to understand the three linked features of projects: time, resources and results (quality). Wouldn’t it be great if we did a showcase event?” “How How about a fundraising dinner?” While we’re changing our CRM, let’s re-design the website too!”.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Use this list of change communication best practices as a guide to make sure you’re saying the right things in the right way during change: The Why All too often managers focus on the “What” and never explain “Why” decisions are being made.Employees will be far more receptive to change if they understand the rationale for change.

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LSA Global

JUNE 18, 2021

Here are five pillars of how to communicate change in a way that truly engages stakeholders from top change management consulting experts: Articulate the Rationale It all starts with a clear business case for change. Try to understand what about the change might be threatening and what might hold appeal. Why should it matter to them?

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LSA Global

AUGUST 15, 2022

Initial Change Communications – Do It Right from the Get-Go Don’t join the 70% majority of companies whose change initiatives fail ! Too many organizations and change management simulation participants are not rigorous enough at the outset as they strategize, plan, and communicate desired organizational changes. – Who is your audience?

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Harvard Business

JUNE 28, 2018

According to our analysis, 33% of employees who were denied a raise were provided no rationale. Of those who did receive some rationale (whether budgetary constraints, performance, or some other reason), just over 25% actually believed it. Most organizations would like to say yes. workplaces being meritocracies.

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LSA Global

MAY 14, 2021

To truly achieve behavioral change, change management consulting experts know that you need to harness both the hearts and minds of those affected by change – their understanding and commitment as well as their emotional energy. Hearts and Minds Successful change in the workplace requires more than just simple persuasion.

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Harmonious Workplaces

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Why allow stinginess? When auditing a sales report, the CRM manager notices the report omits contact information for many company accounts. The sales manager states that he doesn’t trust the other salespeople to not “steal his contacts,” so he does not report contact information, communications, or other data pertaining to his deals.

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LSA Global

JULY 28, 2022

Prepare Learners’ Bosses Make sure your learners’ managers (often the Board, Executive Team, or Senior VPs) understand the rationale for leadership development, commit to its success, and are prepared to model, reinforce, coach to, reward, and measure the desired new skills to ensure long-term behavior change. Where’s the disconnect?

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

The Unknown and the Unexpected It doesn’t take long for leaders to discover that leading teams at work is full of unknowns. We know from our change management simulation data that most leaders are challenged by unpredictable situations where the future is uncertain, and the stakes are high. Do you regularly doublecheck and overprepare?

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Strategy+Business

JANUARY 9, 2017

In a Fit for Growth transformation -- one that starts with the premise that all spending is investment and every cost is a choice -- the three phases of change are managed in such a way that people understand the strategic rationale for the decisions handed down, even when they are tough, and their role in shaping the new organization is clear.

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LSA Global

JUNE 7, 2021

Too often employees feel that leaders present the business plan without the background information and rationale for change that would persuade them to commit to the initiative. It is imperative that leaders simplify the message, that they reiterate it frequently, and that they check for understanding.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 6, 2023

Instead, you want leaders and teams who are open to the idea of proposed change and who understand the rationale behind the desired changes at work. Do you have an adaptable enough corporate culture to thrive during times of change? Think of the groupthink that occurred at Kodak — successful for so many years until the market changed.

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CaseInterview.com

JANUARY 13, 2020

What was flawed in your understanding of the situation, rationale, or your process? It was arrogant because to never make a mistake means to be perfect. The only beings arguably capable of being perfect are deities. Obvious I nor any other humans are deities. The goal isn’t to avoid mistakes. The goal is well. to pursue your goals.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 13, 2021

Effective setup slides serve two goals: Ensure that your audience understands the context and basic facts that define the case. In management consulting and many other sectors, people spend a lot of time creating PowerPoint slides as it has become the basis for communicating, both internally and externally. Be clear: one key point per slide.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Agreement on the Current Situation First, based on a thorough current state analysis for change , all key stakeholders must understand the current situation. What to Do Before Change Leaders Communicate the Change Vision Before you can even begin to discuss the best way to communicate the change vision three things must be true.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 18, 2022

Successful sellers proactively guide the customer through the entire buying process with a clear, concise, and client-centered recommendation-backed rationale that aligns with their unique sales strategy , sales culture , and needs. If your solutions are easy to buy, you should have a leg up on the competition. But are we succeeding?

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Seth Godin Blog

JULY 15, 2019

The rationale for traditional education is that more learning gets you a better job, and a job gets you paid, which makes the learning a worthwhile investment. More and more organizations have come to understand that paying their employees to learn, to really dig and learn something, is a bargain.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 12, 2018

But when it comes to uncovering the motivations and rationale behind individual behaviors within a social system, data can only do so much. The prevailing thought is that more data is better, especially given advancements in tools and technologies such as artificial intelligence and predictive analytics.

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LSA Global

MAY 29, 2018

If change is to be executed smoothly across functions, teams and levels, change leaders must actively involve all key stakeholders early and often to increase understanding. Greater understanding leads to greater ownership. Then create a mechanism to monitor progress, create transparency and hold people accountable.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

This helps to explain the rationale behind the 3-month probation period that most firms give to an incoming employee. This “2 year” number may explain the rationale behind the now common and sought after ‘management trainee’ or ‘rotational programs’ that many organizations offer newly graduated business students.

Productivity 76

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Rod Burkert

AUGUST 14, 2019

Last week I wrote about 2 sections your engagement letter might be missing – an understanding of the engagement and ongoing client communication. I hope my rationale for including them inspires you to add them to your engagement letter. On to this week. I recently dropped my ABV credential. It’s not a big deal.

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LSA Global

MARCH 17, 2022

Substantive Influence For this dimension of influence, idea itself must be compelling, relevant, well-documented, accurate, sound in business rationale, and clearly conveyed to the target audience that you are trying to persuade. The most effective leaders have strategic influence skills. Why Are Strategic Influence Skills Required?

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LSA Global

AUGUST 17, 2020

Delegating with Purpose. One of the top skills a new manager must learn is how to delegate effectively. Often, those new to people management find it difficult to give up tasks they feel they can do perhaps better than their direct reports. They fall prey to the number one overlooked new manager communication skill. The Critical Why. And so what?

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LSA Global

AUGUST 9, 2018

It is all about laying the groundwork so that the rationale for change is effectively communicated, the vision of success is clear and the expectations are set with sufficient systems in place to create accountability. Encouragement and understanding that, though there may be missteps along the way, they are moving in the right direction.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 12, 2019

When we investigate the reasons for so many change failures, the main culprit is how we communicate change – there is a lack of understanding, commitment, and alignment. When employees don’t “get” the rationale for change, they are likely to resist. Employees want to understand the big picture context and the path ahead.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 12, 2019

When we investigate the reasons for so many change failures, the main culprit is how we communicate change – there is a lack of understanding, commitment, and alignment. When employees don’t “get” the rationale for change, they are likely to resist. Employees want to understand the big picture context and the path ahead.

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