Poor managerial performance is viewed more as structural rather than market factors. The mantra of the managements for increasing efficiencies and profitability is more often than not structural adjustments within the organization.

Structura ...

Change Management is a critical piece for corporations. Large corporations depend on it for anything that affects their production environment. But what is change management at all? Change Management is the process that kicks in when a change is m ...

¡°It is not the strongest species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the most responsive to change¡±. -Charles Darwin

The world today is changing faster than ever before. Technological developments, financial constraints, expanding ...

Creativity can be defined as problem identification and idea generation and innovation can be defined as idea selection, development and commercialisation. From this simple definition, it is clear that certain cultural characteristics ought to be ...

The title of this article sounds like simple advice, but so often we undertake activities and projects without really understanding how they are going to help us to achieve our aims. I have outlined below some of the causes of this cavalier (and c ...

Much of the literature and advice on implementing business change focuses on knowing where you are going and making sure that you understand and communicate a consistent vision of the future. Indeed, I have looked at the importance of this in an e ...

Many of you will recognise this quote from the 1960s TV show, ¡°The Prisoner¡±. Patrick McGoohan used the phrase to describe his frustration at not being treated as an individual, and being kept in the dark about what his superiors were up to in a v ...

A leader¡¯s role

In any change project, a leader must wear many hats, however his/her role can be split into two key areas:

1. Set the strategic direction of the change and;

2. Convince everyone of its importance.

The ...

"Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another way, if only he c ...

Every May we celebrate Mother¡¯s Day¡ªa time to tell mothers everywhere how much we love and honor them. In the midst of all the holiday revelry we should take some time to reflect on just what this day represents¡ªthe end of nine months of waiting ...

There are wild variances in how much involvement organisations are brave enough to offer their people in change. From those organisations where they just ¡®tell¡¯ (sometimes by text message even!), to the most enlightened extreme, where they ...

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Change is exhilarating. Change is terrifying. Change is badly needed around here. Whatever your attitude is to change, it is the most reliable companion you will likely ever have. It will always be with you so are better off making friends! Here a ...

Escalating gas prices...tensions and turmoil in the Middle East...a struggling world economy. Leadership, in times of uncertainty, is not that much different from that of ¡®normal' times. What does differ is the degree to which basic tactics of ch ...

How do you get everyone on board the change train that is gaining speed and heading out of the station? How do you get your people to, not only go through the motions, but also actually ¡°buy into¡± the changes that are necessary? People¡¯s resistan ...