Working with thousands of leaders during the past 21 years in the global economy, I have found that most of them don't have a clue. They may know to some extent how to do business on a global level. But to exert the right kind of leadership on t ...

If you want to change (something) you will have to search first for ¡°constructions¡±.

A construction is something that is fixed, lasting and constant. A building is an example of such a construction. But there are more examples. The structure ...

Personal and/or organizational change often is met by stiff resistance. Such resistance is however thought of something that is desirable to those who are resisting it.

As such the instigators of the change itself then find themselves having ...

Flat Organizations have been the ¡°In¡± thing to happen in many new economy companies for over a decade now. Today most companies ¡°new economy¡± or the ¡°old economy¡± like to describe their organization has flat. Initially it did start with a lot of t ...

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Due to client confidentiality issues, the names and identities of the client hospitals who have benefited from this process have been obscured as no self-respecting management team would like the press to know about t ...

Change is inevitable and it will happen with your help or without it. You may be a traditional person who likes life as it is. But your life has changed all around you since your childhood and it will continue to do so for you, your children and t ...

Do your people manage complexity effectively?

Do your people respond to challenges with practical, creative and productive solutions?

Once upon a time, when society was stable and things didn¡¯t change very often, repetition was an acce ...

The term ¡®change management¡¯ tends to leave people in the dark, often seeming vague and somewhat mystical. ¡°Does it have something to do with counting pennies,¡± you might ask? In truth, it has little to do with a pocket-full of change and, yet, ...

Leadership at organizations undergoing significant change spends a lot of time \r talking about the process and explaining it to employees. Communications to \r employees can take many forms -- from town hall meetings to company \r newsletters.

Sometime in the 1980s, I read a book written by Manfred Kets de Vries who claimed to have found six types of corporate cultures. The most intriguing thesis of the book was that actually most organizations are not sick, but not entirely healthy: th ...

In the last 35 years, both awareness and concern for our natural \r environment have become incorporated into our consciousness. \r Natural fibers, recycling, biodegradable goods, concern for natural \r habitats, the disappearing ozone layer, and ...

Organizations frequently launch great ideas with the anticipation of great success. Unfortunately, unforeseen circumstances often occur that keep the ¡°big idea¡± from happening. Failure to effectively execute on a great plan puts the organization ...

It is starting to become accepted amongst management that Continuous Improvement (CI) requires an appropriate organisational culture change to create a sustainable improvement and benefits stream.

Whilst this emanates from research which goe ...

Stakeholders are those groups of people or institutions that have a stake in your company (where you are not always aware of). There are many general theories about stakeholder management and methods to implement. When dealing with change, a simp ...

When managing change, expectations are like communicating vessels between current insight and future risks. Negotiate well, knowing that every future has more risks than you can imagine. It is a matter of convincing the sponsor.

Management o ...