Change Management: What's Your Approach to Organizational Transformation?

Are there different types of organizational transformation? There are essentially four distinct types of organizational change. Recognizing and preparing for them in advance will help you manage change and directly affect your bottom line.

Think Big, Start Small

Some of today's flourishing companies started in garages, bedrooms or living rooms. If you think that your small home-based business will stay that way, draw inspiration from some of these entrepreneurs and start thinking big!

Time for Change Management; Franchisees Too Quick to Blame Franchisors for Their Own Failures

In reviewing the complaints of franchisees over the last 20-years we see some similarities to the over all society as a whole. Franchisees are often too quick to Blame their Franchisors for their Own Failures, insufficient capital and poor use of business acumen.

Why You Should Overcome Your Fears and Embrace Change: A True Story

This is a true story of three cats, a new baby, a new house, and a new hierarchy.

Change From Science - Focus on the Stakeholders

There are two main directions of change. The first is about resistance, the energy that is spend to keep a change from influencing you, of your organization. The other is the promotion of change. This is exactly the opposite direction. In both cases you need to analyse the stakeholders for understanding why the change is resisted (in the first case) or why it is proposed (the second case). The recent Pluto statement -- about redefining the definition of a planet - - is a typical example of the second case...

Change Management; When Less is More

Organisations which fail to prioritise their projects and activities in alignment with their goals risk getting lost in a mire of directionless activity instead of taking a clear set of actions to reach a goal or goals.

Leading Change; It's 24-7

Leading change is tough and lonely but also rewarding as true leaders of change will witness the development of other leaders following in their footsteps. When that happens, it is worth being on show 24x7.

Lawyers and Accounting Fears Causing Bad Decisions and Change Management

Indeed we hear it all the time, corporate executives complaining about incessant lawsuits and Sarbanes Oxley regulations. Is seems all these Lawyers and Accounting Fears are causing Bad Decision Making on the part of corporate board members and we are seeing greater turn-over and Change Management.

Change Management at the Unit Outlet Management Level

Most MBA classes concentrate on change management at the Corporate Board Room and CEO levels and yet for every corporate board of directors there might be hundreds or even thousands of outlets and subdivisions. Change Management cycles are equally as important to same store sales, company profits and efficiencies at the unit level.

Change Management Disasters at Regional Management Level

One of the most important places to ensure that change management situations go correctly will be at the regional management level and with those managers who are overseeing the corporate outlets for a large area. Often when the regional manager leaves, moves to another position or trades with another regional manager we find that all the information that they know about goes with them.

Change Management and Decreases in Innovative Spirit

Any time there is a change in management at the corporate level it can cause a conflict with productivity, efficiency and innovation. For those companies that rely on innovative spirit to propel their profits such decreases can spell disaster for the department or division. Consider if you will a project manager who is rapidly reassigned to another division or another important project.

Change Management at Fast Moving Tech Companies Can Mean Disaster

Change management and fast-moving high-tech companies can be devastating for the efficiency and innovative spirit of the company. All too often high-tech executives will find other work and leave the company to go work for another corporation.

Change Management and Your Future as an Executive

In if you are up-and-coming in the business world and you find yourself in a position where change management is occurring very rapidly then you need to take the bull by the horns and take responsibility for the team. For those that have the ability to unite others in a real leadership this is the time for you to shine and your future as an executive in the corporation depends on it.

Change Management and Why You Need to Understand It

In the fast-paced corporate environment change management is something that occurs even faster than it ever has before and this is why you corporate executives need to understand change management better. Too often we find in corporate organizations a loss of efficiency when one team member is moved to another department or fired.