More Change Demands More Leadership

Now, more than ever, organizations need the bonding glue of a strong culture to hold everything and everyone together. At the core of that culture is a strong leader pulling the team together.

For Change Management Success It Pays To Be Seen

Change management success requires visible, persistent engagement by an organization's leadership. Read this article for tips on how an organization can demonstrate its commitment to the change process.

Do Not (Intent to) Change What is Fixed And What Should Remain Fixed

If you are preparing a change you should first search for some specific elements in your company. They are easily to be found.

Conventional Business Change is the Problem, Not the Solution

Since the beginning of business, methods for operating and developing the business have been refined into the conventional methods used today. We improve management and effect business change by adding new conventional methods on the methods in place. But, there are problems with those methods in place that will never be solved by adding on more conventional methods. We need to take a complete new look at the way structure the enterprise in order to solve fundamental business problems.

A Monster Of A Leadership Challenge: The Creature That Ate Your Career

Summary: All leaders experience fear, failure and self-doubt many times throughout their careers. The author combines the three into one creature he calls Ghidora. Ghidora is the name of the three-headed movie monster that engaged Godzilla in a titanic struggle. You're not a Godzilla, of course, but you can go a long way in defeating this beast through tips provided here.

Apathy and Cynicism Zap Our Spirit

As the years slide by, a growing number of people don't really live, they merely exist – trapped in their lives of quiet desperation. Just getting by is as dangerous as resting in the snow on a frigid winter night; our passion and spirit dozes off and dies in our sleep.

Is the Family Dysfunctional, the Business Dysfunctional, or Both?

Family businesses have more stress because of pressures imposed across generaions, marriage,or sibling relationships. This stress must be acknowledged and resolved to enhanse the business and strengthen the family.

How to Help Someone Else Get Organized - Without the Headaches

Organizing others is not an obvious task, even if you are organized yourself. This article will give you: tips on how to identify if the person you are thinking of it truly disorganized or if it is an appearance issue, and how to address this; what to do and not to do if the person is truly disorganized; resources to help you proceeed.

About Gradual And Radical Changes

We all have been involved in changes. A simple move from one house to a new one count as a real experience. What did you most (dis)like about the move; the radical change on the day that you delivered the key and entered the new place, or the long gradual adaptation period afterwards? Each change comprises a time frame, which depends on the scope of the change. The larger the scope of the change, the more difficult to manage...

Change By Switching Business Rituals

Every morning you wake up, eat and -– most days of the week -- you go to work. By that time you have already finished a set of daily habits. But at work, there are even more waiting for you; starting with the computer: Switch on. And then, what do you do next...

How Can You Create a Healthy Healthcare Organization? Treat It Like a Patient!

Many healthcare organizations primarily focus on the clinical side and often ignore the quality of the rest of the organization. Your site is like a human body. Maintaining and improving the health of an organization is much like maintaining the health of a human body--focus on the whole and its parts.

Change: It Doesn't Have To Be So Difficult

Why does change appear to be so difficult? Because our status quo seems set in concrete and we don’t know how to go about making changes unless we have some assurance that a new comfort will result.

DOD Contractor Dumping Practices and Tactics

There are anti-dumping laws in the United States but still it occurs, as one company enters a new market they will lower prices in a price war prone position and take it in the sorts just to get their butts in the door. Where is the most common market for this to occur?

Five Steps to a Successful CRM Implementation

For the professional services person, some iterations of CRM may be confusing - many are slanted toward automating customer service operations. But never fear, there is a whole lot more to CRM than fielding service calls. In fact, a new breed of CRM is quickly becoming a powerful solution for professional services firms, especially those with management teams that want to leverage firm-wide intellectual property to grow their client base, improve productivity and maximize profitability.