Surviving Change

Who could have predicted the changes coming our way in 2006? The changes that began in 2006 are predicted to continue in 2007. So, we thought we would provide a 2007 Survival Kit to enhance your life and your career!

Managing Change - Size Matters - Scope The Change Work

Managing change requires being on top of the size and scope of the work. And that doesn't mean just at the beginning when everyone is happy and contented. If you are to succeed at delivering organizational change you must constantly adjust the three key aspects of a project. Read on and see how!

An Office Hierarchy Guideline

Dictator, Imperial or democratic are different types of administration for many different countries in the world. All of them have one thing in common. There is always one person at the top. The difference lies in how the delegation of power is distributed & the structure of its hierarchy.

The Four Myths of Crisis Management

All business managers have been warned against operating in an environment of crisis management. To be a more effective manager and leader, you'll want to know that there are prevalent beliefs about crisis management that need to be understood and discounted. To allow us to examine beliefs that have been assumed for many years, I've described these prevailing ideas as the myths of crisis management in the text that follows.

Leading Change - A Manifesto for Change

Are you a change leader? Do you have a personal manifesto for change? You need one my friend. Read on and learn the principles for leading successful change, a manifesto for change today.

Change Lessons From Slaughterhouse Five

Some changes happen because of some incident or accident. Someone got fired because of an unforeseen reorganization. How do you handle such a change? Do you pursue a revenge or will you search for a new way for your life?

The Care and Feeding of Generation Y

While the generations often seem at odds, employers who intertwine the strengths of each generation create workplaces that are valuable for both the organization and the employees. The organization that encourages older workers to mentor and coach new workers will be the organization that continues to enjoy success when the Baby Boomer exodus begins a scant five years from now.

Employee Disengagement - The Lights Are On But Nobody's Home

The world of business is changing dramatically. Employees are no longer closely connected to their employers. The cost to the business of employee disengagement is significant. Employers can change this relationship by looking to the 21st century family as a model.

Change Is Inevitable - Misery Is A Choice

We live in a world of constant flux where pain is inevitable. Change can mean misery but this can be avoided, and the pain lessened, if change within a company is managed by focusing on people’s behaviors.

Managing Change - Dealing with Underground Resistance

Does your change project feel like the streets of Baghdad? Do you want to manage change and sleep at night. Is that an oxymoron? It doesnt have to be but it often is. Read on and see how to deal with the worst kind of resistance to change - underground resistance.

Effectively Dealing With Change

Maybe you're stuck, feeling unfulfilled and unhappy, but not able to make changes in your life to meet your goals. Maybe you're vaguely dissatisfied and aren't even sure why and where to find happiness. Perhaps you stressed and overwhelmed with work or life in general.

Conflict in the Organization - Beneficial or Just Risky Business

In many organizations when radical change is necessary to fight stagnation and apathy, managers deliberately introduce conflict to raise the intensity of a group. New ideas and concepts can come from this intense level of activity. But, arguably, these ideas can just as easily come from cohesive group activity that is orchestrated by responsible managers.

Managing Change - The First Key to Helping People to Embrace Change

Do you want to help your people to embrace change? How would you like your people to embrace change? There's a way ... read on and see the single biggest key to your people embracing change.

The Collaborative Humanistic Workplace

For the first time in modern history, the workforce will encompass four separate generations working side by side. The Silent Generation (born 1933-1945), Baby Boomers (born 1946-1964), Generation Xers (born 1965-1976), and Generation Yers (born 1977-1998).