By Scott Steinberg - business2community.com Businesses juggling change management efforts and strategic initiatives as they work to adapt or reposition their organization to cost-efficiently and effectively operate in the new market reality often face a number of challenges from a corporate leadership standpoint. As even the...
by Andrew McAfee - hbr.org I completely support the right of companies to stop paying people they don't need any more, but the latest round of recent and planned layoffs from United Technologies is troubling me. Because UTC is doing great; its stock is at an...
By Diane Coolican - recruiter.co.uk The first six months of a new senior appointment are crucial to the success of the manager and the wider business. Senior appointees are required to make an impact and deliver results while still learning the culture and process of the...
By Jeff Durr, Senior Managing Consultant, and Craig Kamins, Subject Matter Expert - thegallupblog.gallup.com We, at Gallup, hear all too often from senior leaders who are frustrated with change management initiatives that are failing. Leaders continue to fall short of their goals with change programs, whether...
By Stephan Liozu - innovationexcellence.com Change is hard. Literature on change reports that over 70% of projects fail due to the inability of people and organizations to change. Change is even harder when it is transformational in nature and requires a change in culture and DNA....
By Katie Jacobs - hrmagazine.co.uk What will it take to restore the public’s confidence in the financial sector? HR directors have their work cut out to change what’s rotten at the heart of banking culture. Manhattan: a young investment banker spends his days making millions on Wall...
By Quentin Millington - hrmagazine.co.uk In this first of four articles on culture within organisations, I explore the three layers of culture and the difficulty of leading change. As the world struggles to free itself from the beleaguered global economy, 'culture change' has become a watchword of...
By Jack Zenger - forbes.com Today I have interviewed Zenger Folkman President, Joseph Folkman about the keys to building a great organization. What are the critical issues? If the answers were clear, every organization would likely change. There are literally thousands of variables that leave leaders...
By Christine Comaford - Forbes.com Company Z, a financial services firm with nearly $100 million in annual revenue, was changing their business model. It was a big change—they were dumping one entire business unit and launching a new one. The team was none too happy about...
By Brad Power - HBR.org Many organizations suffer from a tragic pattern: The chief executive officer launches a new change program with great fanfare and intentions, only to shelve it a few years later with little to show for great expenditures of time and consulting fees....