Leadership v Management

Change is one of the only certainties in life – it is constant. How we adapt to change will be one of the most determining factor in evaluating our successes or our failures

Change - Not Without Having a Break

Is it possible to change without having (using) a break? For instance you write a series of articles, day in day out without losing one, you just continue writing about different topics, but with the same mindset.

Implement the Benefit of Business Change with R-pM

Conventional methods prevent business change for planned and managed benefits and return. R-pM provides the proper method for business change in the 21st century enterprise to leave 20th century change management problems behind.

3 Ways to Quickly Improve Income and Patient Health at Your Site

This article describes the uses of collaboration with patients and employees to deliver improved services which result in a better bottom line and improved health outcomes. It also points to ways to improve results with the diagnosis of alchohol misuse by patients.

Inevitable Change

Once there was a time in business when you could experience a change and then return to a period of relative stability. Nowadays, changes occur constantly - one on top of another. We need to acknowledge change and realize that change is a continuous journey - a way of life rather than a one-time event that can be lived through.

Corporate Suicide - Getting Bigger Instead Of Better

Work on becoming better and guess what, you naturally grow bigger. But pushing for size by itself makes you fatter, not bigger, less specialized and easier to succumb to the vagaries of internal and external forces. Often you lose what made you viable in the first place. A chicken that has wings does not mean it can fly. Similarly the big companies are not necessarily the better ones.

Be Paranoid About Healthy Growth

One ought to be paranoid if the company is not growing. The market, the staff, the creditors and the shareholders demand growth. The bank interests, inflation, wage increase, returns on investments are all expected to grow and therefore the company must also grow correspondingly.

2007 Change Management and Averting Chaos

All things in life experience change and everywhere we look everywhere we go we observe change. We see the seasons change, the weather change, our bodies change and we experience events bringing about change. We know that changes must be made in the heat of battle on the sports field during the game where new players are brought in and a transition is made for an upcoming defensive or offensive play. Change is often necessary, change is often forced and change is often the most favorable strategy to win.

Become a C.O.P. in 2007-Change On Purpose

More than ever before, 2007 will demand of most companies the ability to achieve measurable results that are specific to profitability, growth, cost containment and operational effectiveness. Of course, none of this will be possible without leadership and organizational change. This challenge will become a common theme in 2007 that will go uncompromised by the potential market gymnastics that we are likely to face. Without a doubt, success in 2007 will be directly dependent upon both individual and team performance. More importantly however, is the driving force that creates both individual and team effectiveness. That driving force is leadership at every level in the organization.

Eight Deadly Sins of Mergers and Acquisitions

According to a variety of reports, trillions of dollars of deals in Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As) have been consummated in 2006, surpassing the figures at the peak of 2000 activities. It is common knowledge that once these M&As have been consummated, the bankers and corporate executives realize substantial financial rewards, as well as the investors of acquired companies. The news media does not provide the same level of coverage on what is needed to make these corporate marriages succeed. It is critical to report on the challenges of Post Merger Integration (PMI). For these M&As to succeed, the corporate executives must avoid eight classic mistakes (i.e. deadly sins) of M&As.

How You Impact Your Organization's Culture

Every organization - big or small - has a unique culture. The culture is defined by every member of the organization - not the executives alone. And every team member has the opportunity - really the responsibility - to challenge the organization's culture if it isn't as successful as it could be.

Eliminate Change Management Problems

Conventional enterprises waste a lot of money on change management, because they cannot manage change, R-pM builds on-going natural change with professional management capabilities.

Casual With Receivables, You May Land Up as a Casualty

Some companies' Achilles' heels are their accounts receivables, poor credit control or weak administration of credit policy. These weaknesses can smolder the companies of their vital lifeline - cash flow causing them to asphyxiate.

Polarity Management

This article explains Dr Barry Johnson's theory of Polarity Management. It explains how to identify the difference between a problem and a polarity and when to solve a problem or manage a polarity.

6 Causes of Turf Wars

As the landscape in this industry gets more and more competitive, turf wars crop up, oftentimes within organizations, and the disruption adds to the downward spiral of sales and profits. If you are experiencing turf wars in your company, identify which combination of the following six causes are the ones you need to immediately address.