Strengthening Corporate Health - 18 Principles (Part 2)

There is a strong parallel between physical and fiscal health. Companies fall sick just as people do. There are three simple steps to building a strong company and thus strengthening corporate health, namely, prevention, early diagnosis and proper treatment. These are summarised into 18 principles. This is the second part of the article describing the step 2: Early Diagnosis

Communicating Change; Don't Let Them Hear It on the Grapevine

When do you tell employees about bad news? When do you tell them about good news? Organisations that fail to think through their communication strategy are leaving their future at the mercy of the grapevine.

Six Habits of Highly Effective Teams

Anyone who has spent time in software development organizations knows that some teams seem to achieve superhuman productivity, and some teams just can't seem to get anything done. I think that the ratio of productivity can be hundreds to one, no matter how you measure it. What is it about Highly Effective Teams that lets them make so much progress with so little effort? Here are some the characteristics of these super-teams.

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.

I Wish I'd Have Thought of That Myself!

None of us like to be told what to do; we like to come to our own conclusions. Discover how to deliver your messages so others feel like they figured it out on their own, and watch your effectiveness skyrocket.

An Educational Process for Change and Improvement Efforts

Once a management team has established a change and improvement plan, there are many ways to help everyone in the organization understand what's going on and why. These include one-on-one discussions, group presentations, workshops or seminars, videos, printed materials, and the like.

There Is A Strong Parallel Between Physical And Fiscal Health

A company is like a person. It can fall sick too. Companies can be attacked by viruses such as economic recession, competition, incompetent management etc. Thus company is not an inanimate object. It has a life of its own.

Leaders Awake; This is Urgent and Important

It is the leader's accountability when the important and urgent becomes the important and never done. Leader's who do not accept the accountability do not deserve to be in the position of leadership.

Change Management and the Psychology of Change Considered

Change Management problems at the executive level are fascinating but should never be unexpected. Why you ask? Well humans do not like change, they always move for the status quo over change when allowed to choose. Unfortunately, change is a universal constant and it will forever have to be dealt with in all aspects of the life experience you see? Change Management and the Psychology of Change needs to be considered when discussing these issues in Modern Day Corporations.

Why Walk Before You Can Run?

Do you sometimes get frustrated that others cannot see the relevance or importance of the kind of business changes you would like to make in your operation? Maybe you had great success in a previous business, developing your team, or you've done some reading and are sold on the value of doing some work on the strategy and vision of your current business. The perspective that is missing is that businesses go through states in their development; at any given state of development, paying attention to issues beyond that state is irrelevant. It's not that the concern to introduce work on key business issues is wrong in itself, only that those issues are irrelevant to the current state of the business.

What Are You Waiting For?

How many times have you had a thought about something but then not acted on it? It might be a concern you had or a great new approach that inspired you. Take a moment or two to list a few for yourself….

Evolution of Industry – How an Industry Changes Itself

Each industry has its own rate and way of evolving. While in technology Business models can become redundant in a quarter, old companies are using tried and trusted business models for over several decades.

Change Management in the Public Sector; DHS

Change Management situations can occur anywhere and sometimes they create situations that are so serious that they indeed could threaten national security. For instance take an upper management change in the public sector such as within the top ranks of the computer and cyber security division of Department of Homeland Security for instance.

Change Management Reversals; Are They Possible

Many change management specialists and many of those professors in academia explain exactly what should happen after change management occurs. For instance they dive into the psychological issues behind change management and the dropping of the ball of executives due to change.

Setting a Goal to Overcome Organisational Inertia

Organisational inertia is like a cancer. It eats at personal ambition and genuine creativity. At first, it limits progress in organisations which eventually descend into a dysfunctional morass to be reorganised, down-sized or right-sized. In some cases, organisations do not survive.