Goodbye Yellow Brick Road?

This article covers the changing demographic of the American workforce with the oncoming departure of the baby boomers. Some suggestions for preparations that companies can take to off-set the coming knowledge loss are covered.

Does Your Vision Statement Need New Life?

Not getting the desired results from your business vision statement? Here are a few ideas to help you successfully bring your vision to life!

Managing Change - Understanding Why People Change

Do you know why people change? It might surprise you. Read on and find out the two reasons people change and why that's important to know when managing change.

Leading Change - Keeping Perspective Top to Bottom

When you lead change you must keep in mind the impact in your organization top to bottom. Many change leaders think they can dictate effort ... read on and see what perspective has to do with your change efforts. Learn about the 'gears' of change.

I Can't Find My Mindset

Concepts such as creating a 'will to succeed', entrepreneurial spirit, dynamism and a winning culture can be very inspiring in the workplace. The trouble with these ideas is that they have virtually no predictive value in behavioral terms...

Organizational Assessments- How Do We Look?

Are you too close to take a good look at your own situation? Assessments can be a great tool to see new business and personal perspectives

The Father Of The Playstation Is Stepping Down - The Loss Of Ken Kutaragi

It has been announced that as of June 19th, 2007 - Ken Kutaragi, the Father of Sony's Playstation video console series, will be retiring. From the information provided to Morristreet, it may not all be Ken's idea; but a corporate move by Sony to punish him for poor sales and decisions in regards to the Playstation 3 sales failure. A brief history of this impressive man's career...

Consensus Management Consequences

Executives and managers take note. The ultimate cost of ignoring the distinction between consensus management and participatory management is apt to be profound.

Managing Change - Information Overload

Do you wake up in the morning to an inbox overflowing with useless information? If you do and your trying to manage change you're in deep do do. Read on and see what you have to do to manage change and manage information in today's world of useless information.

Leading Change - Why Are We Doing This?

How far are you out on the proverbial limb driving change? What kind of support do those above you provide? You'd be surprised at some of the Bozo's out there disguised as leaders. Read on and learn what 'not to do' when leading change.

Leading Change - I'm Feeling Better, Now that I've Given Up All Hope

Are you changing your change leaders like you do your underwear? Do you think new blood is just what the Doctor ordered for your project? Well read on and see what impact your indecision is having on the troops.

Leading Change - I'll Be Handing Out Decoder Rings at the end of the Presentation

Do you ever sit through a change presentation scratching your head in wonder? Like what are they smoking that they think this is going to work? You're not alone! Read on and see the danger of sitting siletntly by. Learn what you're responsibility is as a leader. It may surprise you.

Discover 10 Reasons Why Businesses Implement Change

Business owners do implement change. However, is it pro-active and necessary to meet the business goals or is it to react to a current problem. Discover the ten most frequent reasons for change within a business.

How to Avoid the Curse of Complacency

Have you ever been complacent? Have you ever been very happy with a situation, only to realize later that things weren't really so great? It's been my experience in almost 20 years of business that at one time or another, all businesses fall into the complacency trap and as the song goes, you never realize what you have until it's gone.

TQM - ISO 9001 - Six Sigma: Do Process Management Programs Discourage Innovation?

Are your process and quality improvement initiatives stifling innovation and creating an internal focus. Inward looking companies are vulnerable to externally focused organizations.