Do not play the game of blame and shame

“Blame your parents when you have no food and blame the government when your business is bad.” Such wrong attitude provides a bad start to solving your problems. Shame and blame are not justifiable. Take responsibility.

How to Implement Change in the Workplace Without Sending Your Staff to a Psychiatrist

Effective strategies for implementing workplace change without destroying staff morale or increasing employee stress

Change, Growth And The Life Cycle (1)

Once there was a couple with serious problems in their marriage. They asked the advice of a counselor in a last attempt to resolve their conflict. After some sessions, the counselor confronted the couple with the bottleneck;

Change Management at General Motors in Oct of 2006

It looks like General Motors is getting ready to lay off a whole bunch of people in the tens of thousands. Recently Mr. Kirk Kerkorian has been trying to buy up more shares of General Motors and continue to take over the company. It makes sense from his standpoint to buy General Motors stock on the cheap and then repair the mistakes and watch the stock go back up again. He stands to make a tremendous amount of money when General Motors recovers.

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.

Life Is Simple And In Business - The Simpler The Better

If there is one guiding motto in life, it is simplicity. This principle should reign supreme in all areas of life, from language, ideas to business and strategies.

Just As Heart Ailment Is A Major Killer, Competition Is The Silent Killer

The thrust in the new millennium is competition. Competition intensifies with the emergence of a better range of products that are often of superior quality coupled with attractive and affordable pricing. In such a scenario, many products become marginalized, and like commodities, pricing becomes a key determinant in a shrinking market.

Your Low Cost Competitors Want To Eat Your Lunch

Your low cost competitors will not just nibble at your low price segment, they want to eat your lunch

Leading Change; Four Principles for Staying in Control

When leading a change programme, the bare minimum requirement of a leader is to be seen to be in control. The people you are leading will have a range of anxieties about the change which different individuals will feel to a different depth. The nature of the anxiety and the depth of the anxiety will change over time, sometimes precipitously.

People Like Change

I've often heard it said that People Don't Like Change. But is this really true? If it were true, wouldn’t we still be hunter gatherers, eking out a nomadic existence?

Prepared to Take Your Loss

Some planned changes in life turn out to be less promising than expected. What should you do in such a case?

Pregnancy Takes Nine Months, Gestation Of Leading-Edge Technology Takes Time Too

Many healthy companies fall into the trap of their success. They tend to be more 'technology' driven mode rather than being ‘market’ driven. Many companies developed the product first then start out looking for the market. Successful companies look at the market first then start developing the products.

Engage! Tapping Potential Through Understanding Motivation

In the workplace there is a tremendous opportunity to tap unused potential and resources. Unleashing some of this hidden power is the challenge organizations and individuals face in today’s world of increased competition. To get individuals cognitively, physically, and emotionally engaged in their work is a worthwhile goal for all organizations. Almost all individuals have an innate desire to do well and to excel in their endeavors. The challenge then is not in creating a desire but in understanding motivation and what creates it.