I Wish I'd Have Thought of That Myself!

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Looking Back

There is a marked difference between the quick-service companies that are celebrating an anniversary this year and the foodservice products that are doing the same. To wit, little has changed about the Tater Tot since it first appeared in grocery stores 50 years ago. Quite a bit has changed at Burger King during that same time span.

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.

One of the Most Conservative Organizations in the World

If you want to know more about innovation, it is sometimes useful to observe other organizations. To dig into the world of those organizations that are quite the opposite of innovation and learn more about those forces that are required to conserve. And not without a reason...

Companies Without Strategies Are Heading For Tragedies

Planning is critical in a stable as well as changing environment. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. In the fast tracked world, it is so easy to forget to plan and merely blindly execute without a proper plan in place. This is a recipe for failure.

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.

The Future of Change Management

The future of change management is when robotic artificial intelligent androids will be the ones making decisions rather than people and humans will have to accept this without sabotaging the equipment or computer systems. This will be when robots vs. machines compete for the top executive positions. It will be funny too because the artificial intelligent business decision systems

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.

Personal Change Management - It Starts When You Finished Your Career

Only a limited number of careers and the people that finished these will do exactly what is in line with the expectation of the career. For example: You study medicine, follow a specialization and you finish as a surgeon. You work as a surgeon most of your life. Even if you would switch your practice to another country, your job - being a surgeon - will be much the same.

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

Are You Throwing Away Good Ideas

Do you want to turn your business into an innovation machine where process improvements, problem-solving and bold new product ideas become the norm? Create the business context structure and focus on the long-term leadership commitment and communication activities required to execute them.

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.

Four Cs for Restructuring: Communication, Concentration, Cost Cutting and Cash

Typically in a major restructuring exercise, the timing is extremely short for you to deliver the positive results. There are many things to do and remember. However, you need to prioritise and remember these four Cs.