Change From Science - Focus on the Stakeholders

There are two main directions of change. The first is about resistance, the energy that is spend to keep a change from influencing you, of your organization. The other is the promotion of change. This is exactly the opposite direction. In both cases you need to analyse the stakeholders for understanding why the change is resisted (in the first case) or why it is proposed (the second case). The recent Pluto statement -- about redefining the definition of a planet - - is a typical example of the second case...

How Can You Tell When Change Management Commeth?

Have you ever watched a corporate executive on the financial news and the gentleman says something and you think to yourself why is he running that company anyway?

When Organizational Capital is Being Drained it is Time for Change Management

Efficient teams work well together and when they do you can see the value in their force multiplier affect. You can see it in special teams in Championship Football Games, you hear about with Navy Seal Teams and you can certainly feel it in America’s Corporate Board Rooms.

Change is Natural - Why All the Fear Over Change Management?

The only thing that is constant in the Universe is change and so with that said why all the fear these days over change management? It seems corporate executives are a bunch of wusses sometimes and afraid to make a decision.

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.

Want Career Success? Embrace Change!

Think you'll stay in one job forever? You won't! Be willing to embrace change, and you can manifest your own destiny.

Change Management and Decreases in Innovative Spirit

Any time there is a change in management at the corporate level it can cause a conflict with productivity, efficiency and innovation. For those companies that rely on innovative spirit to propel their profits such decreases can spell disaster for the department or division. Consider if you will a project manager who is rapidly reassigned to another division or another important project.

Change Management and Business Risk Taking

Often there are times in business when corporate managers and executives need a little shake up and that means to shed the dead weight that is not up to the performance standards that are required to run the company efficiently. When this happens it is of the utmost important to get rid of those executives or corporate managers who cannot cut the mustard.

Change Management at the Highest Levels; The HP Shake-up

What happens when a board of director of a company with half a million employees starts leaking company secrets and strategy to the press? Well, in the case of HP, they decided to oust the CEO, when the board of director was caught thru looking at his phone records. The board of director who gave out the information costs the shareholders millions of dollars in shareholders equity due to negative press.

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.

Manage the Transition to Your New Job

Consultants are often involved in a change in job assignments. Some jobs take more time then others. Some consultant have different assignments at the same time, but a new assignment always brings a introduction period with it. Not only consultants, but everyone involved in a job switch will be faced with such a transition. How should you handle such a period?

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.

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