Change Management Utilizes Beliefs Statements as Effective Tools for Change

To manage change requires rethinking our thoughts. One of the more popular tools is an affirmation statement. Yet, is this statement really an affirmation or is it something much more? Read how to better use this tool to realize the change management and self-improvement that you desire for your business or yourself.

Resilience: The Key to a Successful Today and Tomorrow

Success in business and in life comes to those who can sustain energy, creativity and passion in the midst of continual change, stress and competition. Information overload leaves us struggling to sustain that passion and drive and achieve the work/life balance that is essential to our growth and well-being. We are being bombarded with information every day and are working in different environments that require more accountability and have higher expectations than 10 years ago.

Organizational Change: Mission Impossible?

Many factors such as globalization, technological advances, deregulation, privatization, mergers or acquisitions coupled with a movement of labor-intensive projects to less expensive locations and changing customer demands are forcing organizations to constantly review their purpose, vision and future strategy.

How to Improve the Management Teams Wins for Winning More Business Part 2: Focus on People Skills

Management can create more wins by focusing on developing the people skills necessary to conduct business. With a click of the mouse, your satisfied client can leave to become someone else's satisfied client. Learn why this strategy can deliver more wins for your business management team.

2000 Percent Solutions from the Real World (1) - The Japanese Pharmaceutical

This article is the story about how Hiroyuki Fukushima created a 2000 Percent Solution for his organisation. It clearly illustrates the powerful eight-step process.

Obstacles to Lasting Change

Change is the key to our success and to our financial future. Often in our own lives, however, change is something we fiercely resist. We can only become who we want to become through change.

Growing from Entrepreneur to Manager

Small business start-up rates are at record levels; so are failure rates. There is a definite pattern to failure rates. Initial growth of small business often plateaus because of a lack of corresponding growth in basic management skills. Entrepreneurs must shift their thinking from tactical and operational to strategic and supervisory. Entrepreneurs must become professional managers or suffer poor business performance, even failure. Growth in sales and employees must be accompanied by corresponding growth in management skills. Systems, procedures, tools and training already exist that can be quickly adapted to small businesses at low cost.

Project Management Consulting: Change Doesn't Have To Be Painful

One constant in any field during the digital age is that change is constant. This has been said so much that it's almost cliche nowadays. The question is what, if anything, are you and your organization doing about it.

Rasberries and Problem Solving

6 steps that take you to a new understanding of old problems. How to use Outcome Based Thinking to create new solutons to cronic issues.

Consultants And Getting The Most Value Added - When and How to Use Consultants Cost Effectively

As a CEO I struggled long and hard over any decision to use a consultant. There are many issues that need to be managed by the client to keep a consultant from going overboard on time and costs. Too many need too long to get up to speed on your business (on your dime), cost too much and can not provide tangible results on a limited project basis. Too many are unproductive and do things in ten hours that I know I could have done in 2-3 hours as paying by the hour is often a de-motivator while paying by the task aligns the client's and consultant's interests more.

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

Myths in Transformation and Turnaround

There are many myths in transformation and turnaround. This article highlights some of the myths in the marketplace associated with this change management in the areas of strategy, leadership, cost cutting, downsizing, growth in Asia, etc.

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?