The Cycle of Change

While many business professionals understand the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle as it pertains to process improvement, the model doesn’t work particularly well for dealing with changes in individual or organizational behaviors. However, an alternative model based on Gestalt psychology can be very useful, and consists of four major phases.

Change And Confusion: Time To Refocus

How to focus during periods of change and confusion.

Corporate Coach Hire - A Guide To Choosing A Company For Executive Travel

The benefits of corporate coach hire over tradition methods of travel such as flying. Features tips on how to find the best coach hire company.

Are We Ready For Change?

Change is part of our Life Style. However we have to change in the direction of our goals, our dreams. We have to manifest change, eliminate stress from our lives and be ready for the opportunities to come our way.

The Changing World of Work

The world of work is changing and becoming more demanding. You need to change with it. But how?

What Makes A Business Truly Successful And Special?

Attitude starts at the top. Good leadership always equates with a good attitude.

Managing Change - Dealing with Resistance to Change

When you embark on your change journey everyone wont be on board. Oh some will say they are and others will pretend to the max, but make sure who is with you and who is against you. Read on to learn the four stages of resistance and what you can do about it.

Managing Change - Size Matters - Scope The Change Work

Managing change requires being on top of the size and scope of the work. And that doesn't mean just at the beginning when everyone is happy and contented. If you are to succeed at delivering organizational change you must constantly adjust the three key aspects of a project. Read on and see how!

Managing Change - Trust, Integrity and Change

One key ingredient to managing change that most leaders forget is their own trust and integrity. Don't let this be you. During times of organizational change communication is key - truthful, accurate and timely communication. Anything less creates a vacuum filled with rumor. Read on...

Leading Change - Don't Skimp on Training

Change leaders are often stuck when it comes to training. On implementation of new tech systems or process changes they are faced with budget contraints that often lead to project failure because of a lack of adequate training. Read on and see clearly why this happens, how to communicate the problem and make a difference today.

Business Fashion Makeover - Better Design for Better Business

Ask a fashion creator what design is and the likely answer involves fabric and flow. A gardener may define design in terms of plant material and placement. Ask business owners and business executives to define design and the answers may stagger the mind. In other words, business design to one executive may be very different from another. Design in business often focuses on brick and mortar structures with halls and walls and office compartments. This discussion moves from the traditional concept of design as the physical plant in which business operates and moves toward contemporary leadership where knowledge professionals are uninhibited by physical structure. Business, seeking a road map to the future, will discover the map is harder to unfold than those paper route maps are to refold. Yet, achieving a better business design achieves a better business environment. It is all in the makeover...

Managing Change - Dealing with Underground Resistance

Does your change project feel like the streets of Baghdad? Do you want to manage change and sleep at night. Is that an oxymoron? It doesnt have to be but it often is. Read on and see how to deal with the worst kind of resistance to change - underground resistance.

Conflict in the Organization - Beneficial or Just Risky Business

In many organizations when radical change is necessary to fight stagnation and apathy, managers deliberately introduce conflict to raise the intensity of a group. New ideas and concepts can come from this intense level of activity. But, arguably, these ideas can just as easily come from cohesive group activity that is orchestrated by responsible managers.