The First Step to Health is to Recognise that You are Sick and Need Treatment

The first step to good health is to acknowledge the presence of pain and that all is not well with the body. In many ways, the job of the turnaround manager is akin to that of the physician. The first step is to diagnose the corporate patient’s condition before even attempting to prescribe the right medication. For prescription without proper diagnosis is malpractice.

Change, Growth And The Life Cycle (2)

Each stage has a development task and a person should resolve this task before he can move forward to a next phase - Change is like that, you need to deal with the challenges of one stage, before you can more wholeheartedly to the next one

The Greatest Lesson Is To Learn Faster Than Your Competitors

Th way to compete going forward is to learn faster than your competitors. The world is changing very fast and the best bet to outwit and out run your competitors is to learn and cope faster.

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.

The Tongue is the Window of Your Health

The doctor often examines the tongue to determine the general state of health of the patient. The tongue is the organ used by the body for communication. Similarly, we determine the morale level and state of mental health of the company by examining the manner of its communication. What the heart and mind think, the tongue speaks.

How to Deal with Unnecessary and Unproductive Resistance

Understanding that people could possible resist your planned change would help to prevent the same resistance later on when the measures are implemented.

Recovery and Strengthening - Long Term Programs to Sustaining Good Financial Health

Once a company has come out of the ‘intensive care’ stage, it is of paramount importance that it can continue to nurse itself to health through long-term programs in recovery and strengthening.

Change Is Not Always Difficult

We are led to believe that change is hard to bring about. But why do we adapt to a new job so quickly?

How You View Change Is How You Do Change - Part One

In 1971, Alvin Toffler’s book, Future Shock, shook the world. Toffler predicted that “millions of ordinary, psychologically normal people will face an abrupt collision with the future . . . many of them will find it increasingly painful to keep up with the incessant demand for change that characterizes our time.” Thirty-five years later, we can say that Toffler has been proven correct in this assertion. And the ‘incessant demand for change’ continues unabated while the ‘painfulness in trying to keep up’ afflicts more and more people throughout the world.

Managers Aren't Always Leaders

Talk to a manager at almost any level – office, factory, service crew – and most will say they are a leader. And well they may be, though most often only within their particular work group. Few are leaders on any larger scale. Few, in fact, may have what it takes to be a leader. But that doesn't mean they can't learn.

How to Avoid Implementation Failure

Failure to implement the recommendations of an investigation into what ails an organisation is a norm for most organisations. For some organisations it is a serial norm.

Learn Your PROTOCOLS

Organisations looking to implement improvement often fail to achieve the results they are looking for - yet when you analyse the reasons why their improvement programmes (Lean, Six Sigma etc) fail, it can normally be traced back to one of nine reasons - and this article tells you how!

Shifting Preferences For Office Furniture

The choice of furniture used in office has undergone a sea change over the years. But few things have remained constant with the change of times. Read on