Organizational Cultural Shift

The old paradigm that brought prior success had changed, but the company was unable to change the internal culture to match the external drivers. Soon the company was unable to meet goals and frustration spread. The old culture became a liability to their success, but the old rewards stayed in place and no new awards for teamwork and collaboration were put in place. It has taken this organization years to adapt to the new working environment. They still struggle developing teamwork and alignment over internal competition.

The Key to Dealing With Change-Focus on The Only Thing You Can Control

Most of the disappointment, anger, and frustration people feel is when they do or say something and expect something specific to happen. When that thing doesn’t happen, their desire for control kicks in and they get all out of whack. When that response doesn’t come, just be prepared to let go, flow, and react to it the best you can.

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.

Juvenile Delinquency

Juvenile delinquency refers to harmful or illegal acts carried out by adolescence. It is an imperative community issue because adolescence are competent of performing brutal crimes however, humanity must also distinguish that liability for childish behaviour goes past the youth themselves. It could also be defined as violent or non-violent crime committed by persons who are regularly or under the age of eighteen. There is much question about whether or not such a child should be held criminally accountable for his or her actions. There are many diverse inside influences that are supposed to affect the way a child acts both depressingly and optimistically. Additionally, there are reasons why adolescents get into violence and non-violence crimes.

Change And Confusion: Time To Refocus

How to focus during periods of change and confusion.

Quality Manufacturing Is A Team Sport

Developing and building a quality manufacturing environment takes good leadership, but more than anything, it takes a team effort. Here are some ways to develop just such a system.

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.

Managing Change - Air Cover

Ever wonder why people are gun shy to join your change project? Wonder no more! Understand the principle of Air Cover - one of the least understood elements of change leadership. When you don't provide Air Cover as a leader you'll end up like the Freedom Fighters at the Bay of Pigs. Illustrated with a real life story.

Leading Change - Empowering People for a Change

What is a key to change leadership? It's not always what you think. Read on if you're a change leader and find out how to empower your people to drive change and how to get them to want to do it. This is a message from the trenches of organizational change and every change leader should read it today!

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.

The Care and Feeding of Generation Y

While the generations often seem at odds, employers who intertwine the strengths of each generation create workplaces that are valuable for both the organization and the employees. The organization that encourages older workers to mentor and coach new workers will be the organization that continues to enjoy success when the Baby Boomer exodus begins a scant five years from now.

Forget Culture, Change Behaviours

Tired of not getting the changes you wanted? Change the behaviours first.

Butterfly Management

It is said that the gentle fluttering of a butterfly's wings in one remote corner of the world can create a tornado in another. Dr Leandro Herrero pins down the butterfly effect - when small actions can have big results - in organizational management.