"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!" --Upton Sinclair Transformation has become the buzzword for change. In the past, these programs have gone by various names such as re-organization, downsizing, turnaround, right-sizing, restructuring, and re-engineering. Technology and …
Conflict Management Self-Diagnostic
Conflict Management Self-Diagnostic is Part 4 of Unlocking the Hidden Value of Conflict Part 1 - The Essential Nature of ConflictPart 2 - The Origins of Second-Order ConflictPart 3 - Seven Ways to Fix Your Company's Conflict Problem Download Unlocking the Hidden Value of Conflict PDF Conflict management is an inevitable challenge for every …
Seven Ways to Fix Your Company’s Conflict Problem
Seven Ways to Fix Your Company's Conflict Problem is Part 3 of Unlocking the Hidden Value of Conflict Part 1 - The Essential Nature of ConflictPart 2 - The Origins of Second-Order ConflictPart 4 - Conflict Management Self Diagnostic Download Unlocking the Hidden Value of Conflict PDF If you are interested in unlocking your organization’s true …
The Origins of Second-Order Conflict
The Origins of Second-Order Conflict is Part 2 of Unlocking the Hidden Value of Conflict Part 1 - The Essential Nature of ConflictPart 3 - Seven Ways to Fix Your Company's Conflict ProblemPart 4 - Conflict Management Self Diagnostic Download Unlocking the Hidden Value of Conflict PDF The root cause of second-order conflict is poor management …
Unlocking the Hidden Value of Conflict
This is Part 1 of Unlocking the Hidden Value of Conflict Part 2 - The Origins of Second-Order ConflictPart 3 - Seven Ways to Fix Your Company's Conflict ProblemPart 4 - Conflict Management Self Diagnostic Download Unlocking the Hidden Value of Conflict PDF To grow, transform, and succeed, companies need to change in ways that make them better …
The Shape of Economic Recovery
As we start to build strategies for getting out the economic mess that has been created by the Coronavirus shock, it's important to get everyone the management team using the same mental models about what the economic recovery will look like. Economic analysts have built up a vocabulary that they use as shorthand to describe the different ways …
What are you going to do now? — How to get your team prepared for changes ahead
One of the challenges of working in a group is getting everyone aligned. We often refer to this as “getting everyone on the same page.” Getting everyone on the same page is one of the primary goals of strategic planning and budgeting processes. These processes help management teams converge on a shared mental model of what they will be …
Nine Mistakes That Make Strategy Execution Hard
Does your company do a good job executing strategy? If so, your company is probably an exception. Executing strategy is hard. It is one of the top challenges facing CEOs and management teams. It requires direction, active communication, and lots of cross-functional coordination. Unfortunately, companies tend to make one or more of the …
Good CEO, Bad CEO – What’s the Difference?
What’s the difference between a good CEO and a bad CEO? The simple answer is effectiveness. Good CEOs are effective and use that effectiveness to build and lead effective organizations that build enduring companies; bad CEOs don’t. Good CEOs understand and promote the operational values that drive effectiveness. They value …
Don’t Just Strategize, Execute!
I have been helping companies develop and execute their strategies for over 30 years, and I am frequently asked to facilitate strategy off-sites. Early in my career I would almost always say yes, excited about the possibility to help a client build a great strategy. I was sure that getting a senior team together to build a vision and plan for …