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Go to page: [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Lean Strategies For Lean Leaders And Their Teams (25 Aug 2006)
From time to time, Lean crusaders will make mistakes and find their ideas marginalized in the corporate competition for resources and air time with executives. Don't despair, go back to steps 1 and 2 and start again. Find out where you made your mistakes and learn from that. Move forward with confidence. If you quit when the going gets rough, you'll never reach your Lean Future State.
Are You Missing Your Best Quality Improvement Ideas? (25 Aug 2006)
Managers often miss an excellent source for quality improvement--the employees
working on the front line or directly with clients. This article helps you find these
ideas and tells you how to keep these ideas flowing to the manager.
Consultants Can Be Scary (25 Aug 2006)
Consultants can provide real value on many occasions but they can also be your worst nightmare. Some clichés include;
Management Of Change - Keep Things As They Are (25 Aug 2006)
Management of change is not seldom focused on finding new structures. Try to postpone this and reap the benefits of a real and lasting change.
Have We Learned Nothing About Managing Change? (25 Aug 2006)
I've spent the past twenty years helping individuals and organizations thrive on
change. Yet, recently, I've seen leaders making some of the same mistakes I noticed
two decades ago. Have we learned nothing about managing change?
How to Develop a Change-Adept Workforce (25 Aug 2006)
There are 6 qualities common to those who thrive on change. Here's how to develop
these qualities in the people who report to you.
Communicating Change Management: Change is the Same as It Always Was (25 Aug 2006)
How can management motivate people to listen?
By making sure they will benefit from what is said!
Change Management: Getting It Right (25 Aug 2006)
Change management is something many companies may face throughout their existence. Whether something simple or a complete change, various things can be done to allow for a successful change. Management of the change effectively will allow for the best overall final product but it really just is not that simple. But, there are ways to get effective change management in such a way as to contribute to the betterment of the company.
Change Management Needs External Focus (25 Aug 2006)
Poor managerial performance is viewed more as structural rather than market factors. The mantra of the managements for increasing efficiencies and profitability is more often than not structural adjustments within the organization.
The Change Management Process (25 Aug 2006)
Change Management is a critical piece for corporations. Large corporations depend on it for anything that affects their production environment. But what is change management at all? Change Management is the process that kicks in when a change is made to the production environment of a business. For the matter of this article we will use an Information Technology related case to explain Change Management.
Dont Forget Where You Came from - Why the Past is Important in Implementing Business Change (25 Aug 2006)
Much of the literature and advice on implementing business change focuses on knowing where you are going and making sure that you understand and communicate a consistent vision of the future. Indeed, I have looked at the importance of this in an earlier article in this series. This article, however, looks at the past and its often under-estimated importance in implementing change.
Before You Head Off, Make Sure You Know Where You Are Going - The Importance of Clear Objectives (25 Aug 2006)
The title of this article sounds like simple advice, but so often we undertake activities and projects without really understanding how they are going to help us to achieve our aims. I have outlined below some of the causes of this cavalier (and costly) approach to business improvement along with how we might approach things differently.
I Am Not A Number - Why Too Many Change Projects Fail (25 Aug 2006)
Many of you will recognise this quote from the 1960s TV show, "The Prisoner". Patrick McGoohan used the phrase to describe his frustration at not being treated as an individual, and being kept in the dark about what his superiors were up to in a very confusing environment. This experience is not dissimilar to what employees face in most change projects.
Follow My Leader - To Effect Change, Leaders Must Walk the Talk! (25 Aug 2006)
In any change project, a leader must wear many hats, however his/her role can be split into two key areas:
Time for Change - Clearing the First Hurdle (25 Aug 2006)
"Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another way, if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it."
Managing Change -- Endings Are Just Doorways to New Beginnings (25 Aug 2006)
Stop looking at your endings as negative things that happen to you even when they bring pain and stress. The bridge between our endings and new beginnings is like a growth spurt. Every human on the planet experiences a growth spurt every now and then. They don't stop just because we're all grown up! This article gives tips on how to handle life's growth spurts caused by a continuous cycle of endings and new beginnings, and how to see them as blessings of new possibilities and fruitfulness.
Make Change Easy - Get Involved! (25 Aug 2006)
The level and intimacy of involvement in change makes a big difference to how people are able to respond. Taking 'control' of change can be fruitful, enlightening and, yes, enjoyable. If you are undergoing change, think it through, and then think how you can enable your people to get involved too...
When Business Becomes A Battlefield (25 Aug 2006)
We can all under-estimate the importance of communication and interpersonal skills. As a result we do not think about them, we just "do". What are the consequences of the lack of thinking? Potentially the miscommunication and leads to aggression, poor morale and other problems. Here we look at some ways to overcome this issue.
Managing Change in the Workplace (25 Aug 2006)
How effective are you at managing and enjoyng change? These three tips will give you a new perspective on change.
Change Management: Avoid Havoc In Very Uncertain Times (25 Aug 2006)
Escalating gas prices...tensions and turmoil in the Middle East...a struggling world economy. Leadership, in times of uncertainty, is not that much different from that of 'normal' times. What does differ is the degree to which basic tactics of change management are applied. In times of uncertainty, leaders must pay even more attention to the people issues in change.
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