Tag: organization

  • How to Coach & Manage People Through Change

    August 2013   This is where you are, but… THIS is where you WANT to be… People attend meetings, but they clearly aren’t working together nor are they working toward the same goals.Some people are overly cautious and quiet while others are playing a silent game of tug-o-war. Problems, both spoken and unspoken, are discussed…

  • How to Manage Organizational Change

    August 2013   This is where you are, but… THIS is where you WANT to be… We find ourselves re-doing our project plan and spinning our wheels. People are not working as a team. Increased cross-functional collaboration and communication. Higher degrees of participation from all members, at all levels. Less “failure work;” problems solved the…

  • 10 Steps to Personal and Professional Growth

    August 2013 1. Awareness 2. Dissatisfaction 3. Affirmation 4. Responsibility 5. Personalized Goal 6. Demoralization 7. Intention 8. Action 9. Self-Support 10. Sustained Change. An Established Habit First, think of something you can do so well that you can teach another other person how to do it. Second, now think about the stages you went…

  • Hiring Employees: The Four Requirements

    August 2013   Most people look at previous employment history and skill sets to decide on candidate selection. Although past history and skills can be decent indicators of future work, it is far wiser to look at this process through a different set of lenses. Each job actually calls for four major areas to be…

  • Organization Business Strategic Plan Implementation Skills Assessment

    August 2013 The Reality of Strategic Plan Execution should be clearly apparent. You must measure your teams understanding and ability to execute or you’re simply lying to yourself and others and wasting time and money under the illusion you’re doing strategic planning. Whether I call it a strategic plan for larger organizations or a plan…

  • How to Create an Office Environment where Change Initiatives can Flourish

    Aug 2013 How to create an office environment where change initiatives can flourish This is where you are, but… THIS is where you WANT to be… We find ourselves re-doing our project plan and spinning our wheels. People are not working as a team. Increased cross-functional collaboration and communication. Higher degrees of participation from all members,…