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  • 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,…

  • How to Successfully Merge Department or Company Cultures

    Aug 2013 For a project to end successfully, it must begin successfully and this statement could not be more true and the stakes higher then when it comes to any kind of merger or restructure. Long before the CEO’s are finished signing the final documents, the employees of each department or company have already started…

  • How to Overcome Business Hardship & Succeed

    Aug 2013   Overview Henry Ford’s businesses failed and left him flat broke five times before he founded Ford Motor Company, R.H. Macy started seven businesses and failed at each one before  he found the right combination, Soichiro Honda was turned down as an engineer at Toyota, was jobless for quite a while then created…

  • Silence is Deadly

    I had been working with a group of managers and their director on preparing for some major restructuring within their large school district. A lot was going to be happening very soon and we wanted to be prepared. We all knew too well, that once it all started, any problems would be costly and would…

  • Improved Communication: Check for Understanding

    August 2013 Throughout history, many great communicators have mused about how difficult it is for people to effectively communicate — even those who speak the same language! Some scholars cite how subtle differences in age and style can potentially create real challenges in successful communication. Case in point might be the stereotypical communication challenges faced…