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Managing Change

We know change is inevitable. Resistance or denial is futile, yet many may follow this path. What steps can be taken to introduce change, and achieve acceptance from those affected by the change?
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Leading Through Change Management

by Christopher J. Shen

Paramount to your current and future business success is the calibre and performance of your staff, particularly in a period of rapid growth and change.

If Actions Speak Louder Than Words... What Do Yours Say?

by Adrian Savage

There are many reasons put forward to explain why change is so hard to initiate and so difficult to implement. Perhaps an exploration of what has been proposed as the 1/9/90 Law for blogging can throw more light on the phenomenon.

Six Things You Must Do To Become An Effective Leader In The Midst Of Change

All progress is the result of change. But not all change is progress. Some changes don't make any sense. In fact, some leadership behaviours actually create more stress for yourself and your co-workers. So what works?

A Roadmap For Planning A Diversity Strategy

by Jonamay Lambert

While your diversity strategy should be customised to the specific needs and goals of your organisation, using the following guide can help ensure the successful development and implementation of your initiative.

Conflict Is Good

by Bill Caswell

While unbridled anger and petty politics have no place in the boardroom or the office, conflict does. Controlled conflict that is, for it allows an exchange of different ideas and the addressing of competing interests.

New Lean Thinking

by Dr Steve Mason

One often hears the comment that "there's nothing new in management", and this perception, real or not, can be the cause of lack of engagement in change projects.

Resistance To Change

by Sonja Petrovic-Lazarevic and Joseph Cheng

Transformational changes to "doing more with less" in organisations have been rapid, recurrent and structural. Many failures in these changes are due to employees' resistance, but this resistance can be changed into acceptance with skillful, sensitive employee-focused management.

Change Management: Three Essential Ingredients For Success

by Karen Dempster

Creating an article on managing change in today's business environment requires caution, as change comes in so many guises. However, I find the ideas provided here are sound guidelines for most situations I have encountered. I hope there is value to you in my sharing them with you.

Conditions For Successful Change

by Catherine Palin-Brinkworth

A few years ago I was given a useful definition of insanity: "Doing what you did yesterday and expecting a different outcome."

Why Change Goes Wrong And What You Can Do About It

by Karen Schmidt

Change is made more difficult if we don’t have the right skills to deal with it. There needs to be a fine balance between the level of change and our skills in coping with change in order for it to be successful.

Why You Should Encourage Resistance To Change

Ask a group of managers what they fear most about implementing a change program and they will probably respond with “resistance from employees”. It seems resistance is a big issue. For some reason we get it in our heads that resistance is a bad thing ... something to be avoided at all costs. “If you do it right they won’t resist” is what many managers are thinking.

The Balanced Scorecard And Change Management

by Martin McCann

What is the balanced scorecard? Why should we use one? Failure to definitively answer basic questions like these is negatively impacting companies' success with scorecard implementations.

Setting Sail For Change

Executives facing a seemingly constant stream of complex change, may wish for a set of procedures and rules - a map which will guide them in unknown territory. We argue that although such a map may be unrealistic given the complexities of organisational change, critical guidance is possible and that through recognition and robust analysis of key intelligence areas, managers can significantly enhance their change leadership capabilities.

Focus On Technology Misses The Mark

by Les Pickett

There is almost an obsessive focus on the technology revolution and the impact it is having on people in the workplace. Much of this misses the most critical issue and may well be the reason many change initiatives fail to achieve the anticipated benefits.

Understanding Employees Reaction To Change

by Bentleys MRI

Managers often make the mistake of assuming that once a change is started, that employees will see that it is going to take place, and get on side. This is rarely the case.

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