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Blog > Archive by category 'Low-Resistance Breakthrough'
Whether they know it or not, leaders in organizations are often change agents. Most experts will probably agree that a CEO’s role is to set strategy and vision as well as build a culture that will optimize the organization’s productivity. The CEO ultimately sets the direction, responding to changes in the market and, as result, [...]
Liz felt held back for the past three years. In her role as Director of HR and Operations in a large agricultural company, she had been tracking productivity for a while and saw how the growth in sales had slowed down over the last few years. “Our CEO has been in the company for [...]
John, a Deputy Director General in a large hospital, found the productivity of Lisa’s team to be a problem because it was draining his time and energy. Lisa was responsible for a team who provided many valuable services to the hospital’s doctors and patients. John believed the team wasn’t made up of the right individuals [...]
Janet inherited her team from a previous director who managed the department for over ten years. As a director, she had the expectation that she would invest her time in promoting the department and in strategic issues, but instead she felt she was drawn into the nitty-gritty of production. “My team is downright lazy. I [...]
Michael Cushman, President, to present at COSHRM 2011
Overcoming high resistance and changing difficult people are nearly impossible, but the combination of three new “people-developing” technologies enables HR leaders to do amazing transformations, quickly, precisely and reliably.
Join the 2011 SHRM Colorado State Conference (COSHRM) for Revolutionary HR Human Capital in the New Economy Sept. [...]
“The most important thing right now is to redefine roles in a way that serves our sales efforts. I can understand the need to be involved as an owner…we need to serve the business with our strengths and that starts with looking at things soberly.” (COO, manufacturing industry)
Bill has been with the company for over [...]
“Probably the most important thing for us right now is alignment and structure. Growing successfully beyond a start-up requires us to align the functions of different departments under a clear vision. Most of our team is accustomed to responding moment by moment, so we are not focused in our efforts. In my opinion we [...]
“Tomas is a relatively young manager. He has just inherited an environment that is post-turnover of 2 other directors before him, all taking place in the last six months. At this point Tomas has to deal with a full-blown breach of trust. Three of the senior scientists in our R&D department reporting to Tomas, have [...]
There are things we integrate into practice without knowing the reason they work. Later, science comes along and provides explanations for things we have done a certain way for hundreds of years, making sense of discoveries. Resistance is one of those things.
According to ancient practices in martial arts as well as modern [...]
Adobe organization to optimize the enterprise customer journey. Typically, organizational change efforts cannot guarantee success. In this case the criteria for success was a transformation, noticeable by direct reports and indirect internal clients. [...]
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