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Eight Reasons Why Change Initiatives Fail - And What To Do About Them

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So goes the phrase: "If nothing changes, nothing changes.". According to John Kotter, change expert and author of "A Force For Change: How Leadership Differs from Management" there are eight reasons why change initiatives fail : Too much complexity. Failure to building coalition and support. Not understanding the need for a clear vision. Failure to clearly communicate the vision.

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The Leading Obstacles To Strategy Execution

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" The Keys to Strategy Execution: A Global Study of Current Trends and Future Possibilities ", was a research study commissioned by the American Management Association and conducted by the Human Resource Institute. The research identified the leading obstacles that hinder strategy execution - and what companies can do to overcome them. The following is a quick review of some of the main findings: Higher performers tend to be better at executing strategies.

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The Secrets to Successful Strategy Execution

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"A brilliant strategy, blockbuster product, or breakthrough technology can put you on the competitive map, but only solid execution can keep you there. ". So begins the Harvard Business review article " The Secrets to Successful Strategy Execution ," written by executives from management consulting firm, Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. According to the authors: "Execution is the result of thousands of decisions made every day by employees acting according to the information they have -- and their own

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The Importance of Tracking Your Time

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If you want to improve performance (or increase capacity or capability), you need to track the one thing that you'll never get back: time. In order to improve effectiveness and efficiency, you must understand how your time is being used. With all of the technological advances over the past two decades, we're continually forced to do things "better, faster, cheaper.

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