Change Starts Here

JUNE 3, 2014

You don’t have to be in or near the field of change management long before you hear a daunting statistic: 70% of change initiatives fail. It’s mentioned in passing as a fact in most change management books and articles nowadays. A few have been utter failures.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 24, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Brad Power for the Harvard Business Review blog (March 7, 2011). To read the complete article, check out other articles and resources, and/or sign up for a free subscription to Harvard Business Review’s Daily Alerts, please click here. * * * When they set out to [.].

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 21, 2011

Hershman and Dr. Michael Hammer. How the new job of process owner can tie together the separate silos that characterize the traditional organization to change the way work is done and how people relate to one another. There is an alternative to the fragmented work process, and it allows us to be faster, cheaper, and better.

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Hammer Chief Executive Officer Metrics Process 50

Chris Brady

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Perhaps the best course of action (and I can hardly believe I'm writing the words) is to line up with everyone else and set some 2011 goals for ourselves. Goals must have a specific time period And now for some subtle nuances that will help make your 2011 goals more achievable: 1. Now, I am not a weight management specialist.

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Goal Blog Letter Open-book 134

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 2, 2018

In 2011 half said they were treated badly at least once a week — up from a quarter in 1998. So what can a manager do to ensure that people on their team or in their department treat each other well? First, managers need to set expectations. How Self-Managed Teams Can Resolve Conflict. You and Your Team Series.

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Team Franchising Hammer Training 8

Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

In my hands, a hammer was a dangerous tool capable of putting holes where holes shouldn’t be, and bashing fingers into submission. I didn’t need a hammer! Your dad as much as anything probably just enjoyed being around you during the process! It was a two week project, and it was one of the longest two weeks of my life.

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Hammer Learning-by-Doing Blog Video 250

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2011

But because we failed to hammer out exactly how we would operate (including our respective roles and responsibilities), infighting distracted from operating, cash became a concern, and the business slowly, then quickly, imploded. She told me repeatedly: you need to better articulate the business plan, especially the decision-making process.

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