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Organizational Change Can Start Wherever You Are

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Peter Senge says to give up traditional notions that visions are always announced from on high or come from an organizations institutionalized planning process.. Michael Beer of Harvard Business School agrees. Managers dont have to wait for senior management to start a process of organizational revitalization..

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Stop Waiting for Someone Else to Provide Leadership

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Managers don’t have to wait for senior management to start a process of organizational revitalization. ” ~Peter Senge Begin within your own sphere of influence. Leadership is more than just good management practices. You don’t have to wait for senior leaders to make it a better place.

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Are These Systems Serving or Subverting Organization Results?

The Practical Leader

As I wrote about the accountability mess , a good person in a bad system or process sets that them up for failure — and blame. About 85% of the time the fault is caused by the system, processes, structure, or practices of the organization. Are people “headcount” to be managed as assets wrapped in skin?

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The “String” Theory of Systems Management in Schools

Deming Institute

Edwards Deming once wrote that a system needed to be managed, for without management the “parts” tend to act in their own interests and “sub-optimize” the system. However, Dr. Deming’s words are only the beginning of the journey to effective systems leadership/management.

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28 Great Quotes to Inspire and Manage Change

Great Results Team Building

Change is a continuous and ongoing process. This list of 28 great quotes to inspire and help manage change may be useful to remind yourself and your coworkers of the needs and benefits that motivate successful people to not only welcome it, but to become advocates and champions for progress. Peter Senge. Leo Tolstoy.

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Deming on Management: Education

Deming Institute

Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). This is the fifth post in our Deming on Management series. View our previous Deming on Management posts: appreciation for a system, the PDSA cycle, psychology and the red bead experiment. Edwards Deming’s ideas.

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New Year’s Leadership Development Goals 2017 Edition

Great Leadership By Dan

It’s also a good time to set leadership development goals, either as part of a formal development planning process, or just because it’s a proven way to continuously improve as a leader. Possible improvement areas: building trust, establishing structure and processes that encourage and enable teamwork, and practice “shared leadership”.