Lead Change Blog

JUNE 5, 2019

Trends including the rapid pace of change, constant restructuring, and a 24/7 always-on work environment are creating overwhelmed employees and eroding trust in workplaces. Join Bonnie and Becky Robinson on June 11th at 1 PM ET to explore how women give their power away, and what they can do to take their power back.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Realigning incentives and rewards with the envisioned behaviors acts as a powerful catalyst, ensuring the durability of the change. A restructured incentive scheme rewarding staff for exemplary online customer interactions and feedback reinforces this customer-centric transformation.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Or, you just went through a big restructure, and suddenly you’re leading a team of people who don’t know you or one another. One of your most powerful leadership strategies to address both questions is transparent communication. Practice Celebration and Accountability. Does any of this sound familiar? Be real and transparent.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Cisco restructuring news not only reflects the company’s response to sluggish demand but also highlights the growing significance of artificial intelligence (AI) in shaping the future of work. Cisco recently announced a mass layoff , affecting over 4,000 employees worldwide, as part of its ongoing reorganization efforts.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2018

I currently mentor a close colleague, who has recently experienced probably the worst example of organisational restructuring and change management that I have witnessed in over forty years! However, I advocate and practice that power-sharing efforts begin with a small group, and build critical mass. Coach and help more than instruct.

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The Practical Leader

MAY 30, 2012

” BCG’s study identified six critical factors that cause reorganization and restructuring efforts to succeed or fail: Synchronize Design with Strategy. What’s amazingly common and incredibly idiotic is how often senior executives impose reorganization and restructuring from the top down. Design Layer by Layer.

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Chartered Management Institute

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Where innovation meets risk: Helping your clients adopt AI and automation Seven power skills business consultants need to work successfully alongside AI “The pandemic also resulted in many organisations seeking help with restructuring, forming new divisions, finding cost efficiencies and implementing redundancy programmes,” continues Ranjit.

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The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Recycling offers a comparable or even superior return on investment to strategies like transitioning to electric vehicles or purchasing green power, which utilizes renewable energy sources. The authors examined the economic and environmental value of community recycling efforts and compared them to other climate change mitigation practices.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 6, 2023

Organizational restructuring, change in direction, and company politics can easily derail a well-meaning leader’s intentions. Channel Your Energy to Create Something Extraordinary If you’re fired up, one option is to use that powerful emotional energy to fuel your creativity and your next stand-out move. Strategies evolve.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 29, 2019

They have no mystical power. There is only one person who has the knowledge, the experience, and the power to be a great leader—the one staring at you in the mirror. David has helped guide large-scale change initiatives and business strategy driven by ERP, mergers, restructuring, and the need for cultural change.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

Consulting is a powerful tool that enables organizations to harness their full potential and adapt to a rapidly changing environment. Coaching is a powerful tool that fosters growth and cultivates leadership skills. Organizations often face complex challenges and opportunities that require a strategic approach to transformation.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 19, 2018

Use the afternoon for repetitive tasks, that don’t require so much mental power, or for tasks where you don’t need to make lots of critical decisions. How will you restructure your leadership activities to leverage the power of decision-making fatigue? The post Are You Suffering From Decision-Making Fatigue?

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HR Digest

MAY 15, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a powerful tool that revolutionizes productivity across various sectors. MIT’s study serves as a testament to the transformative power of AI in shaping the modern workforce. Key Findings from MIT’s Study on AI and Worker Productivity: 1.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 24, 2019

One of the most powerful lessons my dad taught me was how to show up in life. David has helped guide large-scale change initiatives and business strategy driven by ERP, mergers, restructuring, and the need for cultural change. I remember at a very early age, maybe six or seven, he began teaching me how to introduce myself.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Irony, the study posits, possesses the capacity to elucidate the mobilization of political movements, possessing the power to rally individuals and instill commitment towards emergent, ambiguous, equivocal, contentious, or paradoxical ideas.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JULY 3, 2013

We completely restructured – increased transparencies and participative governance, decreased potential egregious discrepancies in pay, and restructured distribution of profits with one-third to employees, one-third to the community, and one-third to shareholders.

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HR Digest

APRIL 13, 2024

However, it’s crucial to strike a balance and avoid overusing this strategy, as it can lead to a power imbalance and erode confidence over time. It can help de-escalate conflicts by removing one’s objectives from the equation, thereby reducing tension and promoting a more collaborative environment.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 12, 2023

While we move closer to those numbers, there is still an adverse effect on the purchasing power of many citizens with multiple industries resorting to layoffs, and the number of people cutting down on more frivolous expenses such as toys keeps increasing. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The cycle is hard to break out of.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 26, 2023

Power Struggles: When there is a perceived or real power imbalance within a team or organization, conflicts may arise as individuals vie for control, recognition, or authority. These clashes can result in misunderstandings, friction, and strained relationships within the workplace.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Or we are seduced by extrinsic rewards like money, power, and recognition that cause us to detour from our True North.” Next steps include, Norming (establishing how the group functions), Storming (behaviors that may impede your group), Performing (maintaining and renewing your group) and Reforming (the need to restructure and start again).

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In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 7, 2014

A long time ago, this ethic saved a near-bankrupt company that I had a part in restructuring. Like many giants, Kraft has thrived by doing more with less , thanks to several acquisitions and the ensuing power of clout. The strategy I’ve grown to love and count on over a 45-year career is do less, better.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 4, 2023

Anticipating Future Conflicts: Anticipating potential conflicts that may arise due to organizational changes, such as mergers or restructuring, and taking preemptive action to minimize the impact. Humor can be a powerful tool in defusing tension and engaging employees. After all, life is too short to take everything seriously!

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 24, 2022

Releasing or restructuring your less successful experiences. That skill or knowledge is in you, it’s part of you, and it will come out when needed if you let it.” Dr. Zinsser additionally explains that confidence is learned by : Retaining and benefitting from your successful experiences.

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The Practical Leader

MAY 1, 2024

Allowing opinions, power, and politics to override hard data. Rearranging the organizational boxes (restructuring the org chart) vertically to serve management rather than horizontally to serve customers. The frontline team members who know the processes best — and will make or break them — aren’t involved.

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The Practical Leader

JUNE 1, 2022

” Have you caught yourself saying things like, “Once we get the new position filled …the restructuring is complete … the project is finished … the new system is installed… I get organized, things will settle down again?” ” Do things ever settle down? And they never will. .” We can be riders on the storm.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Companies are now restructuring with measures such as layoffs and hiring freezes as they enter the last phase of the boom-bust cycle. The whiplash from tech layoffs this time feels sharper as these roles are being swallowed up by AI-powered hiring tools that may have the potential to de-bias the recruiting process.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 15, 2018

The best way to form a new habit is to remove anything that will tempt you into your old ways, to restructure your environment so it won’t tempt you. After decades of coaching powerful executives around the world, Lolly Daskal has observed that leaders rise to their positions relying on a specific set of values and traits.

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leaderCommunicator

MAY 6, 2014

At a time when many companies are restructuring, cost-cutting or making other major changes, leaders need to pay serious attention to such supporters. Often powered by social media, these cheerleaders can significantly shift momentum toward a company and build engagement through the entire workforce.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

If your initial reaction is to feel overwhelmed by these updates, then consider the role of an average employee who is more likely to be replaced more permanently through job cuts and organizational restructuring efforts. Under these circumstances, the HR team has the most power to improve their on-the-job experience.

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Lead from Within

MAY 21, 2019

That may mean experimenting with a new practice, having a difficult conversation, redesigning how you invest your time, restructuring your personal strategies or acquiring a necessary resource. Work with your coach on a single specific action that will advance your leadership in some way and commit to completing it before the next session.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

AUGUST 20, 2012

However, the disadvantages will quickly outweigh the advantages if leaders think this is simply a matter of restructuring or drawing dotted lines on an organizational chart. Power and control need to be viewed differently. Conflicting goals stem from lack of a shared vision for the larger picture and are a setup for power struggles.

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The Practical Leader

MARCH 19, 2012

Way too often executives will use organizational restructuring (often including mergers and acquisitions), implementing new systems — especially technology, tightening policies and procedures, or introduce programs like Lean/Six Sigma, safety, or cost cutting to drive organizational change.

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Change Starts Here

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

It’s not a “reorg,” but a “strategic restructuring.” After all, if everyone started from a level playing field – everyone had equal power and authority, no one jockeyed for returned favors, there were no alliances or turf wars – change would be so much easier to manage. It’s not “layoffs,” but “rightsizing.”

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leaderCommunicator

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Just because someone sits in a position of power—in the government or in an organization—doesn’t necessarily mean that citizens or employees will have faith in the leader’s decisions and trust his or her actions. Many businesses are undergoing enormous transformations, restructuring their business models and reorganizing their employees.

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The Practical Leader

MAY 25, 2022

Down the hall, Brian’s boss was meeting with the HR director to review staffing for new roles and projects emerging from the recent organizational restructuring. He had no time left to look after his health and fitness. They really needed a professional with Brian’s technical skills to lead an important project team.

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In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 6, 2016

Heinz, like so many other multinationals gave the stereotypical corporate rationale — they said the plant was unprofitable and part of a global restructuring. When these factors come together behind a powerful purpose, little guys, whether they be mom & pop merchants, farmers, manufacturers, or consumers can still be kings. .

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Modern Servant Leader

NOVEMBER 1, 2014

For instance, he had to persistently resist the suggestions that restructuring the union agreements was not possible, or that Ford should take the money offered by the Federal government. Spears, Larry: Power of Servant Leaders (Greenleaf, Spears, 1998); Servant Leadership: A Journey into… (Greenleaf, Spears, 2002); and more.

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