Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2017

He works for a large national, not for profit organization in the UK, and it is mired in yet another major restructuring process, driven, as ever, by dwindling funding. Senior managers follow, apparently slavishly, structural change, without a clear vision to underpin it. The current process has been on-going for months.

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Abilene Paradox Groupthink Consensus Restructuring 272

The Practical Leader

MAY 7, 2012

I recently ran a Moose-on-the-Table workshop for a major division of a large company going through the wrenching change of a wholesale restructuring and totally refocusing their business. Part of our discussion with this management group was how really bright people can come across as not wanting to hear other ideas.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Be aware, however, that constant re-engineering, reorganization, and restructuring in pursuit of efficiency (or the latest management fad) has a questionable effect at best. Adjusting in order to thrive, however, requires competent leadership and commitment to creating the best possible corporate culture. About the Author.

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Succession Teamwork Restructuring Commitment 50

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

I believe a far-better path is to restructure the operations in question way before they threaten the company’s survival. Another way to do this is to sell off pieces that no longer are sustainable to someone who has the political ability to restructure them. That is what GM is trying to do.

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Restructuring Fixed Costs Consensus Operations 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2013

But as developed nations restructure from manufacturing to knowledge and services, my bet is on the moms, or more specifically, women — and men who can think like them. Today''s work requires a new leadership paradigm. Gender Leadership Managing people Managing yourself'

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Sample Hedge Restructuring Conference 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

There is a much more important change in the global distribution of power underway, and the play for leadership of the World Bank signals that emerging markets will be increasingly bold in asserting their views about the management of the global economy. And apparently not in the fight over leadership of the World Bank.

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Globalization Banking Restructuring Politics 12