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.

Abilene Paradox 272

Abilene Paradox Groupthink Consensus Restructuring 272

HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2021

If a massive restructuring is not possible, then adopt the hybrid model and scatter attendance or have rotating shifts. These should include representatives from the management, legal department, payroll/HR, facilities and the IT department. There is a consensus over the fact that we are moving towards a new reality in the workspace.

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Guidelines Restructuring Consensus Policies 98

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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Team Consensus Hamel Commitment 56

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. The alignment culture is a company’s “must do” culture, and encompasses cooperation, consensus, and working together toward overarching goals.

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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 Outsourcing Consensus 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Once a team has reached, or appears to have reached, a consensus, it can be very hard for any individual to challenge the group’s interpretation of reality or predictions about the future — or to push back on what the group plans to do (or not do) — without running the risk of being perceived as a heretic or becoming a scapegoat.

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Groupthink Team Consensus Christensen 8

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. Gender Leadership Managing people Managing yourself' Here we have the dynamics of a new economy colliding with the old establishment like tectonic plates.

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Sample Hedge Restructuring Conference 13