Next Level Blog

MAY 28, 2014

As reported in the New York Times this week, the World Bank is in the midst of a two year restructuring effort. The basic goal of the change is to shift from the Bank’s decades-long regional structure to one that is organized around areas of functional expertise. Another goal is to reduce expenses.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 29, 2019

What we should be doing is committing to taking action ourselves and holding ourselves accountable for the goals we set out to do. Here is a simple formula you can follow: · Write down your goal (you are committed to it). · When you read your plan to reach your goals, you are reminded of what to do (force of will).

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HR Digest

APRIL 13, 2024

Effective conflict resolution in the workplace is vital for meeting organizational goals and maintaining a positive company culture. Strategy 1: Avoiding The avoiding strategy is best suited for situations where the relationship and goal are both low in importance.

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Leading Blog

JULY 23, 2021

Most people grapple with multiple disruptions, from hybrid teams to restructuring, digital transformations, and mergers and acquisitions. Use the data you know to develop assumptions about what you don’t know. When people have trust, they collaborate toward a common goal even when it is not fully defined.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

As downsizing, restructuring and delayering took hold in the late 1980’s, old ladders became largely inaccessible. Up – the promotion path and perhaps even a ladder or two – may still exist and could still be a goal – for some. Careers used to be predictable. There were paths and ladders. The hierarchy worked – for some.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Transformation processes demand risk taking, the development of new staff capabilities and a strong focus on innovation. Unless these are aligned with the organization’s strategic long-term goals, they aren’t supporting the motivation and attitudes needed to drive innovation efforts. Assessing your organizational immune system.

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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. Developing solid consensus in driving business decisions and in realizing ambitions and goals is critical to success and a harmonious working climate.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 1, 2015

The number of objectives the team was responsible for and the goals for each objective were increasing. We could make a case for changes to be made to the new database and provide detailed notes to help developers. Our restructure was different: It took some time for the team to warm up to the idea.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 26, 2023

Organizational Changes: Significant changes within an organization, such as restructuring, mergers, or layoffs, can trigger conflicts as employees grapple with uncertainty, fear, and changes in roles and responsibilities. Encourage team members to develop self-awareness, empathy, and the ability to regulate their emotions.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Agile HR can be defined by its principles of responsiveness that encourage restructuring of work to facilitate immediate feedback, planning, and action. Originally designed for software development, Agile has gained traction in various business functions, including HR, due to its adaptive and iterative approach to work.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 29, 2017

Sadly, we lacked development and had not been mentored enough to be managers. After recently reading Mark Miller’s new book Leaders Made Here about building a leadership culture and developing an internal network of talented leaders ready to jump into a role, I remembered my young management experiences with a bitter smile.

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HR Digest

MARCH 23, 2023

Research shows that bad layoffs rarely help the leaders accomplish their goals. You want to inform the employee that they are being laid off due to reasons such as company restructuring or budget cuts. Layoff due to restructuring. Unfortunately, this means that restructuring within your department is necessary.

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The Practical Leader

MARCH 2, 2022

They found “on average, 69% of employees don’t believe in the cultural goals set by their leaders, 87% don’t understand them, and 90% don’t behave in ways that align with them.” We designed and use the Commitment Continuum to assess behaviors showing how real that commitment truly is.

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Center for Creative Leadership

MAY 19, 2019

In an effort to better understand when and how corporate cultures change, CCL and corporate leaders surveyed a group of global VPs and directors in HR, Learning & Development, Leadership, and Talent Management. That’s because bold, audacious goals are often perceived as daunting and unachievable. The results were telling.

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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. Do they clearly reflect your top goals and priorities? He had no time left to look after his health and fitness. ” “I agree,” the HR director nodded.

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The Practical Leader

MARCH 31, 2020

” “…provides senior management a huge opportunity to develop a trust-based culture rapidly…” “…working remotely is very effective if you can also restructure the organizational processes for how communication happens, how socialization happens, and how coordination happens.”

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 29, 2015

An off-site meeting can be a great way to develop strategy, get creative, develop a team, learn, and re-invigorate a team. Is it to develop a 3 year strategy? Examples: “A list of 3-5 three year goals”, “A shared vision”, “a shared understanding of each other’s concerns”. A restructuring? Improve teamwork?

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CO2

JULY 25, 2023

“I need to restructure my business — I’m thinking of eliminating my acquisitions team,” said the CEO of a large professional services firm. Innovator) Assess alternative methods of taking action, such as, “Will this help us reach our goal? What will we measure?” How else could we think about this?”

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CO2

JULY 25, 2023

“I need to restructure my business — I’m thinking of eliminating my acquisitions team,” said the CEO of a large professional services firm. Innovator) Assess alternative methods of taking action, such as, “Will this help us reach our goal? What will we measure?” How else could we think about this?”

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Lead from Within

JUNE 10, 2018

And in the worst cases, dislike and rivalry can develop into a full-blown office war. Unfortunately, the uncertainty of frequent restructuring actually makes problems worse. Confusion about goals. An organization where people chase unattainable goals often suffers from paralysis. Pouting and yelling. High turnover.

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LDRLB

JUNE 23, 2010

Goldratt that is geared towarding help organizations continually achieve their goals. The theory contends that any manageable system is limited in achieving more of its goal by a very small number of constraints and that there is always at least one constraint. Identify the constraint. Decide how to exploit the constraint.

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The Practical Leader

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Leadership competency models can provide a structured framework for defining and developing those behaviors that have the biggest impact on an organization’s performance. At best, leadership development that’s a mile wide and an inch deep moves a leader from good to a bit better. have failed. 3. One Size Fits All.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 11, 2007

Taking a leadership team off-site for a few days is a great way to develop strategy, get creative, develop a team, learn, and re-invigorate a team. To develop a 3 year strategy? Examples: “A list of 3-5 three year goals”, “A shared vision”, “a shared understanding of each other’s concerns”. A restructuring?

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Center for Creative Leadership

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

But it’s essential to differentiate the use of coaching for development from coaching for change. What’s the difference between coaching for change versus coaching for development? The Difference Between Coaching for Development and Coaching for Change. Coaching for Change Has a Different Objective. Strategic intent.

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The Practical Leader

APRIL 17, 2024

I later discovered they had a list of 37 urgent goals and objectives. They hired consultants and launched a series of restructuring and improvement projects in warehouse and shipping logistics, branding, renovating stores, revamping product lines, customer service training, IT systems, and the like.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 7, 2018

How will you advance the goal of the meeting? Mark’s boss was leading meetings to discuss restructuring the research business, and hadn’t been including Mark on the invites. In an effort to not step on toes, he had been deferring to his boss on the restructuring — but his passive approach was undermining him.

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CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

Effective followership plays such an important role in the development of future leadership skills that freshman at all the United States service academies (the Air Force Academy, West Point, Annapolis, and the Coast Guard and Merchant Marine Academies) spend their first year in formal follower roles.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2012

They don't like to be pigeon-holed or pushed out on a limb of specialization — with the inherent danger of a whimsical corporation sawing that limb off behind them during the next restructuring. X'ers' teen years were a time of major corporate restructuring.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Rather, they are boldly restructuring every function in their organizations to boost their firms' long-term ability to deliver affordable and sustainable solutions to increasingly cost-conscious and eco-aware consumers. These visionary CEOs aren't caving in to Wall Street's demands for short-term gains.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

These sorts of analyses are helping EY, where some of us work, by working with Microsoft Workplace Analytics to help clients to predict the likelihood of retaining key talent following an acquisition and to develop strategies to maximize retention. An early example comes from an organization restructure we have been working on.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2018

Job personalization is best applied when there are clear inflection points: when career trajectories are stalled, during corporate restructuring, or in recruiting for open positions. Establish Clear Goals for the Big Thinkers. This was a big area to explore, so the key was establish clear goals. This was the story with Amanda.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2012

Spain's massive banking mess with the Cajas de Ahorros is due to local politicians' influence on banks, and their iniquitous links to property developers. So EU restructuring projects may offer the continent a unique opportunity to tackle this problem. Italy, too, suffers from nepotism, political clientelism and corruption.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Restructurings may be an inevitable part of organizational life but living through them—even when you’re one of the lucky ones still standing—is challenging and stressful. “The goal is to create fun and reduce the seriousness of the situation.” What steps should you take to protect your job?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2017

Like the internet, in the early stages of development there are many competing technologies, so it’s important to specify which blockchain you’re talking about. The internet and its layers took decades to develop, with each technical layer unlocking an explosion of creative and entrepreneurial activity. Too Much Too Soon?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2015

Skill development is clearly a major priority for companies and managers these days. People are also being asked by their bosses or HR to attend conferences, read case studies, watch videos, and try their hand at simulations, all with the goal of picking up new ideas and techniques. Tie goals to concrete results.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

AUGUST 20, 2012

Do you work in a company that requires you to coordinate across reporting lines to accomplish your goals? They offer the advantages of increased information flow across boundaries, deeper development of expertise and knowledge, and greater flexibility and responsiveness. Misaligned goals. Leadership In a Matrix.

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Lead from Within

MAY 21, 2019

Make a list, create goals and then put in the effort, because you are the one who is going to be driving this process. Unlike most other learning and development processes, you are responsible for setting your own learning objectives, crafting session agendas and structuring the coaching schedule. Put in the effort. Think about?

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