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

HR Digest

APRIL 13, 2024

Managers spend a significant amount of time – around 6 hours per week – dealing with it. Studies show that over 95 percent of people who receive training on conflict resolution training report it helps them manage conflict in the workplace, and those with adequate training are more likely to seek win-win solutions. Employees spend 2.1

Strategy 52

Strategy Restructuring Emotional Intelligence Training 52

Change Starts Here

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

The uncertainty and extra work of organizational change can be stressful enough for employees without you unintentionally making things worse. It’s not a “reorg,” but a “strategic restructuring.” It’s not “extra work,” it’s a “development opportunity.” It’s not “layoffs,” but “rightsizing.”

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Politics Restructuring Tactics Uncertainty 129

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. Dysfunction calls for careful, deliberate management, not more of the same. Arguments, rifts and mean-spirited rivalries may follow. High turnover.

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Diversity Delegation Quality Restructuring 160

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

If you are a newly promoted manager who feels the pressure to have all the answers expected of you from day one, don’t despair. You will inevitably face challenges that are hard to define, let alone to solve – even after years of management experience. And yet we’re wired to feel uncomfortable with uncertainty.

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Management Uncertainty Open-book Self-aware 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2018

From leadership transitions and restructurings, to mergers and acquisitions, to regulatory changes, there seems to be constant unrest in the workforce. During times of uncertainty, people experiencing change want a clear view of the path ahead. Empower leaders and managers to lead through change. Alan Copson/Getty Images.

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Resistance Commitment Uncertainty Restructuring 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2015

There is often a lot of confusion and uncertainty, and if colleagues were laid off , people might also be sad or angry. 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. Manage your stress.

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Restructuring Stress Uncertainty Long-term 8

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. Is there a key skill that you'll need to gain through education?

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Career Restructuring Skills Uncertainty 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

There is a palpable sense of systemic instability in the face of political, economic, technological, social, and indeed meteorological uncertainty. Grounding is about making sure the company fulfills all of its legal requirements, manages risks properly and does business in a responsible way. From News Corp. 2) Technology.

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Uncertainty Politics Restructuring Technology 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2016

For example, one client recently asked me for input into three development areas of their large global business: (1) helping with the people side of change on a corporate restructuring; (2) a leadership development initiative; and (3) an organizational culture shift. Focus on reducing uncertainty and building trust.

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Company Restructuring Resistance Consultative 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Stock-based incentive compensation aligns the self-interest of management with shareholders, and a performance-based pay system increases employee motivation. In my experience, these beliefs have led managers and boards to take actions that have had unintended, destructive consequences.

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CEO Short-term Long-term Restructuring 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2013

P&G is in the midst of a major restructuring, and has laid off thousands of people. P&G''s board has been under a great deal of pressure from an activist investor who has made his views on the pace of the restructuring clear and vocal. Of course a company should never neglect its largest developed markets.

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P&L Restructuring Price CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

It''s not that troubled economies and disruptive innovations inherently shed more jobs than they create; it''s that ongoing global restructuring of markets makes temporary and/or part-time employment more attractive for more organizations. Like Smartphones, part-timerism''s global growth proliferates.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

For the last two months, global supply chains have been experiencing the first stage of a bullwhip effect triggered by uncertainties about the severity of China’s economic slowdown. Companies should anticipate this trend and start developing “value pricing” and less expensive products.

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Supply Chain Retail Crisis Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2015

Besides the short-term costs of such a move, history shows us that Greece has never managed to benefit from currency devaluations. Exit from the Euro would only increase that capital scarcity, as the foreign exchange uncertainties would need to be factored in. And what about that price?

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