Lead Change Blog

JULY 2, 2015

No amount of tactical change management training will substitute for having an entire organization that has a clear vision of goals, shared responsibility, and personal accountability to achieve results. To discuss your organization’s change management needs, please email me at kelli.hinshaw@avantas.com.

Management 150

Management Early Adopters Metrics ROI 150

Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Technologies such as Yammer and Work.com have been changing how we collaborate and manage performance respectively. It does this by allowing them to move on from performing tactical administrative roles and becoming central to the strategic planning of the organisation. Manage your expectations. What does the future hold though?

Early Adopters 91

Early Adopters ROI Media Tools 91

Lead from Within

JUNE 10, 2018

Ignore the early adopter critics that never have enough to play with. Ignore your investors that want proven tactics and predictable instant results. You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take. Wayne Gretzky. The media wants overnight successes (so they have someone to tear down). Ignore them.

Succession 118

Succession Entrepreneur Drucker Learning-by-Doing 118

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Some compile complex Customer Relationship Management algorithms to develop and maintain these relationships. Even when brands claim to desire lifetime relationships with customers, many tactically distance themselves from the humanity of their interactions. ’ What is too often lost is the nuance – human.

Aaker 63

Aaker Short-term Marketing Benchmarking 63

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2017

We found that one significant driver of employee happiness is the employee’s rating of management transparency, showing a stronger correlation with company culture then factors like benefits or work-life balance. What really matters here is the employee’s perception of how transparent management is.

Morale 11

Morale Attrition Early Adopters Benchmarking 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2014

We can provide the entrepreneurs with access to early adopter customers in the 170 countries in which we operate. I have to balance between strategic intent and tactical, short-term decision-making. Even though we’re able to take the long view, we still have to make tactical decisions.”.

Venture Funding 14

Venture Funding Entrepreneur Agility Business Model 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Embracing data and analytics is not a tactic; it’s a transformation. It takes time to execute these types of organizational changes—and the pace is wholly dependent on the actions taken by management. Merely layering powerful technology systems on top of existing operations is not enough.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Early Adopters Rate of Return 8