Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

As downsizing, restructuring and delayering took hold in the late 1980’s, old ladders became largely inaccessible. The environment is more global, more multi-generational, more dispersed, diverse and complex than ever. Careers used to be predictable. There were paths and ladders. The hierarchy worked – for some. Some rungs disappeared.

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Restructuring Career Human Resources Globalization 173

HR Digest

MAY 17, 2024

At the heart of this organizational transformation lies the critical role of Human Resources (HR) professionals. Whether it’s a major restructuring, the implementation of new technology, or a shift in company culture, change management ensures that the human element of these transitions is carefully considered and supported.

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Management Agility Training Policies 52

HR Digest

MAY 3, 2019

SAP SE Executive Board Member and Chief Human Resources Officer, Stefan Ries explains how he is utilizing AI and Big Data to advance HR analytics as the foundations for a successful global future. In HR we now have the chance to move from an operational, back-office function to a leader of change. What do we mean by HR PUNKS?

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Ries Skills Human Resources Software 76

Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Restructuring has led to fewer layers of management, also to fewer opportunities for promotion. Gifford Pinchot, inventor of the term intrapreneur, has shown how major corporations can provide positive opportunities for reasonably autonomous enterprises to operate within the larger corporate structure. Life is good. 1-858-759-0950.

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Bureaucracy Intellectual Capital Kotter Telecommunications 151

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2018

This sort of environment breeds constant pressure to compete with colleagues for the best assignments and promotion opportunities. But in the meantime, what can you do in an up-or-out environment to build your career without inflicting collateral damage? Managers in an up-or-out organization are expected to advance.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Operations Restructuring Conference 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

They were bold and brash and injected fresh new ideas that challenged existing policy and practice in many quarters of the Department of Defense administration (such as finance, human resources, procurement, and supply chain processes). The IRS had two advantages: Congress provided a strong mandate for change (the U.S.

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Bureaucracy Innovation Supply Chain Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

So nobody was shocked when, for a recent strategy project, Masala passed over many well-known consultancies that he viewed as having already “made a science out of their way of thinking of restructuring.” He was especially sensitive to the human side of how this would get approved and implemented internally.

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Innovation Company Entrepreneur Constraint 9