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Leading a “Mozart”

Lead Change Blog

The goal is not to change them but to effectively lead them in a fashion that harnesses their creative energies. As the leader of a “Mozart” it may help to remember the paraphrased words of Harvard history professor Laurel Ulrich: “Well behaved people seldom make history.”.

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Better Healing from Better Hospital Design

Harvard Business Review

Roger Ulrich, a visiting professor at Center for Healthcare Architecture at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, has been a thought leader in the evidence-based design movement for 30 years. “The combined impact of protocol and space design was a ‘game-changer,’” according to Ulrich.

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Why Doesn't HR Lead Change?

Harvard Business Review

The aim of a reward system is to turn goals into measures of behavior and outcomes, then allocate rewards based how employees perform against the measures. When I talk with leaders of process improvement activities about the role of HR in change, however, I generally hear that HR is bureaucratic and a brake on innovation.

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Five Questions Every Leader Should Ask About Organizational Design

Harvard Business Review

A few years ago Dave Ulrich, a management thought leader from the University of Michigan, made a comment I found both insightful and profound: “ Every leader needs to have a model of organization design.” So leaders at many different levels need to get in on the act.

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