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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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 4, 2021

I can’t tell you how many times a manager has come to me for advice after they’ve made a technically authentic, but clumsy move: Storming out of a staff meeting in anger. But, they don’t do much to build a leader’s influence, reputation or impact. What is authentic leadership? Being Overly Transparent.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 12, 2021

When you put a team together or you’re restructuring your organization, these are things we can look at holistically,” Marc-Charles points out. Directly address the individual with a clarification of expectations or an accountability conversation , the manager calls in HR or Training. Magic-wand Thinking.

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The Practical Leader

APRIL 19, 2023

Some can spout the latest management book leader-speak. Lead Up: Strategies for Managing Your Manager Strong leaders don’t allow themselves to be victims of a bad boss. You may have lost the “boss lottery” and, through no fault of your own, end up reporting to an ineffective manager. ” Nope.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Too often, when innovation processes fall short, top managers make the impulsive diagnosis that it’s because their people are simply unwilling to change. This assumption is pervasive: A recent study revealed that 76 percent of managers believed their organizations didn’t have the capabilities needed to move into the future.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

New research from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management sets out to explore the relationship between fears we have about automation, and attitudes towards immigrants. The results revealed that those in the automation condition would often lay off more immigrants than those in the restructuring condition.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 24, 2022

Releasing or restructuring your less successful experiences. Question: How much of a person's confidence is influenced by co-workers or fellow team members, and how impactful (positive or negative) will that influence be? Zinsser : Being social animals, we are always somewhat under the influence of co-workers and teammates.

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Center for Creative Leadership

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Most change-management ventures fail. The coach’s main mandate in this engagement is to support the employee in becoming a “change agent,” helping the leader to anticipate and overcome the hurdles that come as the company restructures its customer experience. Coaching for Change Has a Different Objective.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 13, 2020

Three common factors seemed to influence the scale of the financial consequences associated with layoffs: Is the firm domestic or foreign to the country in which the layoffs occurred? The researchers compared these with the advertising effectiveness and price sensitivity of each of the brands over this timeframe, and also between countries.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 29, 2017

When I was a naive manager thrust into a management role, I had the misconception that most leaders back then were born or they just seemed to drop from the sky. Our bank management training group dwindled down as we became “leaders” and landed new roles. Forward a year and I acknowledged my errors. Wish us luck!

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Coaching Tip

APRIL 23, 2014

Clearly, regulatory restructuring on a global scale is underway. This is not a trivial task in and of itself, but add to that the "need for speed," driven by the continued advancement of technological capabilities, and this generation of business executives just may be facing the greatest management challenge of the postindustrial era.

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Change Starts Here

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Yet change agents sometimes cause additional frustration with the tactics they use to influence change. It’s not a “reorg,” but a “strategic restructuring.” As change agents, we often do things that make it easier on ourselves but frustrate the very people we’re trying to influence. It’s not “layoffs,” but “rightsizing.”

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The Practical Leader

MARCH 19, 2012

A new study was recently published by the global management consulting firm, Boston Consulting Group (BCG). ” They concluded that “structural levers” like management processes and systems were most effective when they followed and supported effective leadership behaviors.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

And, when this imbalance exists, men with little to no experience become managers. This means that while a boys club can negatively influence the success of the entire workforce, it can also hurt diversity in the workplace when it comes to upper management, therefore leading to bad leadership. What should my manager do next?”

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Institute new money management procedures. With this statistic at the back of your mind, one essential step to take is to restructure your company’s money management procedures. This must be a priority as an astute business-minded individual because repeat business directly influences your marketing activities.

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Skip Prichard

MARCH 21, 2021

In Flat, Fluid and Fast , we look at how the Talent Mobility Revolution is influencing many new ways of working today – from office design, to career paths, to employee engagement and reward. How should organizations restructure and change in light of it? ” -Brynne Kennedy. 4 Types of Talent Mobility.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 29, 2015

For example, the manager of the meeting leader is a key stakeholder. What’s going on in the environment that may influence the participant’s behavior, mindset, or participation? A restructuring? Stakeholders may be attending the meeting or they may not. Consider the context. For example, is there a pending downsizing?

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Exit interviews are a key way to identify why an employee wasn’t able to settle into an organization so it can be addressed in the next round of hiring Ensuring a job description accurately represents a role can help ensure candidates know what they are signing up for Explain company policies, probation criteria, salaries, etc.

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Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 16, 2013

The new work contract – where employees take responsibility for their own careers and corporations provide them with career-enhancing but impermanent opportunities – can be as difficult for organizations to manage as it is for individuals. The rise in the influence of the knowledge worker. . Five Trends .

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Experience to Lead

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Whether it be a global pandemic, a company restructuring or a merger, a leadership strategy is crucial if you want to manage shifts and times of uncertainty. The story is no different when it comes to developing a leadership strategy in times of change. Here are a few key components to consider when establishing your own plan.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 11, 2007

For example, the manager of the meeting leader is a key stakeholder. What’s going on in the environment that may influence the participant’s behavior, mindset, or participation? A restructuring? Stakeholders may be attending the meeting or they may not. Consider the context. For example, is their a pending downsizing?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

In most cases, the things companies do to get ahead of change, such as more frequent communication or manager training, are only minimally effective. When Pfizer undertook a major restructuring in 2007, they turned to ten employees to tell their stories. In the examples below, Cisco, Pfizer, and Symantec are our clients.).

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 7, 2018

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. He wondered whether his voice was appreciated.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

The onslaught of mounting stressors include global challenges, such as climate change, terrorism, and political turmoil – as well as personal and professional challenges, such as illnesses, job changes, and organizational restructuring. For many of us, the initial response to stress is to look for external fixes. Monique Valcour.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

The Scottish referendum reflected a perception on the part of a substantial minority that the UK, dominated by England, had too much influence over Scotland, both direct and indirect. As Cameron and his parliamentary colleagues embark on this debate, they would do well to consider the experience from those corporate restructurings.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2015

His letter announced a compensation restructuring, which accompanied a dismantling of hierarchy and the introduction of self-managed, self-organizing teams throughout the company. Two years in, Stayer fired three top managers because they kept deferring to him. ” Stayer soon became the darling of management gurus.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2018

Nikon, the legendary Japanese camera maker, provides a textbook study in how smart managers can work with strategic investors to transform a struggling business. It also called for streamlining headquarters and cutting executive management’s compensation. Heini Wehrle/BIA/Minden Pictures/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

As well as helping me understand how hard it is to run an organization, they show me how they are managing to adapt — or not — to changing organizational structures. One of the wonderful things about being a coach is that I meet hundreds of executives who freely share their business and leadership challenges with me.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2011

The concern I expressed in the post was that these actions have become the standard by which CEOs are expected to manage. I, along with the rest of my management team and the board, agreed with the recommendation, and the drug was withdrawn. We had done a restructuring in 2001 with a significant number of layoffs.

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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

JUNE 23, 2015

” We restructured Machine Shop to focus on innovation through non-traditional business partnerships and creative design thinking. Once this groundwork was laid, we realized that the traditional music management model would have to evolve to support these innovation activities. Photo by Lorenzo Errico.

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CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

And perhaps more importantly, anyone occupying a position of authority plays a followership role at times, as first-line supervisors report to mid-level managers, mid-level managers report to vice-presidents, vice-presidents report to CEOs, CEOs report to Boards of Directors, etc. Leaders need to use this influence wisely.

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LDRLB

APRIL 21, 2014

How are some of the best companies restructuring themselves to make use of this interesting finding? If there’s one theme I see is an explanation behind your book is that talent loves to have other influences, be plugged into a network. It makes me wonder where your influences are coming. What ideas are fascinating you?

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2011

One of senior management's favorite pastimes is moving around the boxes — and the people inside them. Most managers do reorganize with good intentions — to grow revenues, reduce costs, improve customer focus, etc. So what do you do if your organization has been shuffled, turned, twisted, and restructured?

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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.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2016

Heavy machinery company Caterpillar is reportedly exploring the use of drones for fleet vehicle management in the field, while drones are the cornerstone of Komatsu’s “Smart Construction” service, which can fully automate bulldozers and excavators. Insight Center. How Digital Business Models Are Changing.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2015

We persistently underestimate our influence. Because most companies emphasize the rigidity and formality of their hierarchies, employees tend to assume that their influence is dependent upon their roles or titles — that if they lack official clout, they can’t ask for anything. They ask for things more readily.

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