Change Starts Here

JUNE 21, 2016

Several years ago, in preparation for a transformation workshop with a client’s top management team, I was designing the feedback to collect at the end of the session. At the time, the workshop was thought to be a one-time event for this client, so collecting feedback about what they thought about the workshop seemed self-serving.

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Workshop Participative Long-term Survey 113

Change Starts Here

APRIL 24, 2012

The recurring theme in our coaching sessions and workshops is how organizations, initiatives and change agents get and stay unstuck. If I were to personally deliver all the content in the Irresistible Change Guide to your organization through workshops and coaching, the grand total would be at least $15,000! How much is it?

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Webinar Price Resistance Workshop 78

Skip Prichard

JUNE 26, 2019

If the overall experience doesn’t please and excite the customer, a company is hard-pressed to outsize its strategy. I have sat through many strategy meetings listening to bright leaders dream up bold plans without vetting their financial feasibility. Poor customer service is a killer of customer loyalty.

Strategy 78

Strategy SWOT Company Customer Loyalty 78

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2015

They were intense, intelligence-based, role-playing immersion workshops that got leaders to see the market from a different and unfamiliar perspectives. The workshops brought the “voice of the markets” to Mars’ leadership’s doorstep. These simulations were not some computer-based hypothetical games.

Competitive Intelligence 8

Competitive Intelligence Agility Workshop Definition 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

For me, IKEA’s success is mostly due to the clarity of its strategy. Practice it in your next strategic workshop and see what happens. Strategy' IKEA is a company that exemplifies the power of strategic clarity. Many people believe that its success is rooted in its business model; others point to the service experience.

Strategy 13

Strategy Document Comparison Retail 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2017

In its strategy to help employees with disabilities build long-term careers, Unilever partnered with Connecticut’s Department of Rehabilitation Services and Southeastern Employment Services to launch a training and placement program. Provide role models.

Compliance 8

Compliance Chief Operating Officer Innovation Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

The company better aligned the workforce mix to its strategy, by optimizing different talent acquisition channels, manager spans of control (number of workers reporting to them), and worker mobility. The workshops encouraged and equipped the operating managers and HR teams to take a fresh look at their workforce goals and options.

Strategy 8

Strategy Span of Control Finance How To 8