Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

An organisation recruited me to help resolve an internal team issue arising from a budget-driven restructuring programme. They intended to remove management posts and re-shape staffing levels. As a result, I had to stabilise and lead the team, pending the recruitment of a new manager and some additional part-time support staff.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Throughout his career, Jon Muñoz has held a range of DEI leadership roles at America’s biggest employers such as T Mobile and Hilton. I wanted to work with a mature diversity, equity, and inclusion management practice and bring it to the next level. Currently, 89% of the Booz Allen leadership team are women or ethnically diverse.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 26, 2023

However, the key lies not in avoiding conflict altogether, but in effectively managing and resolving it. In this comprehensive guide, we will delve into the intricacies of conflict management, exploring practical strategies and techniques for handling conflict at work.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 11, 2012

Posted in Change Management Leadership Coaching. I’m working with a client right now who is leading his organization through a massive restructuring. He engaged me to help with the inevitable human reactions to monumental change.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

In the text that follows you’ll hear Sam’s views on leadership, the state of the market, and you’ll be introduced to his retirement ambitions and the future challenges for the boardroom, following his return to Perth, Australia. On with the interview. I have been extremely fortunate to have had a very varied career.

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thoughtLEADERS, LLC

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Jay Jung explains how small businesses can prepare for a recession by investing in finance and creating a restructuring plan. Today’s guest post is by Jay Jung, Founder and Managing Partner at Embarc Advisors. Read the rest of this post at thoughtLEADERS, LLC: Leadership Training for the Real World.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Leading through a layoff is one of the most unnerving challenges you can face as a manager. And, I had lost some of my best managers- – many of who had become close friends. We managed to sustain momentum, but it wasn’t easy. Leadership is often about restoring hope and doing what feels impossible.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 28, 2014

Read my recent post at About.com Management and Leadership to find out how to have a better chance of achieving your reorganization objectives and minimizing disruption, anxiety, and cynicism. leading change organizational design reorganizations restructuring'

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 6, 2023

How you respond during times of distress can make or break your leadership brand If you’ve Googled, “what to do when you’ve been screwed over at work” and landed here, I’m sorry. Organizational restructuring, change in direction, and company politics can easily derail a well-meaning leader’s intentions.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2018

I currently mentor a close colleague, who has recently experienced probably the worst example of organisational restructuring and change management that I have witnessed in over forty years! Simply put, because decades of traditional management practice take significant effort to destroy! Oh, the irony! Why did this happen?

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Next Level Blog

MAY 28, 2014

As reported in the New York Times this week, the World Bank is in the midst of a two year restructuring effort. The basic goal of the change is to shift from the Bank’s decades-long regional structure to one that is organized around areas of functional expertise. Another goal is to reduce expenses.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

You can accelerate team commitment by focusing on critical leadership behaviors that answer key questions your team is asking. Or, you just went through a big restructure, and suddenly you’re leading a team of people who don’t know you or one another. Cultivate team commitment with answers to deep questions. Start with Shared Purpose.

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The Practical Leader

MAY 30, 2012

” BCG’s study identified six critical factors that cause reorganization and restructuring efforts to succeed or fail: Synchronize Design with Strategy. What’s amazingly common and incredibly idiotic is how often senior executives impose reorganization and restructuring from the top down. Design Layer by Layer.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Our Universal Model of Leadership helps explain how extraordinary leadership develops and how to accelerate its development. Our Universal Model includes five stages of progressive leadership development: Egocentric, Reactive, Creative, Integral, and Unitive. Each stage is more mature, more effective and higher performing.

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ReImagine Work

JUNE 12, 2016

Keeping management in the loop, whether you’re involved in an acquisition, a restructure or a crisis of sorts, is the key to getting through any challenge. Click here for insights that can help you particularly if you have managers reporting to you. Forbes, June 8, 2016: Gone are the days of the “untouchable” CEO.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 26, 2021

Lack of trust in leadership. While change management is sometimes couched as being all about “winning hearts and minds,” the truth is more nuanced: change comes with a cost — and is not necessarily positive for all stakeholders. Use polarity management as an avenue to address resistance. Job insecurity. Fear of failure.

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Leading Blog

JULY 23, 2021

Most people grapple with multiple disruptions, from hybrid teams to restructuring, digital transformations, and mergers and acquisitions. Uncertainty is now a workplace norm, and quickly managing new circumstances is a must-have survival and success capability. Managing Uncertainty. Managing Me: Managing the Unknown.

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HR Digest

MAY 23, 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic has been a great wake-up call for companies and their ability to manage change in the workplace. Organizational change management is about bringing changes in a company’s management style by first identifying problems (or potential ones) and then implementing suitable changes.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 12, 2021

Recently, I interviewed three human resources professionals from organizations where we partner to deliver long-term leadership development. When you put a team together or you’re restructuring your organization, these are things we can look at holistically,” Marc-Charles points out. Abdicating Leadership.

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HR Digest

APRIL 13, 2024

Managers spend a significant amount of time – around 6 hours per week – dealing with it. Studies show that over 95 percent of people who receive training on conflict resolution training report it helps them manage conflict in the workplace, and those with adequate training are more likely to seek win-win solutions. Employees spend 2.1

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Chartered Management Institute

JULY 25, 2023

Listicle: Five strategies to make difficult workplace conversations easier Written by Rebecca Burn-Callander Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share via email Difficult conversations and sharing bad news is one of the trickier leadership responsibilities, but you can’t avoid it.

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The Practical Leader

APRIL 19, 2023

Some can spout the latest management book leader-speak. Sometimes ineffective leaders aren’t bullies, but their extremely weak leadership fosters a poisonous or bullying workplace by failing to deal with conflict or not addressing dysfunctional team dynamics. ” Nope. All were in favor. You’d better agree.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 9, 2012

Is it ever OK to demote a manager back to their former position? Some companies or managers won’t even allow it, under any circumstances. I’ve seen cases when moving a manager one level down in the organization has turned out to be a win-win for the manager and the organization. But why not?

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Experience to Lead

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The story is no different when it comes to developing a leadership strategy in times of change. 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. By embracing the potential for change, you can harness its power.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 29, 2019

A management consulting firm. David Nielson brings over three decades of corporate, Fortune 500, and private consulting experience in organizational change management, leadership development, and training. He is the owner of David Nielsen & Associates (DNA).

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The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Provide strong leadership within your own team and practice upward leadership. We’ve long defined leadership as an action, not a position. I’ve written extensively on upward leadership or leading your leader. Micro-management. Boss Management Strategies. You can lead, follow, or wallow.

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Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 6, 2014

You need an “equal say” in your company’s future leadership. Those companies are much less likely to find the best and most comprehensive leadership qualities and candidates, because they are limiting their view of the world. My proof is based upon work between Accenture Consulting (with the Alliance for Strategic Leadership).

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HR Digest

MARCH 28, 2024

If the promotion is denied, ask your manager or boss for specific guidelines on what their expectations are so you can work towards meeting them within a reasonable timeline. This might be a good time when to ask for a promotion and have your job description altered to suit the company’s requirements or your career aspirations better.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

In that case, it might make it harder for people who don’t fit into this mold to achieve leadership positions. How Does The Boys-Club Affect Leadership In The Workplace. Sometimes, the presence of a boy’s club can negatively impact leadership in the workplace. What should my manager do next?”

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

It involved restructuring into wholesale and retail operations and providing an array of new retail services. . If they had involved wide representation of management and front-line workers during the earlier planning process, their people would have joined them on the journey from the beginning. What do we need to do to make it work?”

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2022

Who is responsible when corporate restructuring creates unacceptable levels of stress and unhappiness for employees?

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 24, 2019

David Nielson brings over four decades of corporate, Fortune 500, and private consulting experience in organizational change management, leadership development, and training. David has helped guide large-scale change initiatives and business strategy driven by ERP, mergers, restructuring, and the need for cultural change.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 23, 2022

A common complaint in the healthcare industry in recent years is that it has too many managers, and that these managers not only take money away from frontline care but also lack the medical expertise and experience to truly understand things. Managerial expertise. New skills. Making it happen.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 11, 2012

Esther Dyson reflects on one of those ways: restructuring institutional norms. The trick is to honor the past (or the present) while talking about the benefits of the new management. In Rippling , by Beverly Schwartz explores five strategic ways that social entrepreneurs change social systems. This can be hard to do.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 29, 2017

Today we are pleased to share a post from Lisa Kosak of Green Thumb Leadership. 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. Trust me; our leadership was in name only. The stories that I could share!

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Signs of a Lemming Leader: Use of jargon: Do you use the terms restructuring, high reliability, six sigma, just culture, strategic sourcing, population health, or employee engagement in your organization? Your bookshelf: Are they all leadership books? Keep reading the leadership books if you must, but branch out a bit.

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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). This framework covers six core areas: Structural Design, Roles and Collaboration Mechanisms, Processes and Tools, Leadership, People and Engagement, and Culture and Change. This is not the common practice of many executives.

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