Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2020

Many leaders see their roles as presiders/managers, with a primary focus on keeping results consistent with past performance and on budget. Full-spectrum thinking is the ability to seek patterns and clarity outside, across, beyond, or maybe even without any boxes or categories while resisting false certainty and simplistic binary choices.

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Books Leadership Armstrong Library 284

Lead from Within

APRIL 12, 2022

We all have blind spots—whether it’s difficulty in knowing how to relate to employees, or resistance to structuring time, or a struggle with work-life balance, or getting stuck in strategic planning. Identifying your blind spots.

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Change Starts Here

JANUARY 14, 2014

Last week I attended the Association for Strategic Planning Atlanta chapter’s monthly meeting for a presentation called, “Zero to Strategy in 12 Months.” What did you do for change management?” Managing Resistance. Some organizations cringe at the phrase “change management.”

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 22, 2016

Laura Barnard of PMO Strategies takes a realistic look at change management and change resistance with ideas for doing change WITH people instead of TO them. John Hunter of Curious Cat Management Improvement says that when the vision is merely a pretty collection of words that doesn’t drive decisions and behavior it is pointless.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Episode 38a – Overcoming Resistance to Change, part 1 of 2 explores the three different types of resistance frequently encountered when implementing a business change, how to recognize each type, and the actions change leaders can take to overcome each of these objections.

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Change Starts Here

JUNE 6, 2013

A recent study by the Association for Change Management Professionals (ACMP) shows that 73% of change management professionals surveyed also have other, non-change-related job duties. Using change management methods, HR can truly take on the role of facilitator of organizational success. Project Management.

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Six Sigma Management Human Resources Strategic Planning 124

Strategy Driven

JUNE 20, 2021

Every entrepreneur wishes to start a company and scale it to the highest possible peak with little market resistance. Without a step-by-step plan, you may have to painfully watch as your closest competitors make a killing in the market. Strategically Growing Your Business. Understand Your Audience.

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HR Digest

JUNE 30, 2023

As HR leaders, managing budgets and finding ways to cut costs without compromising employee satisfaction and productivity can be a daunting task. This is where strategic planning and a data-driven approach come into play. Change management is essential to minimize disruptions and ensure a smooth adoption process.

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HR Digest

APRIL 10, 2024

In an exclusive Q&A session with Paige Ross, Global Head of Human Resources at Blackstone, we gain profound insights into the world of talent management and employee development within one of the world’s leading financial institutions. In this role she oversees human resource management globally for the firm.

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Once upon a time, a manager had a frog named Fred working on his team. After returning from a strategic planning retreat, he passionately exclaimed to Fred, “We’re going to open an air courier division! On the first day of flying lessons, the manager could barely control his excitement.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 4, 2019

Upon scrutiny I often find that they have – on paper – excellent and well thought out strategic plans. Regardless they are resistive, contrary and fighting the system at every turn in the road. Although management engagement is somewhat higher, at 35% it is nowhere near world class levels. Just What Is Engagement?

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Brian Tracy's Leadership Success

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Once completing his Law degree in London, he spearheaded a nonviolent resistance to the successful campaign for India’s freedom from British rule in 1947. A true visionary, President Washington used his foresight and strategic planning to lead his people (and country) to success. ” – George Washington .

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 8, 2014

So while thinking – and strategic thinking, in particular – is a key leadership responsibility, it often gets pushed aside in the midst of the day-to-day challenges of running the business. She is an AthenaOnline management expert and a faculty member of the Institute of Management Studies.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 22, 2014

I may also find that a leader is struggling to manage an organizational change and it becomes obvious that they aren’t reaching out to the people who will make it a success. So develop a strategic plan for your relationships just like you’d plan for anything else and then take action on it. Tweet This'

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Executive Coaching Learning-by-Doing Strategic Planning Tactics 222

Strategy Driven

MARCH 12, 2020

The core purpose is the identification and implementation of the optimized process that ideally meets the expected requirements as per the strategic business needs. Business Process Design for strategic management carries significant importance due to the availability of specific interpretation. Final Words.

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Change Starts Here

JULY 29, 2014

It includes more than 35 exercises and templates to help you clarify your change, uncover and reduce resistance, gain support, and design ways to influence change on large and small scales. Pinpoint the underlying causes of resistance and determine how to reduce or eliminate them.

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Experience to Lead

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

For example, the goal for your training could be to teach new recruits how to use a lead management system. Learning how to manage these common challenges will help you make the most of your learning experience. Resistance to Change Old habits die hard. Often, change can land you in a much better position than you anticipated.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 10, 2011

Now the good news : As much as some people want to create complexity around the topic of leading change for personal gain, the reality is that creating, managing and leading change is really quite simple. Keep in mind that not all critics are overt in their resistance. The Critic …The Critic opposes any and all change.

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Brian Tracy's Leadership Success

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Once completing his Law degree in London, he spearheaded a nonviolent resistance to the successful campaign for India’s freedom from British rule in 1947. A true visionary, President Washington used his foresight and strategic planning to lead his people (and country) to success. ” – George Washington .

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Change Starts Here

JUNE 19, 2013

In this 1-1/2 day workshop, you will learn the steps and tools you can use to plan ahead to reduce obstacles and also deal effectively with inevitable resistance when it happens. By the end of the workshop, you will have developed an Irresistible Change Plan that is unique to you, your organization, and your initiative.

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Workshop Influence Strategic Planning Price 116

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

” This ROI comes from many places, including increasing employee productivity, positive outcomes on employee management, talent management, and retention in an organization because executives who work with coaches are better equipped to lead their teams more effectively.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

If you resist, they will go on to the next warm body. I stated that I wasn’t interested in his projects and needed to end the call. People who hound and use you in business are out for whatever they can get, from whomever they can get it.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

” People are naturally inclined to resist change. The irony is… what you resist will persist. When change is ‘top-down’ and those impacted feel they have no voice , people resist it even more. We look forward to answering your strategic planning and tactical business execution questions.

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Resistance Competitive Advantage Learning-by-Doing Strategic Planning 66

Strategy Driven

JULY 16, 2015

Take ownership and use these tips to guide you in finding creative solutions when others are trapped by paranoia, resistance, drama and disempowering paradigms. Use the 'How' question to uncover critical success factors necessary to develop an effective strategic plan. Learn to make change, not just manage it.

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Change Starts Here

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Last week I participated in an author panel for the Association for Strategic Planning Atlanta chapter. You assume managers will know how to incorporate the change into their departments. You assume when someone shows resistance they are just being difficult or controlling. You assume buy-in means a commitment to act.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Principles provide a broad context for strategic action and guidelines that can be communicated and taught at all levels of the organization, eventually becoming part of the organization’s culture. Here are the five principles that guide Advantage Strategy: #1. Priority on People. How many times have you heard this one? That is the good news.

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Change Starts Here

APRIL 17, 2013

I’ve worked with professionals in many different roles and projects – strategic planning, project management, process improvement, human resources, sustainability, information technology – who, like you, wanted to make a difference but felt stuck. You just don’t know how to get beyond your current challenges.

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Influence Learning-by-Doing Strategic Planning Project 97

Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Over the past 27 years of my career in marketing, brand management and executive search + coaching, I’ve found time and again that organizations have blind-spots when hiring talent. Do they resist it? How do you influence hiring managers to slow down and find unicorns? I recently spoke with her about her research and work. .

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2022

What advice would you share with the middle manager, who may feel the organization has no strategy or that it doesn’t apply, to use the Crux to make her team stand out? Nevertheless, my own experience is that if an organization resists real strategy, looking only at goals, it is very hard to use any concepts to generate good strategy.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 22, 2014

You can manage all kinds of tasks that might involve schedules, money, projects, budgets, and so on, and yet everything you do with your staff and other stakeholders involves relationships. I’ve noticed that adults tend to resist learning or re-learning good interpersonal and social management skills. This is Part 3 of 4.

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Emotional Intelligence Learning-by-Doing Resistance Competitive Advantage 67

Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Technologies such as Yammer and Work.com have been changing how we collaborate and manage performance respectively. It does this by allowing them to move on from performing tactical administrative roles and becoming central to the strategic planning of the organisation. Manage your expectations.

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CO2

AUGUST 8, 2010

— David Whyte from Where Many Rivers Meet ©2007 Many Rivers Press We can have faith that tomorrow will come or we can resist that temptation. Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant.

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CO2

JANUARY 10, 2014

Short-term planning typically happens on a weekly, monthly, or quarterly basis. The purpose of short-term planning meetings is two-fold: to see if you are on target with your long-term strategic plan , and to pre-decide how you will act should certain assumptions come to pass with regard to environmental changes.

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CO2

APRIL 18, 2012

What do you need to do to share your strategic plan? Creating a strategic plan is quite an undertaking for a business. A great strategic plan should have focus and clarity around vision, mission, objectives, strategies and actions. 1) Call an all company meeting around the communicating the strategic plan.

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Strategic Planning Planning Strategy Balanced Scorecard 145

Strategy Driven

JULY 22, 2015

How does your request fit in with their annual strategic plan? Then they called and hired my client because their chosen providers didn't address any of the buy-in/consensus/resistance issues we highlighted, and they realized there would be costly (in the millions) implementation problems. We didn't hear back for two months.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 5, 2011

StrategyDriven Consultative Selling Knowledge Center focuses on the consultative selling tools and techniques executives, managers and sales professionals can use to improve their organization’s sales effectiveness; helping them increase their product and service value and convert more potential customers into buying clients.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 17, 2012

Some organizations resist prioritizing initiatives commonly resulting in the completion of lower value activities ahead of those with a higher return on investment. Such an approach diminishes the value returned to stakeholders and represents an abdication of management’s responsibilities.

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