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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! While he successfully competed and secured a senior management position in the new structure, that badly-handled process has caused significant damage to his belief in the organisation, its vision, mission and values! Likewise, the same is true for many of his colleagues, most of whom I know. MORE
What is your biggest challenge in restructuring the business - deciding who to make redundant, actually making them redundant or dealing with the aftermath? MORE
As the company cut costs, its ability to innovate suffered. Mergers & acquisitions Change management Reorganization Digital Article MORE
A restructure may also result in economies of scale. You can restructure activities across all related documents and transactions, and do so within a secure environment. Merging your business with another entity has a number of potential benefits. MORE
This is where a business has to restructure their company debt, contacting their debtors to arrange manageable payment instalments or liquidate assets to pay off outstanding debts. Restructure the Business. MORE
He leads innovative projects, prepares companies for sale or restructuring, and also introduces complex IT systems within businesses. Robert Strzelecki is the CEO of the TenderHut Group from Poland. He graduated from the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology and has been working in the IT industry for over 20 years. TenderHut is a technological capital […]. CEO Insider MORE
It’s time to make foundational changes. Organizational culture Race Diversity Digital Article MORE
Bankruptcy might be your best shot at eliminating debts and restructuring your finances. Under chapter 11, business entities like LLCs and corporations can restructure their debt by selling some assets. MORE
You may have heard it batted around in meetings and if you have been through a restructuring recently, it was probably cited as one of the reasons behind the re-org. Survive Your Promotion! Tips for New Managers on Navigating the Transition from Individual Contributor to Team Leader Skip to content Home About the Book About Katy Recommended Reading ← FREE Goal Planning Toolkit! MORE
Organizational Restructuring/Building. management Colorado Springs culture change culture development customer service employee engagement Employee Morale employee productivity Generational Change leadership leadership development New Business Development organization change organization performance Organizational Restructuring Peak Performance Leadership sales training Shift Happens succession planning MORE
a lot of companies focus on restructuring their organization structure (hierarchy). Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer The Quest of Better Outcomes: Hierarchy And Process In quest of better outcomes (efficiency, results, productivity, improvements etc.), Periodically, they overhaul their structure, add new positions and assign new/diverse responsibilities to people. Tuning hierarchy and structure of the organization for better outcomes is just one part. MORE
Roundtable Mentor, Fiona Ellis, AVP, Dealer Relations at Canadian Tire, shared her advice for keeping a team motivated and confident after a stressful restructuring. “As leaders, we need to be empathetic, respond truthfully and give employees a chance to process the changes before asking them to resume business as normal.” ” READ MORE. Latest News & Insights Member Spotlight Career Management Engagement leadership lessons Motivation performance MORE
Dozens of studies have shown that 50 – 70% of organization improvement initiatives like customer service, leadership development, performance management systems, restructuring, quality improvement, etc., Most progressive organizations today are using leadership competency models to outline the key skills and behaviors they want to see in their supervisors, managers, and executives. MORE
Roundtable Mentor, Sylvie Doré, Sales Director, Central & Western Canada at Jobillico, shared his advice for keeping a team motivated and confident after a stressful restructuring. MORE
After years of hearing that it was impossible to restructure jobs to make them more doable, guess what? According to The Wall Street Journal , when Goldman Sachs discovered it couldn’t attract and retain the most promising recruits with pay and perks alone, it woke up to the idea that you can actually restructure the way work is done. Now they tell us. MORE
Traditional strategy, restructuring, and implementation consulting agencies are more and more under pressure. The consulting industry is currently undergoing a radical change. The causes are manifold and can be anything from not meeting client requirements to new scientific findings and easier access to current knowledge via the internet. Alternative consulting approaches are focusing on the traditional consulting model’s weaknesses and become more and more important. MORE
Roundtable Mentor, Chad Crago, Senior Manager, Leadership Development at Walmart, shared his advice for keeping a team motivated and confident after a stressful restructuring. “Being aware and honest with yourself around your own reactions allows you to prepare, and to be intentional in your approach.” ” READ MORE. Latest News & Insights Member Spotlight Career Management Engagement leadership lessons Motivation performance MORE
leading change organizational design reorganizations restructuring Reorganizations can be disruptive and fraught with challenges and risks. They should never be taken lightly, and should always have a shelf life of at least a few years. 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. MORE
Within a few hours we had an idea to restructure our team in such a way that it would decrease the number of times that each person had to change their focus, which would increase their efficiency and effectiveness, and decrease burnout. Our restructure was different: It took some time for the team to warm up to the idea. Last week I received a cartoon by Artell, over social media. MORE
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. Forbes, June 8, 2016: Gone are the days of the “untouchable” CEO. Today, in order to be most effective, CEOs must make communication a top priority. MORE
Knowing how to help employees grow their confidence and push themselves to tackle new hurdles will be especially vital as organizations restructure job roles and organizational functions. MORE
Way too often executives will use organizational restructuring (often including mergers and acquisitions), implementing new systems — especially technology, tightening policies and procedures, or introduce programs like Lean/Six Sigma, safety, or cost cutting to drive organizational change. A new study was recently published by the global management consulting firm, Boston Consulting Group (BCG). MORE
Resilient leadership will help leaders respond appropriately, restructure, and ultimately thrive past COVID. The composition of C-suite leadership across the spectrum is notably different than it used to be ten or so years ago. MORE
Check your timing and approach — tailor your approach to using facts or feelings, catch the waves of restructuring or shifting priorities, and manage the emotional climate. Is your boss a good person who’s doing a bad job? Many ineffective leaders are. MORE
Knowing how to help employees grow their confidence and push themselves to tackle new hurdles will be especially vital as organizations restructure job roles and organizational functions. MORE
Understand your options, both in and out of court. Financial management Reorganization Finance & Accounting Business law Digital Article MORE
Our company’s insurance provider had restructured all their plans, and the numbers didn’t look good. Your Team’s Best Thinking Won’t Always Raise Its Hand Medical insurance rates had gone up again. MORE
The new business strategy necessitated an organisational restructuring, which they handled internally, with the support of some expertise from their Board of Trustees. I was recently asked back, a year on from the completion of the restructuring process, to revisit the business strategy and help the staff team develop and refresh it. It is always fascinating to engage with a cultural change process, and a recent encounter was no exception. MORE
I’m working with a client right now who is leading his organization through a massive restructuring. Posted in Change Management Leadership Coaching. He engaged me to help with the inevitable human reactions to monumental change. My favorite line I heard from him on enabling his employees to accomplish the transition successfully is: “I can’t just hand them a business card [.]. Change Management Leadership Coaching Change Character-based Leadership MORE
Jon Verbeck provided Deep Cuts: Have You Restructured Enough ? Jon writes: “ With the crazy 2020 economy, all of my clients have restructured in some way. But now as we move into the new year, we need to ask the question, “Have we restructured enough?” Welcome to the December 2020 Leadership Development Carnival! MORE
Trends including the rapid pace of change, constant restructuring, and a 24/7 always-on work environment are creating overwhelmed employees and eroding trust in workplaces. Leadership today is more challenging than ever. Organizations need leaders who drive engagement, innovation, and outstanding client experiences. How can you be this type of leader? MORE
” 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. management leadership organizational change Organizational Restructuring The Boston Consulting Group values-based culture W. MORE
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. Everyone’s world is being rocked there and the criticism and rumors are flying. MORE
Another restructuring, transformation, cutback, change at the senior leadership level. Often the biggest complaints from employees today is about all the change going on. and on and on. Change is the Norm. Change can be exhausting for employees; yet it can also be exhilarating and help evolve an organization in a great way. Regardless, the most important thing for employees to realize is that change IS. MORE
Corporate restructurings and 24/7 access through smart phones are two of the big ones. One of the reasons I’m writing my new book, Overworked and Overwhelmed: The Mindfulness Alternative, is because I’ve worked with a lot of leaders over the past several years who find themselves trapped on the gerbil wheel of too much to do and not enough time to do it. There are a lot of reasons for that. Click headline to continue. Mindful Mondays mindfulness perfection productivity workload MORE
Reorgs and restructurings are predicted to exceed 2008’s record high. To say that we are going through uncertain times would be the understatement of the year. Around the world, every company today is being disrupted. MORE
Esther Dyson reflects on one of those ways: restructuring institutional norms. In Rippling , by Beverly Schwartz explores five strategic ways that social entrepreneurs change social systems. When trying to introduce a new way of thinking, explains Dyson, you have to deal with the haircut problem—thinking that the current way is the right way. We need to change how people think: not just what they notice, which is hard enough, but also their perceptions of justice and propriety. MORE
When everyone groans before team meetings, it’s time to: Restructure the way… Continue reading → Teams Leadership Development organizational successTeam meetings that don’t work drain vitality. We’ve all been there. The leader is in love with their own voice, for example. MORE
Frequent corporate restructurings in the United States and Canada. Welcome to my weekly round-up of the best-of-the-best recent leadership and communication blog posts. This Week's Round-Up of Leadership and Communication Blogs: How the World’s Best Workplaces Create a Great Global Culture By Ed Frauenheim ( @edfrauenheim via @FortuneMagazine ), Fortune In the largest-ever study of workplace culture, research and analytics firm Great Place to Work surveyed 3.4 MORE
Singleton Nitin Nohria Paths to Power Restructuring Stewart H. In Their Time: The Greatest Business Leaders Of The Twentieth Century Anthony J. Mayo and Nitin Nohria Harvard Business Press (2005) How great business leaders “seized the zeitgeist of their times&# I recently re-read Paths to Power, co-authored by Anthony Mayo and Nitin Nohria with Laura G. Singleton, as well as this book in which [.]. MORE
Automation, restructurings, force reductions, and other changes were undertaken to improve competitiveness and productivity do have a human cost; telling the truth and treating people with respect will foster greater trust. Change is a permanent feature of organizations; resistance is an expected part of the journey. Due to neuroscience research, we understand that change often triggers a threat response in the brain. Change means uncertainty, which is an uncomfortable state for many. MORE
“We’ve got some exciting changes next year which will include an important restructure to streamline efficiencies and operations. Restructuring in Waves. ” You’ve taken what could have been a month’s worth of restructuring and spread the pain and suffering out across nine months to a year. I once received the entire restructuring plan, including all impacted names, intended for another “Karin.” MORE
This is so much the case that some CEOs will avoid restructuring initiatives at all costs. There are even some business theorists that warn against undertaking complex restructurings because of the great risks involved. link] dovgordon It may just be me, but I think some people rush to things like restructuring because it's a nice distraction from real work. MORE
As a caring employer, try to restructure your business to save as many jobs as possible. It may involve a restructuring of your firm, but this could see you through an economically uncertain time. MORE
Restructuring Related Topics Let's Grow Leaders
MARCH 6, 2015
“We’ve got some exciting changes next year which will include an important restructure to streamline efficiencies and operations. Restructuring in Waves. ” You’ve taken what could have been a month’s worth of restructuring and spread the pain and suffering out across nine months to a year. I once received the entire restructuring plan, including all impacted names, intended for another “Karin.”
N2Growth Blog
JANUARY 3, 2011
This is so much the case that some CEOs will avoid restructuring initiatives at all costs. There are even some business theorists that warn against undertaking complex restructurings because of the great risks involved. link] dovgordon It may just be me, but I think some people rush to things like restructuring because it's a nice distraction from real work.
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Harvard Business
JUNE 9, 2020
Understand your options, both in and out of court. Financial management Reorganization Finance & Accounting Business law Digital Article
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. management leadership organizational change Organizational Restructuring The Boston Consulting Group values-based culture W.
Harvard Business
SEPTEMBER 26, 2019
As the company cut costs, its ability to innovate suffered. Mergers & acquisitions Change management Reorganization Digital Article
Harvard Business
JUNE 22, 2020
It’s time to make foundational changes. Organizational culture Race Diversity Digital Article
Great Leadership By Dan
JULY 28, 2014
leading change organizational design reorganizations restructuring Reorganizations can be disruptive and fraught with challenges and risks. They should never be taken lightly, and should always have a shelf life of at least a few years. 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.
Survive Your Promotion
DECEMBER 30, 2009
You may have heard it batted around in meetings and if you have been through a restructuring recently, it was probably cited as one of the reasons behind the re-org. Survive Your Promotion! Tips for New Managers on Navigating the Transition from Individual Contributor to Team Leader Skip to content Home About the Book About Katy Recommended Reading ← FREE Goal Planning Toolkit!
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 31, 2013
After years of hearing that it was impossible to restructure jobs to make them more doable, guess what? According to The Wall Street Journal , when Goldman Sachs discovered it couldn’t attract and retain the most promising recruits with pay and perks alone, it woke up to the idea that you can actually restructure the way work is done. Now they tell us.
First Friday Book Synopsis
SEPTEMBER 10, 2011
Singleton Nitin Nohria Paths to Power Restructuring Stewart H. In Their Time: The Greatest Business Leaders Of The Twentieth Century Anthony J. Mayo and Nitin Nohria Harvard Business Press (2005) How great business leaders “seized the zeitgeist of their times&# I recently re-read Paths to Power, co-authored by Anthony Mayo and Nitin Nohria with Laura G. Singleton, as well as this book in which [.].
QAspire
OCTOBER 13, 2010
a lot of companies focus on restructuring their organization structure (hierarchy). Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer The Quest of Better Outcomes: Hierarchy And Process In quest of better outcomes (efficiency, results, productivity, improvements etc.), Periodically, they overhaul their structure, add new positions and assign new/diverse responsibilities to people. Tuning hierarchy and structure of the organization for better outcomes is just one part.
Leadership Freak
AUGUST 14, 2015
When everyone groans before team meetings, it’s time to: Restructure the way… Continue reading → Teams Leadership Development organizational successTeam meetings that don’t work drain vitality. We’ve all been there. The leader is in love with their own voice, for example.
The Practical Leader
NOVEMBER 12, 2012
Dozens of studies have shown that 50 – 70% of organization improvement initiatives like customer service, leadership development, performance management systems, restructuring, quality improvement, etc., Most progressive organizations today are using leadership competency models to outline the key skills and behaviors they want to see in their supervisors, managers, and executives.
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My Own Coach
SEPTEMBER 7, 2020
What is your biggest challenge in restructuring the business - deciding who to make redundant, actually making them redundant or dealing with the aftermath?
The Practical Leader
MARCH 19, 2012
Way too often executives will use organizational restructuring (often including mergers and acquisitions), implementing new systems — especially technology, tightening policies and procedures, or introduce programs like Lean/Six Sigma, safety, or cost cutting to drive organizational change. A new study was recently published by the global management consulting firm, Boston Consulting Group (BCG).
The Practical Leader
OCTOBER 10, 2011
Organizational Restructuring/Building. management Colorado Springs culture change culture development customer service employee engagement Employee Morale employee productivity Generational Change leadership leadership development New Business Development organization change organization performance Organizational Restructuring Peak Performance Leadership sales training Shift Happens succession planning
Lead Change Blog
JANUARY 11, 2012
I’m working with a client right now who is leading his organization through a massive restructuring. Posted in Change Management Leadership Coaching. He engaged me to help with the inevitable human reactions to monumental change. My favorite line I heard from him on enabling his employees to accomplish the transition successfully is: “I can’t just hand them a business card [.]. Change Management Leadership Coaching Change Character-based Leadership
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. Everyone’s world is being rocked there and the criticism and rumors are flying.
CEO Insider
JULY 19, 2019
He leads innovative projects, prepares companies for sale or restructuring, and also introduces complex IT systems within businesses. Robert Strzelecki is the CEO of the TenderHut Group from Poland. He graduated from the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology and has been working in the IT industry for over 20 years. TenderHut is a technological capital […]. CEO Insider
leaderCommunicator
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
Another restructuring, transformation, cutback, change at the senior leadership level. Often the biggest complaints from employees today is about all the change going on. and on and on. Change is the Norm. Change can be exhausting for employees; yet it can also be exhilarating and help evolve an organization in a great way. Regardless, the most important thing for employees to realize is that change IS.
Next Level Blog
APRIL 28, 2014
Corporate restructurings and 24/7 access through smart phones are two of the big ones. One of the reasons I’m writing my new book, Overworked and Overwhelmed: The Mindfulness Alternative, is because I’ve worked with a lot of leaders over the past several years who find themselves trapped on the gerbil wheel of too much to do and not enough time to do it. There are a lot of reasons for that. Click headline to continue. Mindful Mondays mindfulness perfection productivity workload
Lead Change Blog
AUGUST 24, 2018
The new business strategy necessitated an organisational restructuring, which they handled internally, with the support of some expertise from their Board of Trustees. I was recently asked back, a year on from the completion of the restructuring process, to revisit the business strategy and help the staff team develop and refresh it. It is always fascinating to engage with a cultural change process, and a recent encounter was no exception.
N2Growth Blog
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
Resilient leadership will help leaders respond appropriately, restructure, and ultimately thrive past COVID. The composition of C-suite leadership across the spectrum is notably different than it used to be ten or so years ago.
Lead Change Blog
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Jon Verbeck provided Deep Cuts: Have You Restructured Enough ? Jon writes: “ With the crazy 2020 economy, all of my clients have restructured in some way. But now as we move into the new year, we need to ask the question, “Have we restructured enough?” Welcome to the December 2020 Leadership Development Carnival!
Roundtable Talk
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
Reorgs and restructurings are predicted to exceed 2008’s record high. To say that we are going through uncertain times would be the understatement of the year. Around the world, every company today is being disrupted.
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Knowing how to help employees grow their confidence and push themselves to tackle new hurdles will be especially vital as organizations restructure job roles and organizational functions.
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Knowing how to help employees grow their confidence and push themselves to tackle new hurdles will be especially vital as organizations restructure job roles and organizational functions.
Roundtable Talk
APRIL 23, 2020
Roundtable Mentor, Sylvie Doré, Sales Director, Central & Western Canada at Jobillico, shared his advice for keeping a team motivated and confident after a stressful restructuring.
Roundtable Talk
APRIL 23, 2020
Roundtable Mentor, Chad Crago, Senior Manager, Leadership Development at Walmart, shared his advice for keeping a team motivated and confident after a stressful restructuring. “Being aware and honest with yourself around your own reactions allows you to prepare, and to be intentional in your approach.” ” READ MORE. Latest News & Insights Member Spotlight Career Management Engagement leadership lessons Motivation performance
leaderCommunicator
OCTOBER 4, 2019
Frequent corporate restructurings in the United States and Canada. Welcome to my weekly round-up of the best-of-the-best recent leadership and communication blog posts. This Week's Round-Up of Leadership and Communication Blogs: How the World’s Best Workplaces Create a Great Global Culture By Ed Frauenheim ( @edfrauenheim via @FortuneMagazine ), Fortune In the largest-ever study of workplace culture, research and analytics firm Great Place to Work surveyed 3.4
Roundtable Talk
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Roundtable Mentor, Fiona Ellis, AVP, Dealer Relations at Canadian Tire, shared her advice for keeping a team motivated and confident after a stressful restructuring. “As leaders, we need to be empathetic, respond truthfully and give employees a chance to process the changes before asking them to resume business as normal.” ” READ MORE. Latest News & Insights Member Spotlight Career Management Engagement leadership lessons Motivation performance
Lead Change Blog
JUNE 5, 2019
Trends including the rapid pace of change, constant restructuring, and a 24/7 always-on work environment are creating overwhelmed employees and eroding trust in workplaces. Leadership today is more challenging than ever. Organizations need leaders who drive engagement, innovation, and outstanding client experiences. How can you be this type of leader?
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APRIL 25, 2021
Bankruptcy might be your best shot at eliminating debts and restructuring your finances. Under chapter 11, business entities like LLCs and corporations can restructure their debt by selling some assets.
Lead Change Blog
MARCH 26, 2021
Automation, restructurings, force reductions, and other changes were undertaken to improve competitiveness and productivity do have a human cost; telling the truth and treating people with respect will foster greater trust. Change is a permanent feature of organizations; resistance is an expected part of the journey. Due to neuroscience research, we understand that change often triggers a threat response in the brain. Change means uncertainty, which is an uncomfortable state for many.
Lead Change Blog
MAY 1, 2015
Within a few hours we had an idea to restructure our team in such a way that it would decrease the number of times that each person had to change their focus, which would increase their efficiency and effectiveness, and decrease burnout. Our restructure was different: It took some time for the team to warm up to the idea. Last week I received a cartoon by Artell, over social media.
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MAY 25, 2021
This is where a business has to restructure their company debt, contacting their debtors to arrange manageable payment instalments or liquidate assets to pay off outstanding debts. Restructure the Business.
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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! While he successfully competed and secured a senior management position in the new structure, that badly-handled process has caused significant damage to his belief in the organisation, its vision, mission and values! Likewise, the same is true for many of his colleagues, most of whom I know.
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MAY 29, 2020
As a caring employer, try to restructure your business to save as many jobs as possible. It may involve a restructuring of your firm, but this could see you through an economically uncertain time.
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. Forbes, June 8, 2016: Gone are the days of the “untouchable” CEO. Today, in order to be most effective, CEOs must make communication a top priority.
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JULY 6, 2020
A restructure may also result in economies of scale. You can restructure activities across all related documents and transactions, and do so within a secure environment. Merging your business with another entity has a number of potential benefits.
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APRIL 11, 2012
Esther Dyson reflects on one of those ways: restructuring institutional norms. In Rippling , by Beverly Schwartz explores five strategic ways that social entrepreneurs change social systems. When trying to introduce a new way of thinking, explains Dyson, you have to deal with the haircut problem—thinking that the current way is the right way. We need to change how people think: not just what they notice, which is hard enough, but also their perceptions of justice and propriety.
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Traditional strategy, restructuring, and implementation consulting agencies are more and more under pressure. The consulting industry is currently undergoing a radical change. The causes are manifold and can be anything from not meeting client requirements to new scientific findings and easier access to current knowledge via the internet. Alternative consulting approaches are focusing on the traditional consulting model’s weaknesses and become more and more important.
The Practical Leader
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
Check your timing and approach — tailor your approach to using facts or feelings, catch the waves of restructuring or shifting priorities, and manage the emotional climate. Is your boss a good person who’s doing a bad job? Many ineffective leaders are.
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