Lead Change Blog

JUNE 2, 2020

The anxiety of an employee who is a single mother with two children will be different than the anxiety of an older employee who is a few years short of retirement.” It is likely they will become part of the “new normal,” given the efficiency, reduced travel, and enhanced productivity they bring. Development.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

A couple of years ago, my wife and I were traveling in Europe and visited a close personal friend, Rick, who was employed as a public affairs officer on a U.S. The term “paradigm shift” is a well-worn term. He always brought order out of chaos and uncertainty. Let me give you a quick example of a leader who got it wrong.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

It's easy to estimate costs by looking at historical compensation, benefits, field support, and travel costs per salesperson. An "earn-your-way" strategy is sometimes necessary in markets with high uncertainty or when a company is cash-strapped. As a result, they sacrifice long-term profitability.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2017

Travel to Singapore, for example, and you will see why. Recently though, some new companies have figured that, in today’s digital age, there are other and perhaps more efficient ways of matching clients with consultants: online, through search terms, and by building rich databases. That is because networks are rarely exclusive.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 28, 2014

But, at the same time, what most people learn the hard way is that it is not a short drive in the beautiful countryside. The Future Picture represents time travel allowing you to determine how the objective will be on your arrival to it later. Chair, Organizational Development, N2Growth. Exit the Lands of the Terracotta.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2014

I see a rise in business combinations of all kinds — not just M&A, but also partnerships, alliances, joint ventures, and consortia that stop short of being full mergers. A decline in economic uncertainty in 2014 will now support bolder strategic moves by managers. But what they see ahead is only the tip of the iceberg.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2012

And while changing prices may reap short term riches, this practice can destroy long term profits. In an environment of price uncertainty, this pledge seems fair and engenders trust with customers. While such a drastic price change is atypical, I've found 15% - 25% price swings to be more common.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Research and computer modeling conducted by Accenture in collaboration with the Stevens Institute of Technology indicates that as many as 23 million fully autonomous vehicles will be traveling U.S. Sensitivity analysis was then applied to the model to account for overall risk and uncertainty.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2018

Our interviewees said that detailed, personalized feedback helped them overcome these uncertainties. The emotional support women received from colleagues during difficult times was more than a short-term fix — it fundamentally changed the way they felt about the organization.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2015

Besides the short-term costs of such a move, history shows us that Greece has never managed to benefit from currency devaluations. Exit from the Euro would only increase that capital scarcity, as the foreign exchange uncertainties would need to be factored in. In a country slipping from 1.8% growth in late 2014 to a 2.5%

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Do you have team members who might be able to cover some of your responsibilities in the short term? Uncertainty about your standing in the organization is another reason to be afraid, she adds. Still, even a short leave — just a few weeks — might be enough time. What you need may not be huge.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2013

"I find a lot of people paralyzed by their unhappiness with their current reality," says Leonard Schlesinger, the president of Babson College and coauthor of Just Start: Take Action, Embrace Uncertainty, Create the Future. Run short experiments to test whether your current situation is unfixable. It's often easier to stay put.

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Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

It’s harder when I travel, but I’m getting creative when I have to dine out, and I know what foods are good for me, and which ones I need to avoid. Lastly, I do not forget to take care of myself by exercising and traveling. My quality of life dramatically improved when I began a short, simple morning ritual.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Over the past month, I’ve traveled from my base in Argentina to the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom to give a series of speeches, and I’ll soon leave for another tour, this time in Italy. His horizon was exceedingly long-term. The executives I’m meeting are understandably nervous.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2013

If you''re setting out to do so, you''ll need to confront uncertainty about how to get the most value from the investment and carefully consider what you''re setting out to achieve. It''s your job to pour what you know into the project and travel with the team: think of it as an equal partnership.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2016

Gothenberg, Sweden, is a long way to travel from Boston for a breakthrough idea in management — especially one that is more than 40 years old. End the practice of awarding business on the basis of price tag alone; instead, try a long-term relationship based on established loyalty and trust. Laura Schneider for HBR.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 23, 2014

I worked full-time, had three kids and a husband who traveled. million Americans , I was part of a large contingent of people who provide 80% of long-term care in this country. On one particular appointment, my doctor deviated from his usual laconic manner and asked me a few questions about my daily life. That’s too much.”.

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