Focus on Learning, Not Training

Nearly every organization I have ever worked for or with has a serious problem with training. They concentrate on training rather than learning. The first indication of a problem is that the mediums chosen to impart learning are the poorest at retaining learning but are the easiest to organise.

Cost Of Living As A Factor In Business Relocation

According to the United States Census Bureau, 40 million Americans move each year. There are no hard statistics on the number of businesses that relocate, but there is a growing trend towards businesses relocating outside of major metropolitan areas to cut costs for themselves and their employees.

Change From Science - Focus on the Stakeholders

There are two main directions of change. The first is about resistance, the energy that is spend to keep a change from influencing you, of your organization. The other is the promotion of change. This is exactly the opposite direction. In both cases you need to analyse the stakeholders for understanding why the change is resisted (in the first case) or why it is proposed (the second case). The recent Pluto statement -- about redefining the definition of a planet - - is a typical example of the second case...

Leading Change; It's 24-7

Leading change is tough and lonely but also rewarding as true leaders of change will witness the development of other leaders following in their footsteps. When that happens, it is worth being on show 24x7.

Who to Involve in Change Initiatives?

We know that both how a change initiative is designed and who is involved can impact the likelihood of success. This article focused on how to identify who, and is based on the concept of how innovations spread throughout a culture.

Change Management at the Unit Outlet Management Level

Most MBA classes concentrate on change management at the Corporate Board Room and CEO levels and yet for every corporate board of directors there might be hundreds or even thousands of outlets and subdivisions. Change Management cycles are equally as important to same store sales, company profits and efficiencies at the unit level.

Change Management and Business Risk Taking

Often there are times in business when corporate managers and executives need a little shake up and that means to shed the dead weight that is not up to the performance standards that are required to run the company efficiently. When this happens it is of the utmost important to get rid of those executives or corporate managers who cannot cut the mustard.

Greening the Supply Chain

How increasing in envorenmental awareness drives organsations towards reverse supply chain and GSC, its effects and forward and backward drivers

Change Management and Over Regulations Causing Chaos

There are more and more top executives in Corporations calling it quits. Indeed this gives rise to the next generations to move up the ladder, unfortunately when we look at the cause of all these departures we see some huge problems. Namely all this change management is being caused by over regulation such as Sarbanes Oxley and CEOs realize that they will be hung out to dry if a mistake is made and find themselves in litigation or worse in Prison.

Companies Without Strategies Are Heading For Tragedies

Planning is critical in a stable as well as changing environment. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. In the fast tracked world, it is so easy to forget to plan and merely blindly execute without a proper plan in place. This is a recipe for failure.

Change Management Is Coming Again in the Auto Industry

With all the problems at the US Automakers we have seen lay offs, stock price declines, profit estimates slashed and some shake up at the top as well. That is right Change Management has occurred at many of the Top Companies such a Ford Motor Company, DaimlerChrysler and General Motors. Still industry analysts say...

Litigation Can Put You Out Of Business In A Heartbeat

It is always better not to go into litigation. There are no winners in the litigation except the lawyers. But litigation can be the final that drives into the coffin of a dying company. Be very wary and make sure that all paper work and due diligence are done properly in case of litigation

The Future of Change Management

The future of change management is when robotic artificial intelligent androids will be the ones making decisions rather than people and humans will have to accept this without sabotaging the equipment or computer systems. This will be when robots vs. machines compete for the top executive positions. It will be funny too because the artificial intelligent business decision systems

Change - It Is Like Riding a Bicycle

Successful companies know change is a necessity. The challenge is continually encouraging, creating, and implementing worthwhile changes to make a difference for the business. Helping your team learn to accept and even embrace change is similar to learning to ride a bicycle.

Lean Manufacturing: Preparing Employees for The Organizational Change

When a company or an organization is planning to go into and adopt lean manufacturing, necessary preparations have to be made in order to maximize the full benefits of lean manufacturing.