Golden Rules of Problem Solving – A Great Tool to Help Dissolve Those Management Problems

1. As a manager do you feel isolated? 2. Do you experience problems, whether it be staffing, policy, communication etc on a regular basis with no one to discuss them with? 3. Do you have a thirst to meet with like minded individuals who are committed to finding solutions? 4. Is the glass half empty or half full? 5. Do you think every problem/issue has a unique and elegant solution?

Ten Signs That It is Time to Sell the Family Business

A Business Owner's Toughest Decision is deciding to sell. In many cases he ignores some market dynamics that fortell difficult times ahead. Those difficult times often result in a significant drop in the value of the business. This article will help you identify some of those signs.

Organisational Change That Lasts

Attempts at improvement in most organisations do not lead to lasting change. Here's a change management process to alter all that.

Performance Appraisal System

Learn the importance of an effective performance appraisal system.

How to Make 5S Work - Part 2

Based on my experience, the following steps are the key treads that would best guarantee the successful 5S implementation

Efficient, Effective Meetings

Most professionals report spending between 15% and 30% of their time in meetings. How about yourself - do you know the inside of the conference rooms better than you know your office? And of the time that you spend in the meetings, how much of it is really valuable to you, and how much does it cost?

How To Change The Unconscious Organizational Culture

Do you know what impact your organizational culture is having on the performance of your company? Did you know that the culture is based in deeply entrenched and often hidden beliefs that individuals bring in the door with them? If you want to change this read on.

Managing Resistance to Change

The resistance to change is purely a psychological concern only. They are concerned with their safety. They do apprehend whether they would be protected and free from harm during the period when changes are implemented. The situations caused by changes will trigger the psychological responses such as safety and security. Some of these responses may be positive and some others may be negative. For example, if people with decision-making powers were taken out, on account of change efforts, it would cause a negative result. On the other hand if they are told clearly about these early and given clear options to chose from, they would be more positive about the change.

Change Management Issues in Small Service Clubs

Change management issues can be just as serious in the private nonprofit sector as they can be in corporate America. Change management is not often talked about in the nonprofit sector but I have seen firsthand how some groups slide downhill

Change Management and Competition for The Top

There are a lot of change management issues at the top of any corporation and sometimes when there are many divisions with presidents we see all of them are vying for the chairmanship or presidency of the entire multinational conglomerate corporation.

Things Do Not Change - We Do

We live in a world of constant change, and even though the vast majority of these changes are for the better, change is still something that many people – and therefore many organisations – can find ...

Dealing With Resistance to Change

Business professionals are often stymied by the problems they encounter when trying to implement change. Their frustration can then create even more of a roadblock. Following are a few tips for dealing with resistance.

Leading Through Change

Managing change can be very stressful and challenging. It is even more difficult when you are expected to help others manage their own personal change process, as well as your own. Here are six steps to leading through change so that you can be successful and those around you will also experience success.

Change and The Unproductive Moments During Your Journey

The travel metaphor is an old but still useful metaphor to use in change management. Take for instance this viewpoint. You are on a business trip for a week or so. During that, you aren't able to conncect to the internet, nor to continue your work in another way - Is that a problem?

Change Assessment

Change is such a key ingredient in helping you discover and achieve success, and adaptability to change is vital to coping with some of life's most common challenges. Now it's time to really assess where you are on the transformation scale. How badly do you really want to change?