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Change Management Models – Do They Help and If So How?

The people aspects of change is the overwhelming issue Change management models have clearly evolved from the days of Kurt Lewins freeze phases model which was very much a product and reflection of the industrial age – with the emphasis on command control imposed from the top down. Similarly, even Michael Hammer ["Re-engineering the Corporation"] [...]

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30 August 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Managing Change in the Workplace – 4 Key Steps to Incremental Change

In managing change in the workplace it is extremely important to draw the distinction between “incremental change” and “step change”. Whilst the broad principles of leading and managing change are universal it is very important to establish very early on whether or not what you are proposing can be regarded as “incremental change” and realistically [...]

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30 August 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Change Management – How to Make it Work and Deliver the Benefits

The western world-view of business can be somewhat simplistically summarised by the “3 Ps” – process, people and pounds sterling – a business climate where the “bottom line” is delivered by process – worked by people. The traditional project approach to change management sees it as a set of tasks that if executed successfully get [...]

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29 August 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Managing Change in the Workplace – 4 Key Steps to Incremental Change

In managing change in the workplace it is extremely important to draw the distinction between “incremental change” and “step change”. Whilst the broad principles of leading and managing change are universal it is very important to establish very early on whether or not what you are proposing can be regarded as “incremental change” and realistically [...]

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29 August 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Personal Appreciation and an Environment of Hope and Involvement

Last month we sent you to an article from Reuters.com and we also sent you a poll question that opened the discussion about workplace dissatisfaction. I promised you some ideas for what you can do about dissatisfied workers. Dont you love the way that sounds? Dissatisfied workers…sounds like their problem, right? Well it is and [...]

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