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Managing Positive Change
Business managers today face unprecedented, unpredictable, gut-wrenching change, from supply chain logistics and automation to mass consolidation and customization. The core issue is not so much how you restructure your delivery systems, align with suppliers, or even whether you keep, drop, or expand existing lines of business. It is how you manage the people side […]
Now What?
We all know too well what the recent worldwide economic conditions have done to our businesses. During this unprecedented economical downturn, we have had to make some really tough decisions, like firing our valued employees, eliminating our marketing budgets, and slashing our overhead expenses to the point where they hardly exist anymore. Our natural instincts […]
Managing Negative Change
Managing the people side of change can be more challenging than handling any market downturn or competitive pressure. Yet for most managers the single most difficult leadership challenge is to productively lead people who constantly, even vehemently, fight change. Here are the four stages of negative change and some tips to manage your team through […]
10 Mistakes Leaders Should Avoid at All Costs
No one is perfect. No one can be right 100 percent of the time (even if you are Jack Welch or Steve Jobs), including an organization’s leaders. But there are mistakes, and then there are MISTAKES. I have found 10 basic essentials that all leaders should have on their list entitled “things to avoid at […]
It’s Time for Courage
During a recent executive workshop I delivered on leadership and management excellence, many participants offered their own experiences in these trying economic times. I was struck by how many in the group are gallantly facing incredibly tough situations within severely down markets. Perhaps you have many of the same issues: Do I lay off staff? […]
How Great Leaders Approach Leadership
While many of today’s top-ranked businesses fully embrace excellence in customer service, vendor relations, and even employee satisfaction, they typically fail to realize the importance that excellence in leadership plays in achieving great results. With the unrelenting pressures we face in business today, it is time for companies to wake up to the truth that […]