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CliffsNotes Guide To Managing the Ones Who Used To Be Your Peers

Posted on by Jeremy Lurey

I still remember the first time I was promoted into a senior leadership position and all of a sudden had a couple of my best friends reporting to me. Weird, awkward, difficult, and challenging are all words that immediately come to mind to describe that situation. Not fun, not desirable, not collaborative, and definitely not a few other words I wish I could have used instead!

CliffsNotes Guide To Managing the Ones Who Used To Be Your Peers

Much of my executive coaching these days is with Next Generation leaders who either were recently promoted or are currently being considered for promotions. One of the greatest challenges these NextGen leaders face seems to be managing the people who used to be their peers, and in many cases used to be people they considered to be close friends. Worse than that actually is trying to manage the people who didn’t get those promotions because they may have some added resistance thinking they would have been great fits for the jobs. Read more ›

Posted in Boss, Bosses, Coaching, Direct Reports, Executive Coaching, Leadership, Next-Generation Leader, NextGen Leader, Peers, Promotion, Senior Management, Transition Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , ,

Plus Delta’s CEO Discusses What a Performance Review Is – and What It Isn’t! – at 2014 @CAHRConference

Posted on by Jeremy Lurey

How often have you heard a business leader grimace or otherwise complain when HR announces it’s time to complete annual performance reviews? People often think of performance management as that thing they have to do for HR at the end of the year so that people can qualify for their bonuses or other pay increases. While that may be part of the process, performance management is not just a once-a-year HR task. It’s an always, ongoing activity! Managing performance is the only reliable way to assure your people are working on the right things, give them the feedback – both positive and constructive – they need to succeed, and ultimately get continuously better results. When done well, an effective performance management process produces continuous performance improvements throughout the year, rather than isolated feedback that might create unsustainable behavioral change at best once in a while.

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During this workshop, Dr. Lurey will review everyone’s critical roles – Managers, Employees, and HR Professionals – as part of the performance management process. Participants will also gain clarity about what an annual performance review is and what it isn’t – specifically learning several Do’s and Don’ts in the review process – as well as discuss several leading practices to enhance any existing performance management process.

  • What: Best Practices for Designing Your Always, Ongoing Performance Management Process (aka What a Performance Review Is – and What It Isn’t!)
  • When: Tuesday, August 26th from 11:15am – 12:30pm
  • Where: Anaheim Convention Center 

Click here to access the California HR Conference home page and register for this exciting program. And if you can’t make it to Anaheim, give us a call at +1.310.589.4600 or email us to discuss how else you can learn these leading business practices. Read more ›

Posted in California HR Conference, Feedback, Performance Improvement, Performance Management, Performance Review, Workshop Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Flipping the Switch is NOT the Same as Using the System!

Posted on by Jeremy Lurey

Have you ever been sitting at a traffic signal waiting for the light to turn green – while in a hurry of course! – and the person in front of you is still texting away when the light finally does change? Getting someone to actually do something is very different than simply giving that person the tools he or she needs to perform that action. That’s why flipping the switch and activating a new computer system is not at all the same as having your employees actually use that new system!

 Flipping the Switch is NOT the Same as Using the System!

 

In our world of implementing positive changes in organizations, we consider it the critical difference between “go live” and “adoption”. You might be implementing new business processes or maybe it’s standardizing your operating procedures rather than installing a new computer system. Regardless of the nature of the changes you are implementing, having people accept those changes takes much more than simply declaring they are now in effect. It’s very much like having that light turn green and not having the first driver move his/her car. It has nothing to do with whether or not the light works. Instead, it has everything to do with whether or not the driver chooses to move! Read more ›

Posted in Change management, organizational change, Positive Change, Project management, Return on Investment, ROI Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Do You Suffer from “Excessive Success”?

Posted on by Jeremy Lurey

Sounds like a good problem to have, right? You’re actually probably reading this thinking to yourself, “How can you be too successful at anything?” Well, it may be a better problem to be excessively successful than to be failing miserably. I assure you though that being too successful can in fact create major business issues!

 Do You Suffer from "Excessive Success"?

I have a good friend and @Vistage CEO colleague who runs an online retail company. She’s in a unique niche of women’s apparel and seems to do very well from a custom design perspective. So well in fact that one of the largest players in her space always seems to be promoting “her designs” on their website within a few months of her launching any new product lines. Read more ›

Posted in Competition, Copycat, Customer Attraction, Future, Ideal Future, Jack Welch, Leadership, Leadership Teams, Positive Role Model, Strategic Planning, Strategic Planning Retreat, success, Target Market, Vistage Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Plus Delta’s Featured Project

Posted on by Jeremy Lurey

Plus Delta’s Hiring a Senior OCM Consultant for a Long-Term Project with a leading hospitality company in the Washington D.C. area.  Email resumes to careers@plusdelta.net.

Plus Delta Consulting specializes in improving performance and implementing positive changes in organizations to produce better business results.   With a continued focus on technology adoption and business transformation, we are actively searching for a talented Senior OCM Consultant for a long-term project with a leading hospitality company in the Washington D.C. area.

Position Profiles:

  • Senior OCM Leads – 12+ years of progressively challenging experience leading complex enterprise-wide change projects (business process improvement, organizational design and job restructuring, etc.). Experience in the hospitality industry is preferred. Big firm experience and advanced degrees preferred.

This is a great long-term assignment for a seasoned consultant who brings not only organizational change management expertise but also that “can do attitude” to get the job done! Consultants currently living in or willing to relocate to the Washington D.C. area are preferred, but those who can travel to this area on a weekly basis are also encouraged to apply.

For more information and immediate, confidential consideration, please forward a copy of your complete resume, a cover letter highlighting your particular expertise in these areas, and your salary requirements to careers@plusdelta.net. This project is starting soon, so don’t wait to respond! Read more ›

Posted in Consulting Opportunity, Jobs

Plus Delta CEO Jeremy Lurey Talks Succession Planning on ExitCoach Radio

Posted on by Jeremy Lurey

With nearly 10,000 Baby Boomers reaching retirement age every day, many business owners need to seriously consider who will succeed them as President or CEO in the not-too-distant future. Other business leaders simply need to build healthy pipelines of Next Generation leaders to eventually take over as mid-level managers or perhaps Directors/Vice Presidents in the years ahead. Regardless of your particular situation, succession planning in this multi-generational environment has never been more important!  Plus Delta CEO Jeremy Lurey Talks Succession Planning on ExitCoach Radio

Over the past several years, Plus Delta’s CEO Dr. Jeremy Lurey has coached countless President/CEOs in transition to shift their management responsibilities to their identified successors and establish their post-retirement plans for living their “third acts” in life. He has also coached and mentored numerous high-potential, NextGen leaders to help them develop the presence and skills required to be promoted and perform at the next level. Listen to the live ExitCoach Radio interview with Dr. Lurey as he shares these real-life experiences and answers the key questions you need answered. 

“Succession Planning & Developing Your Next Generation Leaders”

Wednesday, June 25th ● 12:00pm Pacific

http://www.octalkradio.net/

 Are you considering selling your business? Don’t miss this interview which might just help you increase the multiple of your sale by 2-3x! Check out the Succession Planning page of Plus Delta’s website for more information and some keen insights on this critical business topic. Or send Dr. Lurey an email at jslurey@plusdelta.net, and he’ll share a FREE Succession Planning checklist with you called “Nine Must Do’s for the Retiring Business Leader”. Read more ›

Posted in Baby Boomers, Next-Generation Leader, NextGen Leader, Retirement, Succession Planning Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , ,

Productivity Management: Is Your Calendar Friend or Foe?

Posted on by Jeremy Lurey

How many To Do lists do you have? How often do you get to those lower priority items at the bottom of the list? Maybe more importantly, when do you find time to check your emails and get your work done when you are probably in back-to-back meetings all day/week long? If your answer is during group conference calls while multi-tasking, then I’d offer you probably don’t think of your calendar as a friend. In fact, it probably has turned from friend to foe!

Productivity Management: Is Your Calendar Friend or Foe? 

Years ago, I learned several powerful productivity management strategies for being a more effective leader. The first lesson was to get rid of all my To Do lists and use my calendar much more proactively to capture those same To Do’s. By putting those actions into existence on my calendar, I no longer have to remember to do something. While I may not be doing it “right now”, I at least have an intention and commitment to it right now. Most of the leaders I coach only put actual meetings with other people on their calendar. Why do you think they never have time to complete their actual work? Read more ›

Posted in Calendar, Executive Coaching, meetings, Multi-tasking, Priorities, Priority Management, Time Managment, To Do List, To Do's Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Six Best Practices for Merging Two Companies One Culture at a Time

Posted on by Jeremy Lurey

These days, it seems merger integration and corporate consolidation continues to run rampant across most industries. As you have undoubtedly seen over the past few years, many of the smaller players and especially family businesses that once existed are no longer in business. While some may have fallen prey to the recession, many more have simply been acquired by larger corporations.  

Six Best Practices for Merging Two Companies One Culture at a Time

So what makes these company mergers successful? Maybe more importantly, why do so many fail to deliver their intended business results? If you are currently contemplating the potential of a merger, the following six best practices and absolute must do’s can make your merger a success. And if you are already in the midst of a consolidation effort, it’s not too late to apply these proven principles now to produce better business results.

Read more ›

Posted in Amazon.com, Best Practices, Continental Airlines, Corporate Consolidation, Cultural Due Diligence, Culture, Family Business, Golden Handcuffs, Merger, Merger Integration, Strategic Direction, Strategic Planning, Tony Hsieh, Transition, United Airlines, Vision, Zappos

Succession Planning Webinar: “Strategies for Leveraging a Multigenerational Workforce”

Posted on by Jeremy Lurey

Your organization likely employs multiple generations of employees, from Baby Boomers to Millennials. With such diversity, how can you find and coach your next generation of leaders? Which of their widely varying skills and motivations should be developed to have the biggest bottom-line impact on your organization’s future?

Succession Planning Webinar: “Strategies for Leveraging a Multigenerational Workforce”

Plus, there’s your Board: how can you get buy-in for a new and dynamic approach to succession planning? Here’s how to find the best answers.

Register now for Succession Planning: Strategies for Leveraging a Multigenerational Workforce. In this webinar, two succession planning experts join an outgoing Boomer CEO and his successor to show you how to use dynamic new succession planning approaches to help your own organization adapt to rapidly shifting trends in the workplace. In addition to learning the crucial elements of a “NextGen” succession plan, you’ll hear the real-life lessons learned directly from the senior executives of a global trade association that just completed a highly-valued and very successful leadership transition themselves. Read more ›

Posted in Baby Boomers, Diversity, Lessons, Lessons Learned, Milennials, Multigenerational workforce, Next-Generation Leader, NextGen Leader, Succession, Succession Planning, Webinar

Someday May Be Today! What’s Your Back-Up Plan?

Posted on by Jeremy Lurey

Think that it won’t happen to you? That you won’t get hit by that proverbial bus? That your computer systems won’t ever crash – like for good? That your main customer – that one that basically keeps you afloat – won’t call one day to inform you they no longer need your support? Well, guess what? The absolutely unexpected could be right around the corner for you – you won’t know until it’s too late! – so maybe it’s time to re-prioritize that back-up plan.

Someday May Be Today! What’s Your Back-Up Plan?

I’ve worked in the IT industry and with some pretty large corporations for much of my career, so terms like “disaster recovery” and “business continuity” are not new to me. With that said, very few organizations I’ve ever supported have actually taken the time to prioritize these kinds of contingency plans. Maybe their IT groups have a policy in place. Maybe someone in a facilities management role developed something basic in case of a natural disaster. Likely the people who need to know about these policies not to mention what to do if there ever is a crisis though probably don’t even know they exist. Read more ›

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