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Leading Organizational Change Instead of Trying To Manage It!

Jeremy Lurey — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 17:09:30 +0000

For more than 20 years now, I’ve been leading all kinds of change efforts in all kinds of organizations. New CEOs and business leaders with new visions or strategic objectives. Merger integration between two previously separate companies. Technology implementation to…

Achieving Excellence with Email Communication

Jeremy Lurey — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 17:59:52 +0000

When I wrote my doctoral dissertation 20 years ago, I researched a variety of different tools to enhance virtual teaming and communications within and across companies. Email was already the most prevalent form of communication and information sharing back then,…

The 4 P’s Of Executive Gold

Jeremy Lurey — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 16:43:29 +0000

Eight years ago, I wrote a blog post entitled “The 4 P’s of Olympic Gold”. The article was inspired by Shaun White’s amazing Gold medal performance at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Anybody who watched the Men’s Halfpipe competition…

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What To Do about Millennial Mania

Jeremy Lurey — Thu, 01 Mar 2018 17:32:43 +0000

Let’s be clear. This article is not about what’s wrong with Millennials, how we can get rid of them, or even how we can change them. I’ve stayed out of the Millennial fray for years now because I don’t think…

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Recruiting & Retaining Workforce America’s Top Talent in 2018

Jeremy Lurey — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 17:34:28 +0000

With unemployment rates falling across the United States since the tail end of the Great Recession, recruitment and retention of top talent has become a critical issue for many business leaders. Unemployment in nearly all our 50 States is under…

Eight Great Ways to Engage Your Employees & Make Your Mission Matter

Jeremy Lurey — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 19:29:49 +0000

I regularly facilitate Strategic Planning workshops with leadership teams to help them establish their visions for the future. During these sessions, leaders regularly ask me how they can keep their Mission and organizational Values alive after these highly interactive group…

Essentials of Change Management: Five Critical Steps for Greater Project Success

Jeremy Lurey — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 10:54:18 +0000

Today’s organizations experience tremendous amounts of change. Whether these changes are prompted by the implementation of emerging technologies, the redesign of major business processes, or even the realization of a new corporate vision, they can, under the right circumstances, be…

Ten Tips To Foster Innovation in Your Organization

Jeremy Lurey — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 20:07:51 +0000

I once wrote an article called “Breakdowns in Innovation: The 2 I’s vs. the 5 D’s” based on my experience with so many organizations that fail to implement their great ideas. In that article, I described the all-too-common pitfall that…

Planning Your Future from the Future to Take Your Organization from Strategy to Action

Jeremy Lurey — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 17:00:19 +0000

Whether your organization is large or small, strategic planning is critical to the success of your business. Even individual departments must create their own strategic plans to drive sustained business results. Whatever our size or scope, we need to plan…

Going Where There is No Path: Entrepreneurship Defined by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Jeremy Lurey — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 17:30:48 +0000

I don’t know what it was about Ralph Waldo Emerson’s writing that struck a chord with me when I was first introduced to it in high school. I just remember he, and others like him including Henry David Thoreau, had…