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

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

Posted in Change, Change management, Communication, Implementation, Innovation, Large-scale change, Leader, Leadership, Lessons, Lessons Learned, organizational change, productivity, success, Transition, Transition Management Tagged with: , , , ,

Plus Delta’s CEO Leads “Succession Planning: Strategies for Leveraging a Multigenerational Workforce” Webinar for Association Leaders

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

Posted in Association Trends, Baby Boomers, Diversity, Lessons Learned, Next-Generation Leader, NextGen Leader, Succession, Succession Planning, Transition, Webinar Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

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

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

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

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

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

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

Focusing on the How in Succession Management, Not the Who!

I support a lot of individual business leaders and owners who are quickly turning their attention to their “third acts” in life. In every one of these situations – whether it’s the third-generation business leader maintaining the family’s traditions for

Posted in Leadership, Leadership Development, Management, Next-Generation Leader, Retirement, success, Succession, Succession Management, Succession Planning, Transition

The Succession Planning Checklist: Nine Must Do’s for the Retiring Business Leader

Congratulations! If you’re reading this, you’ve likely had a very successful career filled with many professional accomplishments and accolades, not the least of which is being in a position to plan what comes next for you and your organization. With

Posted in Baby Boomers, Checklist, Family Business, Family Counseling, Financial Planning, Leadership Coaching, Retirement, Retiring, Succession Management, Succession Planning, Transition, Transition Management

Top Ten Signs that Your Organizational Change Effort is Already Doomed!

As an expert in successfully implementing positive changes in organizations, I can share some pretty nasty horror stories with you all about organizational changes that have gone awry. Let’s face it. Up to 80% of all organizational changes do fail

Posted in Change management, Communications, Executive Sponsorship, Failure, organizational change, Organizational Change Management, success, System Implementation, Training, Transition

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