Change Leadership Archives – Page 5 of 11

Management history is easily forgotten. All it takes is a generation or two to go by and some hard economic times. Then, when problems occur, solutions are sought. The belief is that the old ideas no longer apply, and that new ones must be found. What’s particularly surprising is just how often new ideas turn […]

Companies have been served a wake up call in light of the recession and ongoing economic uncertainty. They are being driven to become more efficient while at the same time improving levels of quality and service. As a result, the shared services model is becoming an increasingly popular organizational structure to help achieve business objectives. […]

Whenever volatility occurs in the market, companies start thinking about how to reorganize themselves so that they can cope with those changes effectively. But since they’re trapped by traditional thinking, they tend to recycle old models rather than to create new ones. One such model is matrix; and like so many that have gone before […]

[Excerpt from Forbes.com] John Kotter is often asked about the difference between “change management” and “change leadership,” and whether it’s just a matter of semantics. These terms are not interchangeable. The distinction between the two is actually quite significant. Change management, which is the term most everyone uses, refers to a set of basic tools […]

Corporate leaders’ jobs are hardly easy. They must efficiently manage employees, account for outside competition, note any changes in the industry landscape and if necessary, profoundly modify the operational model a business should employ. Ironically, most leaders shrug in defiance at such duties due to their seemingly complex nature. However, there are a few proven […]

The business world is a different animal than it was 20 or 30 years ago, and for the most part that’s a very good thing. Corporate social responsibility has become a buzz phrase, and many large companies are rising and falling in relation to the way that they treat both their employees and their customers. […]

Our other article on Strategies for Managing Resistance to Change explained the four types of resistance and the six classic strategies for dealing with resistance. It was based on the fundamental research conducted by Kotter & Schlesinger back in the late 80s. As a complement to those theory-based strategies, below are nine techniques for overcoming change […]

Recently, consulting firm Emergent partnered with a Fortune 500 apparel company to undertake the biggest business transformation in the company’s history. Below is a mini case study that provides insights from that project. Building upon its solid performance in 2012, the company chose to implement a new global structure designed to fuel its long-term, international growth. The […]

Category: Change Leadership

What’s New About Participative Decision-Making?

Implementing Shared Services: Five Considerations

Matrix Organization: At Best, a One-Off

Change Management vs. Change Leadership: What’s the Difference?

Does Change Have to be Painful?

An Unshared Vision is Blindness

Nine Techniques for Overcoming Change Resistance

Change Management Insights from a Fortune 500 Apparel Company’s Restructuring

The Value of Failure in the Workplace

Should You Try to Create Shared Values?

Ensuring Success for Large-Scale Business Transformations