Top Ten Signs that Your Organizational Change Effort is Already Doomed!
February 28th, 2012 by Jeremy Lurey
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 in one way or another, so the odds are actually stacked in favor of a horror story rather than a success.
The following are the top 10 reasons I have experienced as to why these organizational changes fail. If even a few of these are present with your existing initiatives, give us a call. It’s not too late to avert the disaster! Read the rest of this entry »
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-er Is Not Always -er
February 22nd, 2012 by Jeremy Lurey
Bigger, better, faster, stronger… Is it really? I’m starting to wonder about that!
As you may have read in previous blog posts, I’m a fairly driven, Type A, achievement-oriented kind of person. Actually, saying it like that doesn’t even scratch the surface on how I’m wired. I left Big Firm consulting to start my own consulting practice by the time I turned 30. I was honored as a Top 40 Under 40 executive of the year not once but two times in a row before turning 40. And all this time, I’ve always strived for -er in my life. Read the rest of this entry »
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The Power of Transformation and Swinging Away
February 16th, 2012 by Jeremy Lurey
It amazes me how often I get wrapped up in my story about reality. “This sucks! Life couldn’t get any worse.” runs through my head just as often as “I am so blessed! Life couldn’t get any better.” What amazes me even more, though, is that both of those statements – and the sentiments behind them – can happen to me literally at the same time and about the same thing.
Some people relate to setbacks in their lives truly as setbacks. While I visit that deep, dark place from time to time, I choose not to stay there. Instead, I prefer to look at life’s disappointments and those events that don’t turn out the way I might like simply as opportunities to learn and grow. Read the rest of this entry »
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Leading Your People Along the Journey
February 8th, 2012 by Jeremy Lurey
I’ve always had a philosophy of “meeting my clients where they’re at”. While I may see tremendous potential in taking a different approach, we will not be successful working together if I force my ways upon them when they may not be ready. More than that, I may be wrong. Yes, I said it… WRONG! Just because I have seen something be successful in other organizations doesn’t mean that I have the intimate knowledge of the inner workings of this current organization such that I know what is best for my client at this particular time.
Sure, my clients hire me and Plus Delta Consulting as a firm because we bring a certain expertise to the table. That expertise in isolation could be worthless though, maybe even devastating, if applied unilaterally. That expertise matched with the intimate knowledge of our internal client counterparts, however, is like a match made in heaven!
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Falling Down and Getting Back on Your Bike Again
January 31st, 2012 by Jeremy Lurey
For the holidays, I bought both my children and myself bicycles as presents. It seemed like a great idea at the time, not only because they’d both been asking for awhile but also because it created a great family activity for all of us – including my 10-year-old daughter Amanda who only recently learned not just to ride a bike but actually to appreciate it. Well, we’ll see if she still feels that way about it in another week!
You see, Amanda was so excited about her new bike that she brought it over to a friend’s house to ride a few weeks ago and while heading down a steep hill did what any novice 10-year-old rider might do. She pulled the front brake! Read the rest of this entry »
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Plus Delta’s Founder & CEO Delivers Workshop for Fellow Solopreneurs to Grow Successful Consulting Practices
January 24th, 2012 by Jessica Weinandt
Ready to focus on your own professional development and up your game this year? Plus Delta’s Founder and CEO Dr. Jeremy Lurey kicks off the New Year with the Organization Development Network Chicago and an exciting, interactive learning program you won’t want to miss!
Making It On Your Own: Launching, Running and GROWING a Successful Consulting Practice, Friday, February 24th – This is a perfect primer for skilled consultants who want to launch their own consulting practices and/or those who want to develop the critical skills needed to be successful “solopreneurs” and take their existing firms to the next level.
This all-day workshop is being offered in Chicago, so if you are in the area sign up now. And if you don’t live or work in the Chicago area, contact Jeremy at +1.310.589.4600 x4612 or by email at jslurey@plusdelta.net for more information. He will share the schedule for future sessions and/or schedule additional ones for you and your organization whenever and wherever it’s more convenient for you!
Posted in Chicago, Consulting, Consulting Practice, Consulting Skills, Management Consulting, OD Network, OD Network Chicago, Organization Development, Professional Development, Soloing, Solopreneur, Training | No Comments »
Past, Present & Future: Choosing to Live in the Now!
January 18th, 2012 by Jeremy Lurey
Have you ever stopped to consider that there really are 3 ways to live your life: Past, Present, and Future. Most of us believe we’re being Present throughout our day-to-day lives and living every moment as it actually occurs, but the reality is that many of us live in the Past. We literally filter all of our “present” experiences through events that happened to us in the Past.
Maybe the last time your company implemented a new computer system a huge layoff immediately followed the implementation, so now you don’t believe your CIO when he or she says your job is secure and the current implementation is not the precursor to massive layoffs. The layoff is not happening “now”. It happened in your past, yet you are living your life as if it is actually happening now. Read the rest of this entry »
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UBU. IBME.
January 10th, 2012 by Jeremy Lurey
So many of us spend much of our lives not allowing our true and full selves to come out. Sometimes, we do it because we are afraid of really going for it and trying to fulfill on our dreams for fear of failure. Oftentimes, we do this in an effort to connect with others thinking they might not like us if they find out who we really are. Does that seem as ridiculously silly to you as it does to me now that I’m writing it? Even if we succeed in achieving our goal of connecting, it isn’t really us who is in fact connecting with those others if we aren’t sharing our true selves.
I remember I used to love playing chess in high school. As you can imagine, that isn’t the first thing I shared about myself when I started making new friends in college. I probably haven’t even shared that with anyone for more than 20 years now! I may not have even played a good game of chess for that same period of time – and in no small part because chess isn’t “cool” according to many. Without thinking too hard about it, I would offer that chess could actually be the most intellectually stimulating and individually competitive game there is. Read the rest of this entry »
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Smile. Have Fun! What if we Renamed Work, Play?
January 4th, 2012 by Jeremy Lurey
We all spend so much time at “work”, yet many of us relate to it as if it really is “work”. Why is that? One would think that we would want to enjoy what we spend so much time doing. Many go to work because they have to pay their bills. Some go to work because it affords them the lifestyle they really enjoy. The simple philosophy of “work hard, play hard.” Read the rest of this entry Well what if we transform our total experience of work such that it actually becomes just an extension of the fun we have in the rest of our lives?
Novel concept? I don’t think so. As I start the New Year, I’m committed to experiencing much more fun in my life, and I invite you to do the same. Work doesn’t have to be monotonous, tedious “work”. Neither does doing the laundry or the dishes for that matter! You can choose to relate to any and all aspects of your life this way if you’d like. It just isn’t necessary. It’s a choice.
Recently, I facilitated a 2-day HR leadership summit with one of my favorite client groups. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: facilitation, fun, New Year’s commitments, Newport Beach, Pacific Ocean, play, resolutions, transformation, Work
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Happy Holidays from Plus Delta Consulting
December 15th, 2011 by Jessica Weinandt
This year, Plus Delta continues to be green during the holidays. Money saved from holiday card printing and postage will be donated to the California Wildlife Center – a fabulous organization dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and release of sick and orphaned wildlife in our surrounding area.
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