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Driving Adoption Well Beyond Go Live with Digital Transformation

Change is constant in organizations! Many of these organizational changes, however, can feel like “forced changes” – especially when they’re technology change efforts. The perception can be that the CIO or CFO simply signed a contract to buy a new ERP

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Leading Organizational Change Instead of Trying To Manage It!

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

Posted in Change management, Coaching, Excellence, Executive Coaching, Innovation, Leadership, Leadership Skills, Organizational Change Management, Organizational Values, success, Uncategorized, Vision Tagged with: , , , , , , , ,

What To Do about Millennial Mania

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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Eight Strategies To Create Your Always, Ongoing Performance Management Process

Did you just complete your annual performance reviews at the end of the year? If so, congratulations! No? Then, that probably means you’re still dreading it’s that time of the year! How often have you heard a business leader grimace

Posted in Accelerated workplace, Accomplishment, Accountability, Achievement, Action Planning, business, Change management, Coaching, Collaboration, Commitment, Communication, Executive Coaching, Leadership, Performance Management Process, Performance Review, success, Uncategorized Tagged with: , , , ,

Recruiting & Retaining Workforce America’s Top Talent in 2018

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

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The Pros & Cons of Virtual Teaming – Part II: The Pros

Creating a high-performing team that can achieve its strategic objectives can be quite challenging. Creating a high-performing virtual team that can achieve its strategic objectives is, unfortunately, still proving to be nearly impossible for many business leaders! I recently led

Posted in Business Benefits, Corporate Objectives, Cost Savings, Face-to-Face, Face-to-Face Meetings, Follow-the-Sun, High Performing Team, Operating Expenses, Performance Incentives, productivity, recognition, Recognition Programs, Rewards, Team, Team Performance, Telecommute, Telecommuting, Virtual Team Members, Virtual Teaming, Virtual Teams, Virtual Teamwork, Virtual Workplace, Vision Tagged with: , , , , ,

Plus Delta’s CEO Joins ODinLA “Many Faces of Coaching” Panel Presentation on Thur. Nov 6th

Whether we are coaches, HROD practitioners, internal or external consultants, coaching is an important aspect of the work we do. ODinLA, the premier networking community for Organization Development in the Greater Los Angeles area, is hosting a learning and networking

Posted in Business Coaching, Coaching, Executive Coaching, Group Coaching, Los Angeles, MeetUp, OD, Organization Development, Organization Effectiveness Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

5 Critical Steps to Implementation Success: Why Aren’t We Learning From Our Mistakes?

For the last 10+ years I’ve been managing client relationships and selling Change Management consulting and training solutions to organizations that want to adopt a common approach to manage change.   It continues to fascinate me that despite the increased focus

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The 4 P’s of Olympic Gold: Grooming the Next Generation of Shaun Whites in your Organization

Whether it’s a skater or skier or snowboarder or other, everyone who won a Gold Medal in Vancouver recently is a role model for us all. Practice, patience, persistence, and passion – the 4 P’s of Olympic Gold – are

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Organization Development as a Profession: Will Certification or Licensing Help You Choose Your Consultant?

Should the profession of Organization Development (OD) require professional certification or licensing for practitioners to practice? As we look to the future of OD, some questions come to mind : –  Should anyone wanting to “hang out a shingle” as

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