• Change Management; Two Women CEOs Sacked at HP and Hillary Clinton in the White House?

    By: Lance Winslow
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    So far in the past two years now we have seen a rocky road at HP. First Carle Fiorina CEO of HP was sacked after her comments about accountants and lawyers at the Davos Convention and the messy Compaq Merger. But now we have Mrs.Read more…

  • Change Management and Over Regulations Causing Chaos

    By: Lance Winslow
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    There are more and more top executives in Corporations calling it quits. Indeed this gives rise to the next generations to move up the ladder, unfortunately when we look at the cause of all these departures we see some huge problems. Namely all this change management is being caused by over regulation such as Sarbanes Oxley and CEOs realize that they will be hung out to dry if a mistake is made and find themselves in litigation or worse in Prison.Read more…

  • Change Management and Your Future as an Executive

    By: Lance Winslow
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    In if you are up-and-coming in the business world and you find yourself in a position where change management is occurring very rapidly then you need to take the bull by the horns and take responsibility for the team. For those that have the ability to unite others in a real leadership this is the time for you to shine and your future as an executive in the corporation depends on it.All too often when change management occurs at the corporate level many of the folks in management sit back and wait for something to happen afraid to make any moves for fear that they might also get the ax or be asked to leave the company.Read more…

  • Greening the Supply Chain

    By: Santanu Tripathy
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    The most important driver for making any supply chain decision (forward or reverse) is the consumer. Due to the future environmental threats like global warming, ozone layer depletion, increasing water and air pollution, it has become evident that the consumer nowadays are becoming more and more concerned about the environmental compatibility of the products they buy, use or discard after their use. This change in the customer attitude resulted in environmental awareness throughout the chain.Read more…

  • I Wish I'd Have Thought of That Myself!

    By: Vincent Harris
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    "Look, what you need to do is just quit eating so much and start exercising!" Perhaps you have been blessed with having a concerned family member assist you with such direct suggestions. Let me ask you, did it motivate you?Read more…

  • Change Management Necessary when It is Time for Change

    By: Lance Winslow
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    Too often corporate boards of directors fear change management because they fear shaking things up, which might make things worse. However when it is time for a change; change management is necessary and often it will be for the better. It would be hard to debate that change management in corporations does cause stress on the executive teams and often, temporary chaos.Read more…

  • Change Management and Smooth Transitions

    By: Lance Winslow
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    For many corporations change management is a time of controversy and chaos and yet it need not be. Is all change management like this? No, those teams that understand change management also understand smooth transitions and they also understand the shadowing of those that are leaving and fostering of those who will be remaining in the division or department.Read more…

  • Change Management and Why You Need to Understand It

    By: Lance Winslow
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    In the fast-paced corporate environment change management is something that occurs even faster than it ever has before and this is why you corporate executives need to understand change management better. Too often we find in corporate organizations a loss of efficiency when one team member is moved to another department or fired.But just like any sports team one member does not make the team, nor does two.Read more…

  • Efficiency Gaps During Change Management

    By: Lance Winslow
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    A management team, which has worked together for a long period of time is much like a special team in the Armed Forces or a sports team. There is efficiency and organizational capital, which has been nurtured for years. However, sometimes things change and there will be a need for one of the executives to go to another division or department or set up another offshoot for the company.Read more…

  • Six Habits of Highly Effective Teams

    By: Bruce Taylor
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    Anyone who has spent time in software development organizations knows that some teams seem to achieve superhuman productivity, and some teams just can’t seem to get anything done. I think that the ratio of productivity can be hundreds to one, no matter how you measure it. What is it about Highly Effective Teams that lets them make so much progress with so little effort?Read more…

  • Are You Prepared For a Seasonal Change?

    By: Hans Bool
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    What do you mean with change? Who is affected? Why it happens?Read more…

  • Change Management and Business Risk Taking

    By: Lance Winslow
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    Often there are times in business when corporate managers and executives need a little shake up and that means to shed the dead weight that is not up to the performance standards that are required to run the company efficiently. When this happens it is of the utmost important to get rid of those executives or corporate managers who cannot cut the mustard.If employees, executives or managers who are up to snuff, but perhaps not well liked are the ones that get the ax then this becomes a political event and other top-notch employees who are giving 110% in everything they do will stop taking risks because they are afraid they might be next to go.Read more…

  • Change Management and Decreases in Innovative Spirit

    By: Lance Winslow
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    Any time there is a change in management at the corporate level it can cause a conflict with productivity, efficiency and innovation. For those companies that rely on innovative spirit to propel their profits such decreases can spell disaster for the department or division. Consider if you will a project manager who is rapidly reassigned to another division or another important project.Read more…

  • Change Management Disasters at Regional Management Level

    By: Lance Winslow
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    One of the most important places to ensure that change management situations go correctly will be at the regional management level and with those managers who are overseeing the corporate outlets for a large area. Often when the regional manager leaves, moves to another position or trades with another regional manager we find that all the information that they know about goes with them. Smooth transitions are necessary to ensure proper succession and productivity during the process.Read more…

  • Change Management and the Affects on Productivity

    By: Lance Winslow
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    One of the biggest concerns and the reason why so many consultants and MBA business schools study change management is because it directly affects the productivity of the company and the efficiency and the use of the organizational capital, which has been already established at the management levels.How does change management affect the productivity of a company or corporation? It is simple really, you see, when a manager who is well-liked is moved to a different part of the company, leaves the company because he is disgruntled with his superiors or is fired due to lack of performance or corporate politics you can begin to see the dynamics and complexity of change management and human behavior.Read more…

  • Change Management at Fast Moving Tech Companies Can Mean Disaster

    By: Lance Winslow
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    Change management and fast-moving high-tech companies can be devastating for the efficiency and innovative spirit of the company. All too often high-tech executives will find other work and leave the company to go work for another corporation. Most sophisticated high-tech companies understand this dynamic and therefore you strategies such as stock options and golden handcuffs to keep their managers and executives in place as long as possible.Read more…

  • Change Management at the Unit Outlet Management Level

    By: Lance Winslow
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    Most MBA classes concentrate on change management at the Corporate Board Room and CEO levels and yet for every corporate board of directors there might be hundreds or even thousands of outlets and subdivisions. Change Management cycles are equally as important to same store sales, company profits and efficiencies at the unit level.If the team members and management at the store outlet level do not work together then the store is not efficient, sales slack and the system crumbles.Read more…

  • Change Management; A Buzz Word is All It is

    By: Lance Winslow
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    When we talk about change management we hear management experts go on and on about how the dynamics of leadership works in the realm of the human innate characteristics and primate politics. And yet it is so simple really if these gurus of management will step back and study children playing in a sand box and watching what we call natural leadership, disruption, anti-social behavior and such.We see people writing books on change management and making a big stink about it, when in reality it is one of the simplest things in the world.Read more…

  • When Managers Sing the Blues About Change

    By: Marcia Reynolds
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    "Even those professionals that really welcome change and are energized by it also find it difficult and stressful to deal with." –Hank Paulson, chief executive of Goldman Sachs Group and U.S.Read more…

  • How Can You Tell When Change Management Commeth?

    By: Lance Winslow
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    Have you ever watched a corporate executive on the financial news and the gentleman says something and you think to yourself why is he running that company anyway? Indeed this was my thought when I watched the President of HP, who happened to be at Davos with all the World Leaders say something really silly and she was serious enough that I almost did not believe it.I said to myself why on Earth is she running this company, surely she is smart enough not to say such things or smart enough to know the reality of the situation.Read more…

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