Category: change
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Towards Leadership 4.0 – 3 challenges for Learning & Organisational Development
Industry 4.0 is not just about technology – this preliminary research identifies 3 key challenges for Organisational Development professionals to support managers build a workforce with the right skills, knowledge and approach. Photo by Lenny Kuhne on Unsplash. Recent years have seen such an ever-greater use of technology in manufacturing that some declare it as…
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Are you ready for another ‘new normal’ ?
A few weeks ago, I heard a business leader referring to life at the moment as the ‘interim normal’ because he didn’t want to accept that this was ‘the new normal.’ I’ve got some sympathy with this approach – the last year has seen deeper and wider changes in organisations, management and leadership than we’ve…
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Change under pressure – 10 lessons from the NHS response to Covid-19
10 key lessons in successful and innovative change under extreme pressure, from the NHS.
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Appreciative Inquiry: Strength-based organisational influence
We’ve all been there. You are tasked with delivering a significant change to processes, products or ways of working. Before you even start you are told by colleagues or staff that this will never happen, it’s impossible to do and all you feel is push-back. Leading change can feel like pushing a boulder up a…
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Book Review: The Positive Organization by Robert E Quinn
So many business books leave you wondering “…but how does that work in reality?” That’s not a problem with The Positive Organization – this short book (less than 160 pages from cover to cover) is packed with ideas, examples, case studies and practical exercises, written in an engaging and straightforward style. Throughout, Quinn challenges us to consider…
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7 questions for impactful leadership
Review of the Coaching Habit by Michael Bungay Stanier Your team sometimes just need a bit of support to shine. You can provide this support through changing your leadership approach to coaching. Helping people to find their own solutions is more impactful than giving advice, providing rules or direction. You can coach anytime, anywhere, and with…
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Business approaches for tackling poverty
The authors suggest that few of the most sustainable and scalable solutions to poverty and deprivation are those based on business – instead of charitable – methods. This chimes with Melinda Gates’ TED talk about adaptable strategies from Coca Cola that could make non-profit organisations more effective. The practical guide, Scaling Up includes a wide…
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Positive Change Management webinar replay
In today’s fast changing environment agility and the ability to make change effectively is a key organisational requirement. According to research many change management initiatives fail, risking employee’s resistance and change fatigue. View this webinar recording to explore: • The key change management mistakes to avoid • Successful approaches to effectively leading change • How…
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The magic of freedom?
British training company Happy Ltd has been rated best for customer service and work/life balance among many other awards. Henry Stewart, Chief Executive, has written a book about the story of Happy and its achievements. The book has a clear tone, comes with real-life examples, provides evidence where required and poses thought-provoking questions – overall…
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Book Summary: Switch – How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
Over the last few decades a dispiriting body of research has been amassed, which suggests that the vast majority of change programmes fail, or fail to reach their intended outcomes. In their book Switch – How to Change Things When Change Is Hard, academics Chip and Dan Heath address this challenge head on. The authors…
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5 of the best…resources to keep resolutions
How are your New Year’s resolutions coming along? January is the month of getting fit, being more productive, having a new frame of mind. We collected five resources that can help you keep the resolutions you choose to make, and for sustainably improving habits. Better than before – Gretchen Rubin on habits “Habits make change…