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<title>Why the Turnaround Failed: Former Hostess Brands Executive</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 09:32:38 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How a company with an "embarrassment of riches" of iconic brands failed to stay in touch with what made it great. A lesson for other business leaders in avoiding the same fate.]]></description>
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<title>So, You Are Just Too Busy Huh?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:08:22 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Has selling really changed in the past several years? Are people just too busy today to have a conversation with someone who can help them increase their business? You would be amazed how many times I hear on the phone from prospects, "I'm just too busy to discuss this." So I follow up with, "Are you too busy to discuss how I can bring you more customers?" or "Are you too busy if I can show you how you can solve a major business challenge today?" Whatever - the point is - are people really to busy or stressed to consider options that will benefit them or are they just turned off by anyone, no everyone, trying to sell them something?]]></description>
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<title>If You Want to Change Your Business, Start With These 3 Steps</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 14:26:23 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Much of the work that I do is focused on helping businesses go from where they are to where they want to be. I always work hard to make sure that the changes I help businesses make are sustainable, meaning that the leaders in the business are the ones to drive the change. Though every organization is different, most of the challenges that businesses and leaders face involve creating a fully engaged, capable team of people that can execute the mission of the business better than the competition while adapting to the changing market conditions. While that's a daunting task, I help these businesses make that change happen and often these are three of the critical steps.]]></description>
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<title>Dangerous Job Risk Management Methods</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:46:23 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, injuries and fatalities at the workplace are part of our lives. Some jobs are more dangerous than others, and the danger and risk level they contain is much greater than regular office jobs. Having a dangerous job naturally means being exposed to risks.]]></description>
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<title>Morale and Change: What Role Does Morale Really Play in Your Business's Change Strategy</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:34:01 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Morale is a part of the change process but not how you might expect. Many businesses focus on morale as the element that needs to be changed. This is a poor strategy and leads to frustration and worse morale. Overall morale will never change unless structural changes are made under it.]]></description>
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<title>Causes of Change Resistance</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:48:28 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Resistance to change is a major problem in organizational life. This article discusses 5 common issues that cause resistance.]]></description>
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<title>Op-Ed: Born In the USA</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 11:52:30 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A combination of economic forces is eroding China's cost advantage as an export platform for the North American market. With unemployment still at record levels for the foreseeable future, the U.S. offers a flexible workforce and a growing corporate sector. The U.S. is becoming more attractive as a place to manufacture many goods consumed on this continent.]]></description>
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<title>3 Strategies to Work Positive in the Vertigo Economy</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 10:13:03 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I recently returned from a week of speaking engagements to awaken the next morning to a case of vertigo. I woke up, rolled out of bed as usual, and the floor rose up to whack my head. It was kind of like being drunk on a rollercoaster ride.]]></description>
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<title>Change Readiness As Currency</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 14:30:03 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Change readiness is like a very special kind of currency. The fact is, people and organizations that have more of it are more likely to succeed at change compared to their less change-ready competitors. Read more about it here.]]></description>
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<title>Your Business' Operational Brand</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 09:52:53 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Choosing the best improvement route for your business can often be daunting. This article offers you a simple to use method to help find your simplest and most effective route.]]></description>
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<title>Can Interim Management Increase the Success Rate of Your Project?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 13:24:22 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One way in which a number of companies have tried to combat the constraints of today's economic climate is with the employment of an interim manager but will this increase the chances of success? Read on to find out.]]></description>
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<title>Realising Benefits From Your Investment In Lean</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 16:08:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The only reason for an organisation to invest in Lean (or similar methodology) is to generate benefits. The benefits expected are most commonly financial in nature but could also include for example improved customer service, increased productivity or safer processes. This article explains how to maximise your return on investment from Lean.]]></description>
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<title>Developing a Culture of Continuous Improvement</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 08:34:04 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[An organisation's prevailing culture has a major impact on the performance of the enterprise. A poorly functioning culture can resist change, prevent the adoption of new technologies and the introduction of Lean and similar methodologies. This article explores how cultures are formed and operate and how they can be changed to create a culture of continuous improvement.]]></description>
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<title>Business Success Is a Function of the Mindset - The Value of Change</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 15:26:33 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Experience tells us that the practical aspects of evidencing the adoption of change as a business philosophy can be difficult to demonstrate in most businesses. This is more so with small businesses where the owner/leader is actively involved in the production processes giving him/her little room to reflect purely on supposedly routine administrative functions. However, since the change process itself involves the ability to identify and review the processes and practices that improve the service offerings to be changed, if change becomes an assumed character of the business driver then, the business can be guaranteed on continued patronage by its expanding customer base.]]></description>
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<title>Leading Through Uncertainty - Top 8 Tips for Leadership When the Future Is Hanging in the Balance</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 14:44:33 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Organisations across every sector of society are facing challenges such as restructuring, downsizing and closure. If you are a leader in one of these organisations then you will have the difficult job of managing your people's anxieties while at the same time motivating them to get the work done. Here are 8 top tips to help you lead in a compassionate, yet focused manner; to help you get the job done and care for and respect your people at the same time.]]></description>
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<title>Change Doesn't Have to Be a Dirty Word</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 16:00:34 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Everybody knows that to grow and succeed long-term there needs to be change, whether that is on an individual leadership level, team level or organisational level. So why has change become a dirty word and a term that leaders avoid using? Could it be due to - The success rate (or lack of) of change initiatives? The relevance of the change? The amount of change? Or something else entirely?]]></description>
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<title>Ready to Change: An Organizational Readiness Checklist</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 14:38:13 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are times when attempting to change an organization is not a good idea.  How do you know when the timing is right?]]></description>
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<title>Don't Just Embrace Change, Drive It</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 11:54:37 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Don't simply embrace change, drive it. Become a cabby to the destination we call success. A cabby to success drives not only themselves to the destination, but brings passengers along too. Get out there and live your life of change today, there's no time to wait!]]></description>
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<title>Part 2 of 2: Staff Meetings and the Art of Embracing Employee Resistance</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 10:46:43 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In part 2 of this series, I review simple communication guidelines that will help a manager facilitate a staff meeting with minimal resistance from employees. Part 1 of 2 in this article series gave tips for entering meetings with realistic expectations, and for developing the presentation. If managers employee these tips, they can use resistance to build a high performing team and increase their leadership credibility!]]></description>
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<title>Change Disaster: Why a Common Sense Approach to Change Is Hurting You</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 09:12:01 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Businesses are too timid when implementing change. This timidity leads to frustration and anxiety for the business owner and employees. This article demonstrates two safe and sensible approaches to making change and how they hurt the business.]]></description>
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<title>Is Change Working for You?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 13:17:21 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Change is exhausting. Even when you welcome change and you know it is for the best, keeping up with the demands of change can simply sap you dry. I am still trying to catch up with myself after a move just 5 blocks up the street. After all, we are such creatures of habit. Relearning the most routine things, like going straight instead of turning right at a corner or reaching to the left instead of to the right for the bathroom light switch, can use up energy reserves.]]></description>
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<title>1 Minute Wisdom Tips to Leverage the Power of Happiness at Work Part 2</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/7026099</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 11:52:15 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are 3 kinds or Aspects of "Happiness" that people will experience at different times of their day. Each of these types of Happiness is present in our moment to moment experience.]]></description>
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<title>What Makes a Change Agent Successful?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 11:47:11 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you are building change agent capability in yourself or others then it's important to know the most critical areas to start because there are a lot of skills that can only be learned through time and experience. That means knowing the top 7 skills and traits can provide focus and makes training and selecting change agents easier.]]></description>
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<title>An Internal Change-Management Compass</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 14:29:45 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you're a leader, sometimes you can fall under the false assumption that it's all on you to make your employees change. This sort of mentality can really short-change your employees. This article explains why it's more about what's internally driving your employees than it is about forcing them to do things that just aren't them. This doesn't mean you're off the hook for managing them well, it simply means your role is redefined.]]></description>
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<title>Why Stories Are So Important In Change</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 12:22:24 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The stories people tell are critical when it comes to change. Change leaders and managers must understand why they are so important, and how to work effectively with them.]]></description>
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<title>Develop a Vision for You and Your Business</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 11:35:39 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Did you every wonder if man would have reached the moon if we did not see it?, Could an athlete win a race if they could not see or imagine the finish line?, Could a mountain climber reach the top of the summit if he/she never actually saw it? What do they all have in common - A Clear Vision. Read and understand how important it is for every person and every organisation to have a clear vision for the future.]]></description>
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<title>Dreaded In-Trays and Effective Task Completion</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/7021796</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:27:16 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If getting things done in your office is a pain then why not look at how you use your in-trays? By changing the way that you allow work into your 'to do' or in-tray can make a huge difference to how you get things done.]]></description>
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<title>Your Workers Are Ready to Storm the Bastille! Can Management Stop the Revolt?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/7016657</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:39:57 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The majority of employees surveyed are ready to leave their companies as soon as they can. What's going on and can management stop the exodus?]]></description>
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<title>&quot;Don't Resist Change&quot;, He Said - We Need to Reinvent the Wheel and Make It Square</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 07:56:28 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Not long ago, I was talking to an individual about alternative energy, renewables, and the need for cheap and reliable energy sources. She seemed to be one with the global warming religion, and wanted to change everything into solar and wind power. She even had a scheme which would shut down the hydro-electric plants when the wind wasn't blowing, or during the daytime when there was solar power to counteract the reality that those other energy sources are not reliable, and far too costly.]]></description>
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<title>Transformation Needs Continued Momentum - 3 Things You Can Do to Build It</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:47:09 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Change as you know can happen easily and quickly. Transformation, however takes time, it's a journey. Momentum is critical to transformation whether it is implementing a new system at work, changing the culture of an organization or even losing weight.]]></description>
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<title>What Everybody Needs to Know About Protecting Their Time</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:32:58 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Protecting our time is important because it is too valuable to be wasted. Before we realize that we've already wasted most of our day, it would be too late and the next thing you know you are already running late to your next appointment. Start your week by blocking your time. Make use of just one calendar and schedule everything you need to do for the week. Then work on your daily schedule and do your best to religiously follow it.]]></description>
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<title>3 Project Development Methods for Improved Management Skills</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:36:57 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Project development is a top management skill. Developing a project requires selecting among three primary methods for execution.]]></description>
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<title>Are You a Powerful Leader? - Don't Let People Walk All Over You!</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:57:32 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It's a pity to be a leader without power and many company leaders couldn't lead their organization well. But how do we lose powers as leaders? Here, I will share with you one BIG causal factor that will help leaders manage change better in their organization.]]></description>
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<title>Four Basic Conditions That Will Improve the Success Rate of Change</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:01:20 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The statistics about change aren't pretty, with only a 30% success rate (Kotter, 1995; PWC 2008). The critical barriers to change involve people (IBM 2008) - Changing mindsets and culture (58%); Corporate culture (49%); Complexity is underestimated; Lack of commitment of higher management (32%). In fact Engagement and involvement are critical in managing change at work; nine out of ten of the key barriers to the success of change programs are people related (PWC).]]></description>
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<title>Control at Your Fingertips</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:24:39 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Micromanagement makes life easier. With a system of what we call "fingertip controls" in place, a business owner doesn't have to be on-site at all times. Owners can and should be able to do what they want to do, not what they HAVE to do. They are entitled to have access to information at all times. Knowledge is control, and control is freedom. That freedom - to be at the cabin on Lake Michigan, or to work out of your ranch in El Paso - comes from being able to dig deep into any department in your organization and know with the click of a mouse your inventory turnover for that day, or the current balance on your checkbook. You should be able to know what is going on in your business, whether it's an operation with a dozen people or five hundred.]]></description>
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<title>Coaching Change-Management</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:30:59 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Most of the time, coaches are helping others embrace and manage change. But, where does a coach begin when they are considering whether or not they should accept an offer from a client? This article addresses the answer.]]></description>
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<title>How Difficult Is Diversity in the Workplace?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:42:51 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The workplace has taken on a new dimension of change. We see various cultures, genders, age, beliefs and religions intertwined in one environment. This body of people is supposedly joined together solely for one common bond and that is what is best for the organization. When asked what diversity is, many variations of thought take place.]]></description>
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<title>How Is Change Management Changing Business?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:10:59 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Change management is one of the most innovative new management styles on the market. It has been around for quite some while though, but it is just started to being adopted as a mainstream management methodology. There are now lots of scholarly books and papers on the subject. Change management is causing quite a change in the management industry. Managers are taking notice and starting to change their philosophy because of it.]]></description>
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<title>Leadership for Recovery: From Surviving to Thriving</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:35:27 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Having grappled with the recession for this long, senior managers and leaders have been focussed on staying afloat, cutting costs and delivering as well as possible under challenging circumstances. In short: surviving. Now there are some early signs of recovery, however, it's time to focus on recovery and the future. In other words to thrive rather than just survive.]]></description>
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<title>Discover 12 Factors That Guarantee Successful Change</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:21:25 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["If change is so difficult and risky, why take a chance on it?" Nature of change distinguishes between cognitive and behavioral changes. CHANGE could be defined as the continuous adaptation to developments in technology and in the external and internal environments of the organization. Organizational culture change naturally occurs in the context of societal, national and now more importantly than ever before global culture.]]></description>
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<title>Corporate Governance Vs IT Governance</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:53:11 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[IT governance is the responsibility of the Board of Directors and executive management. It is an integral part of enterprise governance and consists of the leadership and organizational structures and processes to ensure that the organization sustains and extends its strategy and objectives.]]></description>
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<title>A Lesson in Change Management From Tony Robbins</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:25:15 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[An innovative method on how to make change happen and how to make change last. Inspired by the theory on individual change elaborated by Tony Robbins.]]></description>
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<title>Discover the Power of Good Leadership to Guarantee Consistent and Successful Results</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:54:53 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What type of leader are you? What type of team do you have working for you? What level of productivity do you get from your team? What kind of feedback do you get from your people? How do you react to criticism? The answer to these questions determines success or failure in achieving your organization's objectives.]]></description>
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<title>Retreats - All Work and No Play Makes Jack a Dull Boy</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:52:08 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[With good planning and thoughtful selection of the ultimate destination, the morale and motivation of all attendees will be instantly elevated before the retreat even takes place. With defined goals and objectives, retreats can truly empower an organization to greater levels of performance simply by the removal of the usual day to day routines.]]></description>
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<title>From a Present Clinician to a Prospective CFO: A Shift in Professional Paradigm</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:14:19 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When I share with some of my friends that I have decided to pursue this degree, they look at my with a look that screams confusion. I share with them that one of the things that I have noticed in the time that I have been in the social services field, that I see a lot of managers/directors that understand how to deliver quality treatment, but they do not know how to use business skills to influence the delivery of treatment.]]></description>
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<title>Four Steps to Lead, Support and Implement Change</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:24:55 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The role of a leader in creating lasting change is significant and should not be underestimated. One thing that needs to be established right from the beginning, is what you are willing to do to lead, support and make the change. In this report we review a Four Step model to lead, support and make change happen.]]></description>
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<title>Change or Perish</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:09:44 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We are living in a fast changing world. What is true today may not be true in five years, or next year, or even tomorrow. Unsuccessful people resist changes until it is too late, and may eventually get crushed by them, or completely perish. But successful people welcome change and new ideas, adapt to changes, and take advantage of the opportunities that they offer. They know that in this fast changing world, there are only two options: Change or Perish.]]></description>
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<title>Team Building For Executives - This Is Where It Starts for The Organization</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:36:05 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Leadership skills must stay current. Even executives need to connect and stay current. Once acquired, leadership skills can become dormant; if not functionally lost, without a maintenance mode being planned.]]></description>
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<title>4 Ways That Many 3rd Generation Business Owners Fail</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 15:13:40 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Keeping the family business both "in business" and "in the family" after the second generation is trickier than most people realize -- even those who are trying to make such a thing happen. For example, forty percent of family-run businesses manage to successfully pass to a second generation. This is not a surprising statistic; not every business venture has the "legs" to make a second generation successful, but many do. What's surprising is that only thirteen percent of these well-seasoned businesses are successfully transferred to a third generation.]]></description>
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<title>Leading Through Crisis and Change</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:50:50 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As a leader you should identify what crisis may befall your organisation and consider how you would like your organisation to react when crisis comes. Organisational leaders need to build a contingency plan to detail how they would manage a crisis, and then consider how they can prepare their organisation should the worst happen.]]></description>
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<title>Become a Champion of Change</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 09:09:25 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When you as the leader can influence the people within your teams to start making the personal changes necessary, to support the changes in your environment and they understand that the change must start with them, you will have discovered a fantastic tool for managing and thriving in these new changing times. Change is the new normal and just the way things are today. When everyone in your team becomes a part of the solution in your organization and they are willing to make the personal changes needed, to thrive in these rapidly evolving and changing times. You have discovered the winning formula to play a winning game and you and your organization get to become a champion of change.]]></description>
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<title>Who Are You Serving?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:33:37 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month I was hired to give a speech to the US Marshal Service. Leading up to it, I wasn't sure what to expect. It was my first leadership speech addressing a Federal agency, let alone one that conjured up images in my mind of Tommy Lee Jones hunting down Harrison Ford in "The Fugitive" or James Arness as Marshal Dillon in "Gunsmoke."]]></description>
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<title>VSM Will Get Your Production Late, Suck Up Your Cash and Create Disasters</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:31:14 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Following are the five process obstacles that most companies encounter. You will find why these obstacles cannot be over come by usual lean production ideology and how you as a company can work towards eradicating them without escalating opportunity costs.]]></description>
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<title>3 Things To Remember When Leading Change</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 07:24:25 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A lot of the work that I do with businesses revolves around helping them manage change. If a business plans to be successful for longer than a month or two, change will be necessary at some point. One of the first things I do is help them stop thinking about managing change and start thinking about leading it. Managing sounds like it's just about sending out a memo, changing a few processes and completing some tasks. A business can do all of that well and fail miserably at making any change happen.]]></description>
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<title>Harness the Emotions of Change and Use Them to Propel You Forward</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6965893</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6965893</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:35:16 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Change brings many emotions, often?strong ones. Each one packs its own?kind of power.]]></description>
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<title>Project Management V Service Management Part 2</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6952585</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6952585</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:10:26 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Last week I gave a talk on Project Management v Service Management at the IT Service Management Forum's Conference here in Singapore. It wasn't the best presentation I've done in recent years but the topic was a relevant one.]]></description>
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<title>Speech Recognition Technology in Call Centers</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6950804</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6950804</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:40:08 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In the not too distant future, you will be able to sit back in a chair, relax and order your computer to do various tasks for you without touching a thing. Advanced speech recognition technology is becoming more efficient and one day will be an integral part of all technology.]]></description>
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<title>Change-Management Misconceptions</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6956397</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6956397</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:37:21 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Change management is not a foreign concept to most managers, teams or organizations in any industry, anywhere in the world. It's familiar, but that doesn't mean it's easy. I believe that many change-management concepts have been misinterpreted and misapplied, which unfortunately, has caused many managers to miss the mark. Refine your perspective on this concept that's meant to revolutionize your team's performance.]]></description>
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<title>Change Management, an Employee's Perspective</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6958995</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6958995</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:36:58 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Every individual, team or organization has some level of change management taking place. It's essential to keep up with the pace of our working world. Unfortunately, most managers have gotten the change-management concepts all wrong. This article is written to the frustrated employee, who is wondering how to handle their irrational leader.]]></description>
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<title>New Initiatives and Organizational Trust</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6947777</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6947777</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:16:09 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Success of initiatives in organizations depend on many factors. One of the most critical factors is trust. Without trust it is very difficult for an organization to implement change. Even with a trust deficit the organization has to push initiatives through. This article explores the actions an organization can take depending on its current trust environment.]]></description>
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<title>Creating A Global Call Center</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6945675</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6945675</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:39:44 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are specific logistical and technical considerations you must account for like the cost of taking and routing international calls. If you are thinking about opening up an international center or just want to make see of your domestic service can take on international clients, read this article.]]></description>
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<title>Benefits of Web-Based Supplier Relationship Management Systems</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6944167</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6944167</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:03:38 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Web-based technologies have changed the way many companies do business both online and in their brick-and-mortar locations. Cloud computing systems are among the best known of these new technologies, but most online platforms offer faster and more convenient access to critical data and necessary information for corporate customers. Internet accessibility offers anytime, anywhere flexibility and can boost productivity in a wide range of commercial enterprises.]]></description>
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<title>Steering Clear of Six Sigma Gantt Chart Problems</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6952648</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6952648</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:11:30 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Six Sigma projects are complicated. They can be a challenge for the best of project managers, because these projects are not just doing a thing, they involve motivating people to fundamentally alter how they do business. When managing a six sigma project, it's important to avoid a number of the pitfalls which can easily get in your way when building your Gantt charts.]]></description>
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<title>The Goal Overview</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6928525</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6928525</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 07:53:13 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When we reframe the problem, the no access sign disappears. Expand the circle to include, wider minds inhabit the negative group think. This includes the golden star, given by King Joseph to Broaden thirsty minds.]]></description>
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<title>Change-Management Can Have an Over-Reaching Impact on Workplace Violence Prevention</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6946441</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6946441</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:01:10 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Workplace Violence continues to be a workplace's biggest personnel security concern. While terrorism ranks high on the list, workplace violence continues to weigh heavily as a critical factor impacting the people, safety, the bottom-line and a proper response.]]></description>
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<title>A Manager Who Calls His People</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6930118</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6930118</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:35:32 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This is an attractive article for business owner and managers to obtain simple and useful tips on how to get the best out of their people. The focus of this article is to introduce Results and People driven work culture. 10 most useful tips are given in the write-up for managers to follow.]]></description>
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<title>How to Save the World</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6931320</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6931320</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:57:45 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We now have the technology to change and save the world. It's not a new thing. It's simpler than that. It's a technology we use every day. It's based on conversations and how we create the future.]]></description>
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<title>Comfortably Changed</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6939749</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6939749</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:10:43 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If we want to change, why don't we? If we know where we want to go, why don't we take the right steps to get there? What is holding us back? Could it be the comfort of our current habits? How do we move toward what we want- excitedly and eagerly- to embrace the experience that awaits us?]]></description>
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<title>Employees Fearing Change? Let's Party!</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6947096</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6947096</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 22:17:30 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Many times change requires us to leave behind comfortable and successful habits for new, and potentially unsuccessful ones. This desire to cling to familiar success makes it difficult to let go and move on. Here is one way that worked and actually led to a stronger work team after the transition.]]></description>
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<title>For Your Turnaround, You Need Stakeholders</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6935048</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6935048</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:55:38 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Get the team aligned with the right metrics early in your business unit turnaround. When turning around a business unit, management has clear expectations on financial benchmarks and time tables. The human element of the turnaround is considered, but at times there are misunderstandings on how workflows must be reshaped. These issues can be devastating to the recovery especially if there isn't a clear understanding on what tasks and reports are needed to make decisions.]]></description>
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<title>3 Ways To Be Filthy Rich</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6934659</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6934659</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:48:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Should you create savings, be patient, lay up first and then indulge or should you dive into it all by maxing your credit cards? Remember we are driven by the relentless advertising all around us. We are told to 'live it up' or clamber aboard/go up to the life or lifestyles flaunted and made delicious in the ads.]]></description>
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<title>Are Your Employees Wellness Program Visitors?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6934446</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6934446</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:39:17 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Twenty-one years ago I unexpectedly found myself in the world of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) when my son was born 4-months premature; weighing one-pound ten-ounces. I had no idea that such a place existed.]]></description>
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<title>The Final Two Minutes - How to Play Full Out in Your Business</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6935993</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6935993</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 07:53:37 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I love watching the final minutes of basketball and football games. There's something amazing about how athletes always play full out until the very end.]]></description>
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<title>Change Management and Transformation</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6937348</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6937348</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:34:58 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Transforming management performance requires a structured assessment of the current working conditions to identify the people and processes involved in slowing the growth for a company. After review a plan is devised to transform the underperforming processes to highly productive operations. Managers are then able to lead with greater optimism and confidence.]]></description>
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<title>Process Auditing: Customer Related Processes</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6938226</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6938226</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:35:13 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The sixth article of ten in a series addressing modern day auditing standards in the Aerospace industry. This series breaks down the technical RABSQA AS9100 auditor requirements and attempts to explain them in modern day terminology.]]></description>
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<title>Process Audit Approach: Planning of Product Realization</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6938151</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6938151</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:34:55 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The fifth article of ten in a series addressing modern day auditing standards in the Aerospace industry. This series breaks down the technical RABSQA AS9100 auditor requirements and attempts to explain them in modern day terminology.]]></description>
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<title>AS9100 Auditing Standards: Management's Commitment</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6938146</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6938146</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:34:25 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The third article of ten in a series addressing modern day auditing standards in the Aerospace industry. This series breaks down the technical RABSQA AS9100 auditor requirements and attempts to explain them in modern day terminology.]]></description>
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<title>AS9100 Auditing Standards: Managing Documentation Requirements</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6938138</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6938138</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:34:07 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The second article of ten in a series addressing modern day auditing standards in the Aerospace industry, particularly the documentation aspect. This series breaks down the technical RABSQA AS9100 auditor requirements and attempts to explain them in modern day terminology.]]></description>
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<title>RABSQA Requirements: Understanding the Process Auditing Approach</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6938125</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6938125</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:33:45 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The first article of ten in a series addressing modern day auditing standards in the Aerospace industry. This series breaks down the technical RABSQA AS9100 auditor requirements and attempts to explain them in modern day terminology.]]></description>
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<title>Leading Change Across Different Generations</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6933284</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6933284</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:48:39 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Leading change and transformation can be challenging at the best of times. Now though most companies are trying to engage employees across multiple generations in change. They learn differently, communicate differently and want different things from their career. What are you doing to deal with this?]]></description>
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<title>Roll Up Your Sleeves And Exceed Expectations Using Opportunity And Change</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6927655</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6927655</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 07:38:44 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It is necessary for our businesses to proactively know where our customers are going and how we can best exceed their expectations in getting there. Providing our customers, value, innovation, quality and uniqueness of our products and services has to be our focused and achievable objective as anything less is unacceptable to them. Why do many of our businesses struggle with exceeding expectations?]]></description>
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<title>Organizational Change Management - When Leaders Need to Rediscover The Organization's Core Beliefs</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6932790</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6932790</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:50:49 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In organizational change management, managers can get so caught up in planning and managing the process that they don't notice that little tangible results are being achieved. The activity becomes more important than the results. Leaders need to ensure that the core beliefs of the organization are brought alive in day-to-day business, and people at all levels live by those beliefs.]]></description>
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<title>What Is Organizational Transformation and Should You Transform?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6927072</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6927072</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:07:14 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Organizational transformation has both a change and transition element. The change required to align an organization's structures, systems, and resources around a new mission and strategy that increases the value delivered to customers is situational and tends to happen quickly. The transition element of organizational transformation is a protracted cultural and psychological process that managers and Staff members go through to let go of the old organizational reality and identity that they had before the change took place and learn new ways-of-working.]]></description>
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<title>A Typical Business Process Improvement Project</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6926412</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6926412</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:27:20 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Business Process Improvement (BPI) is a systematic approach to helping an organization optimize its underlying processes to achieve more efficient performance and results. BPI attempts to reduce variation and/or waste in processes, so that the desired outcome can be achieved with better utilization of resources. The steps in a BPI project usually include:]]></description>
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<title>Get Your Emotional IQ On!</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6925841</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6925841</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:00:30 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do you think that someday, insecure people may conclude to some degree that the only "better" out there is the person they have yet to become? Once they realize the utterly incredibly difficult challenge that lies ahead, only then can they begin to see how to transform their most undesirable traits into tools of encouragement, inspiration and empowerment. One of the definitions of emotional intelligence (EQ) is the term used to describe individuals who are able to respond to emotionally heated, intense discussions without losing their cool, and by staying diplomatic.]]></description>
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<title>Tips On The Way In Which You Can Help Your People To Adapt Swiftly to Change</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6929479</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6929479</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 09:15:52 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Change will be the new norm. This being the case, all managers have to know how to manage change within their teams. This article looks at how you can increase the effectiveness of team learning during periods of change.]]></description>
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<title>Influencing the Behavior of One Individual Can Change the Productivity of an Entire Company</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6907953</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6907953</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:52:25 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of the more critical and emerging skills that leaders must have is the ability to coach others. This ability "will create a performance focused, feedback rich organisation capable of creating and sustaining a competitive advantage" (Thomas C. Crane - Transformational coaching).]]></description>
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<title>Who Needs Employee Engagement Anyway?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6920941</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6920941</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 09:30:28 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Employee engagement is one of the terms you hear a lot these days and I've certainly used those words a great deal in the work that I do. Most everyone agrees that if you want to grow a successful business you need employees that are engaged. It's important, though, to ask the question why. Engagement for engagement's sake doesn't drive growth, profits or sustainability but the actions you get from an engaged team of people, do. Here are some of the reasons that engagement matters and why it's worth working towards.]]></description>
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<title>Are You Lost In Mid-Life Career Transitions?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6855369</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6855369</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:13:34 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do you feel lost in your Mid-Life Career? This article will provide you with increased insight into the world of experienced people who want or need to re-enter the employment rat race. It is aiming to provide guidance for career coaches/counsellors but is just as useful if you yourself are 'lost in transition'.]]></description>
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<title>Ambition Should Be Made of Sterner Stuff</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6909167</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6909167</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:40:50 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The pursuit of mediocrity is always successful. What does it take to pursue exceptional performance?]]></description>
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<title>The Unwritten Rules: A Source of Conflict in Families and Organizations</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6914334</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6914334</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:29:36 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Have you ever had an experience at work or in your family life where your behavior was influenced by the unwritten rules? For example, perhaps there is an unwritten rule that you do not talk about the declining sales in the department meetings. Or perhaps you have an unwritten rule in your family where your do not talk about anything relating to your father's diabetes and his diet. My guess is that you have experienced unwritten rules before in many group settings. All organizations and families have unwritten rules that regulate your behavior. Many times these rules go consciously unnoticed, but they can account for many of the decisions and actions within an organization.]]></description>
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<title>Suffering From Leadership Wilt?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6914502</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6914502</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:07:03 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Are we finding, training, and developing our leaders with the wrong goal in mind? The mark of a good leader is not necessarily greater profits, it is how you get those greater profits. It takes only a quirk of fate to present exceptional profit but it takes a leader to produce them over and over again. Leaders often fail when "under fire." America, has missed the mark, in the last 40 years when it comes to developing leaders. Let's return to the basics and focus on those things that will give leaders the tools they need excel in every environment.]]></description>
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<title>Scope Creep on Projects</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6889068</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6889068</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 08:46:52 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I've recently been engaged in a discussion on Scope Creep on a LinkedIn discussion group. I generally don't have much to say across any of the discussion groups I'm on, I prefer to see what other people think and how others have dealt different experiences and challenges in project management. But Scope Creep is a pet challenge of mine.]]></description>
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<title>How To Increase Your Optimism</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:34:47 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Having a sense of optimism is extremely important in helping a person face tough times and situations. It helps to paint hope when situations look bleak and helps strengthen a person when they are down.]]></description>
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<title>Business Not As Usual or &quot;How to Think Out of the Box&quot;</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 10:24:44 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["Thinking out of the box", is not what you think! It's a process of "How you think", allowing and inviting others to participate in finding solutions, or a better way of attracting and retaining customers.]]></description>
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<title>Business Pressure: How To Act Right Under Pressure</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 09:29:04 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Relax. Everyone is trying their hardest to do their best in order to survive and thrive when under business pressure. Pressuring oneself on trivial matters will only create stress in your life.]]></description>
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<title>Want More Balance?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:42:56 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Despite efforts on the Wii Fitness balance game, Wii persists in rating me as "unbalanced." And while it's true I'm feeling a bit stressed with a new book coming out in May, and more commitments than common sense dictates, being balanced is a challenge.]]></description>
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<title>How Email Is A Design Office Problem</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:28:28 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Email appears to be one of the greatest advancements in communication. However, email is a potential problem in the design office and effective email management should be a priority.]]></description>
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<title>What Approach Is Needed to Exceed Our Customer's Expectations?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:06:35 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Customers reward businesses that provide innovative and unique products and services that they need or want. We look for ways to bring innovation and uniqueness to our businesses, our products and services. Slow moving approaches of the past that were based on principles like "if it isn't broke, don't fix it" don't help us in exceeding the expectations of ourselves or of our customers. However, finding and delivering innovative and unique products must still be weighed with due diligence that considers value and mitigates risk. As owners and managers, we want our due diligence approaches to actively identify new opportunities and stretch our businesses towards faster improvements or take us in a new direction when a clear advantage is possible.]]></description>
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<title>The ORID Coaching Model Explained</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:36:50 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The ORID model is revolutionary and is the next step in the evolution of communication. This coaching model is a coach's best friend because it identifies the correct process to enable the client to expand on their inner potential. Awareness and motivation are critical elements to seizing success in personal and professional encounters. We believe that there is no such thing as a dead-end and there is always a possibility to win when there is a present unstoppable will. Our clients overcome extreme adversity and we have the endurance to support against any odds. We implement strategic tools and logic to expand the field of view concerning all situations. The ORID provides a great system to improve communication between the coach and elite associate. Coaching skills such as active listening and powerful questions enable the professional coach to take this tool to a higher level and a lesser qualified coach would not be able to manage the above tool effectively.]]></description>
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