We live in times of change. Shifting powers between West and East, technological evolutions, emerging countries and changing economic landscapes, financial systems that are under severe pressure, new innovative companies that change market places. As I described in an earlier…
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Category: Business Transformation, Change Management, Communication, Culture Change, Employee Engagement, Leadership, Leadership Development, Leadership Skills, Leading Change, Organization Development, People Skills
Tags: Business, Change Management, Communication, Forbes, John Kotter, Lead change, Leadership, People Alignment
Post Merger Integration research over the past decades has shown that a great deal of mergers and acquisitions did not yield the desired value. Many surveys mention insufficient attention to the people and cultural aspects of the integration as one of the main causes of failure. Overlooking or underestimating the effect of cultural differences can seriously hinder the integration process and can destroy value. Read more …
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Category: Business Transformation, Cross Cultural Teams, Cultural Integration, Culture Change, Leadership Alignment, Leading Change, Post Merger Integration
Tags: Booz Allen Hamilton, Business, Business Transformation, Consulting, Cultural Identity, Fons Trompenaars, KPMG, Leadership, Post-Merger Integration, Synergy
The story goes that the hunters put an apple in a glass jar with a narrow opening and leave the jar deep into the jungle under a tree. In the evening the monkeys come out of the trees triggered by…
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Category: Business Transformation, Change Management, Culture Change, Leadership, Leadership Skills, Leading Change, Post Merger Integration
Tags: Apple, Business, Change Management, Cross-Cultural Teams, Cultural Change, Leadership, Leading Change, Organization Development
“The team is already four months involved in this change process. They are informed in detail about the reasons for the change and the objectives that were set by the executive board. The phase of ‘not knowing’ or ‘not understanding’…
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Category: Business Transformation, Change Management, Culture Change, High Performance Teams, Leadership, Leadership Skills, Leading Change, Organization Development, Team Work
Tags: Aad Boot, Alignment, Business, Business Transformation, Change Management, Cultural Change, Jim Collins, Lead change, Leadership, Leading Teams, Organization Development, Organizational Culture, People Alignment, Teamwork
Companies face the impact of a globalized market. New economies are emerging fast. Mergers and acquisitions are increasing. Traditional market positions of companies are challenged. As a result leaders are confronted more and more with new and different ways of…
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Category: Communication, Cross Cultural Teams, Cultural Integration, Culture Change, High Performance Teams
Tags: Communication, Cross-Cultural Teams, Cultural Alignment, Executive Coaching, High Performance Teams, Intercultural Leadership, Leadership, Leadership Alignment, Organizational Culture, Post-Merger Integration
Many companies operate in globalized markets, and leaders have to deal with cross-cultural differences. How do successful leaders create effective collaboration across organizations between members from different cultures? Read More …
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Category: Cross Cultural Teams, Cultural Integration, Culture Change, High Performance Teams, Leadership Alignment, Leadership Skills, Post Merger Integration
Tags: Business, Cross-Cultural Teams, Cultural Identity, Leadership, Leadership Alignment, People Alignment, Science Daily, University of Zurich
Creating people alignment is crucial to your business success. It always has been and always will be. But what does this mean in our current business environment where the globalization has spread like a fire? What is the impact on…
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Category: Business Transformation, Cross Cultural Teams, Cultural Integration, Culture Change, High Performance Teams, Leadership, Leadership Alignment, Leading Change, Post Merger Integration, Team Work
Tags: Charles Hampden-Turner, Cultural Identity, Devdutt Pattanaik, Fons Trompenaars, Leadership, Leadership Alignment