Many corporate change programs fail to deliver the expected results. Gary Hamel, John Kotter, and others claim the failure rate to be around a staggering 70%. What is the role of executive teams here? How can executive teams increase the…
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Category: Business Transformation, Change Management, Latest on LeadershipWatch, Leading Change
Tags: Communication, Corporate Change, Executive Coaching, Executive Teams, Gary Hamel, John Kotter, Multinational Corporation, People Alignment, Program Management, Project Management, Strategy, Strategy Execution
The People Alignment Compass – Part 2 A leaders’ guide to mastering the Essence of People Alignment in today’s business reality. The People Alignment Compass articles provide tips and insights on how leaders can create people alignment. The checklists are…
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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
When you observe successful teams in action you witness that an atmosphere of openness is always one of the success factors that drive the team’s behavior and performance. But as we all have probably experienced a few times in our lives,…
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Category: Communication, Cross Cultural Teams, Cultural Integration, High Performance Teams, Leadership Alignment, Leadership Skills, Organization Development, Post Merger Integration, Team Work
Tags: BRIC, China, Communication, Cross-Cultural Communication, Cross-Cultural Teams, Fons Trompenaars, Harvard Business Review, High Performance Teams, India, Japan, Leadership, Leading Teams, Openness, Post-Merger Integration
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