A few weeks ago I received an unexpected call from a senior executive (I will call him Thomas) of a company I worked with some years ago. We had not seen each other for a long time and it was…
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Category: Business Transformation, Change Management, Employee Engagement, High Performance Teams, Leadership, Leadership Alignment, Organization Development, Team Work
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Business, Good to Great, Jim Collins, Leadership, Leading Change, Leading Teams, Management, Organization Development, People Alignment, Richard Branson
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
In my earlier post Why Alignment is crucial for those who Lead Change I explained how a lack of alignment can lead to compliance instead of commitment and how this can be a serious setback in achieving change. In all the…
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Category: Business Transformation, Change Management, Communication, Employee Engagement, High Performance Teams, Leadership, Leading Change
Tags: Alignment, Change Management, Commitment, Compliance, Lead change, Leadership, Management, Organizational Change, People Alignment, Teamwork
The story you are about to read is a real life story. A few years ago I participated in a management team meeting of John (not his real name) and his team. John’s company, a Fortune 100 business, had recently…
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“We decided on a clear strategy, but up to now we still didn’t succeed to put this strategy into action.” “How many times do I have to convince my people that this change is necessary for us? They clearly told…
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Category: Business Transformation, Change Management, Leadership, Leadership Alignment, Leadership Development, Leading Change, Team Work
Tags: Alignment, Business, Change Management, Lead change, Leadership, Leadership Alignment, Organizational Change, People Alignment