As you rise to higher levels of leadership, your orientation toward the work you do needs to change. For people used to serving in a technical role or a role as an individual contributor, this can be a challenging transformation – because it requires you to change the very model you have in your mind …
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The ground rules being used by a cooperative housing community in Connecticut caught our attention recently. We are big proponents of using ground rules to facilitate productive discussions. These ones were especially good because they were thoughtful, detailed, and well-organized. They were also handwritten, which gave them a deeply personal quality (similar to how a …
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At LRI, we have always thought about strategic planning from the perspective of change. The strategic planning process is important because it aligns people’s understanding of what the organization is trying to accomplish and what its priorities are. It’s the starting point for real, meaningful change to occur. The other value of a strategic planning …
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Every leader of a company today lives in fear of disruptive innovation: the new technology, new service, or new government policy that enables customers to bypass your industry completely and get the same service or product from another source. It happened in the newspaper business when online services stripped away its near monopoly on classified …
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An article by David Brooks in the New York Times on February 11 struck me as prescient in the way it informs how leaders influence their organization’s cultures, often in unintended ways. Brooks begins his article talking about The Beatles and what made them successful. He points out that it was not simply their talent. …
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A massive change is taking place as people shift to a flexible workplace model. We call this seismic shift the “Third Wave” in how people work. Many organizations have responded in innovative ways. For example, leaders are learning how to manage by outcomes, investing in leadership coaching, and reimagining their organization’s purpose and vision. In …
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In my lifetime, I’ve seen three tidal waves of organizational change. The First Wave The first wave was driven by computers. Whether you worked in a newspaper, a bank or a bakery, computers enabled you to work more efficiently. Because of computers, our work processes became more efficient – more measurable, more repeatable and more …
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How do you engage an entire organization in effectively moving from one way of thinking about the business to another? At LRI, we focus on seven stages to a successful change management plan, as the following figure illustrates. Don’t have time right now to read the post? Download the PDF Leading the Change Process 1. …
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Building or reinforcing a great culture can require a lot of work. But investing in your company’s culture will have a major impact on performance. Download the PDF – “How Effective Leaders Build Organizational Culture” What do we mean by organizational culture? Organizational culture is a set of ingrained behaviors or norms that employees display …
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What characterizes a highly effective virtual team? We’ve put together the latest research into virtual teams to help you get a fresh, updated look at the Five Habits of High-Performing Teams, along with questions to help you assess how your team is doing. The book “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team” by Patrick Lencioni provides …
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