How to Squeeze More Out of Every Day and Still Have Time to Play in the Evenings!

You’ll discover tried and tested and proven business building strategies and the little known secrets of some of the best business minds on the planet - ideas you’ll be able to slot seamlessly into your own business and personal success formula.

American Auto Makers Have to Change - So Do We!

The past few weeks have presented nothing but bad news for the formerly world leading American automobile industry. Henry Ford must be rolling over in his tomb. Alfred Sloan, the architect of the multi-division General Motors juggernaut, is a very sad “car guy” in the sky these days. Plant closings, huge employee layoffs, lost market share and horrid fiscal performance indicate that the “big three” (including Daimler-Chrysler) are in big trouble. They must change, and change is not pleasant for huge business complexes, or for employees, suppliers or customers. We live in a global market place. Nothing will change that. If foreign auto companies make better products at a better price we have to confront, and overcome, these market realities. Americans always have in the past, and there is no reason not to foresee a bright, but different future, for every current participant involved in the radical restructuring of our formerly great auto business.

Always on the Grow

If we continue to do what we've always been doing, we will continue to get what we've always been getting. To get somewhere else, we need to grow into someone else.

The Three Sides of The Change Box - And The Contents of The Box

If the three sides of the box are about; the fundaments of the change, the organizational scope and the depth of the change or the impact, than there is still something missing. It is not an important part. In fact, for managing change you should not give it too much attention...

The Dynamic Power of Hope

Hope is one of the most powerful sources of energy ever known to humankind. Highly energized cultures are charged with hopefulness and optimism. It's the dynamic power that mobilizes individuals and teams to make the improbable possible. It's the mark of a leader.

How Can You Create a Healthy Healthcare Organization? Treat It Like a Patient!

Many healthcare organizations primarily focus on the clinical side and often ignore the quality of the rest of the organization. Your site is like a human body. Maintaining and improving the health of an organization is much like maintaining the health of a human body--focus on the whole and its parts.

Developing World Class Enterprise Agility: How to Manage Radical Transformation

Becoming an agile world class company requires overcoming organizational inertia. Often overlooked are outdated cultures, ineffective management skills, bureaucratic red tape, and a reward system that doesn't fit. How do you get your arms around this? The integrated change model provides a comprehensive methodology for large scale change and implementation of time-based strategy.

Differences Between Products And Services

What are some of the main differences between products and services? And when are these differences relevant?

Franchise Outlet Training and New Hires

Often in franchising, franchise outlets will have turnover of key personnel. They may seek the services of the franchisor to train the new employee. In some cases franchise or training of managers may actually be required to be done by the franchise himself.

Change in Four Steps: How to Make Effective Changes at Work

Why is this the third time you have set this goal? You know how to set goals. Where is the problem? It could be that you have no plan for accomplishing this change. How can you expect to accomplish this without a new approach? You can’t.

Attention! Using Projects For Guiding Change - Small Versus Large Organizations

There are many similarities between large companies on one hand and small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) on the other hand. Many concepts that may have been developed for large organizations are applicable for small businesses. Large organization could benefit from (forgotten) methods that are used by small businesses. Especcially when dealing with change.

Turnarounds: From the Oval Office to the Corner Office

The headlines recently have focused on how the replacement of President George W. Bush’s chief of staff may serve to salvage the President’s second term. His new chief of staff has set an agenda, made announcements and started lopping off heads, so to speak, in a very public way. This is not too different from what has happened at corporations during turnarounds. Whether looking at financial institutions, industrial companies, airlines, consumer goods companies or telecommunications giants, the visible dynamics are they same.

How to Diminish Project Failures

Projects are widely used to implement changes. Yet the duration of a project is also a risk factor.