Change management (sometimes abbreviated as CM) is a collective term for all approaches to prepare, support, and help individuals, teams, and organizations in making organizational change. It includes methods that redirect or redefine the use of resources, business process, budget allocations, or other modes of operation that significantly change a company or organization.
The directive was clear, “You have a week to find a way to defuse our ‘process bombs.” This was the challenge put out by the new Vice President at a Fortune 200 company upon inheriting a business process fraught with delays and errors. It is amazing what a sense of urgency and an aggressive deadline will…
If you thought that Italy’s seemingly unassuming yogurt industry was just that, think again. French dairy group Lactalis have historically set their sights on Italian owned company Parmalat. A strategic, successful bid for a greater percentage of the Italian-owned company placed the French stakeholders too uncomfortably close to the company takeover threshold for the Italians….
Each of us belongs to a community, or network. In fact, each of us belongs to a great many different networks – with each network being defined by some kernel at its core. These kernels may be physical, ideological, geographical, genetic, religious, or one of countless other characteristics that might define who we are and to…
I know this title is a little provocative. It is supposed to be!! Two different ways… two different feelings! How would you feel if someone tells you that you have to change? There’s no choice. How would you feel when you have sufficient experience to perceive why you need to change, how you can change…
The Canadian Division of a global food manufacturer saved 28 million dollars in eight months, and saved several plants from closing, despite their high cost of production in an underutilized manufacturing system. It all began when the senior management stopped resisting what the workforce had to say. They returned to zero and started to listen….
Alpha Corporation is an influential, complex regulatory organization where technical leads have been turned into effective project managers using a simple data-driven dashboard. The corporation now consistently and quickly delivers value-added, low-risk software in support of its business mission. On a daily basis, the senior Vice President (VP) of Technology meets with key project managers (PMs)…
