Change Management

Lean Leader’s Role, A Shift in Mindset 0
- Change Management, Leadership
- June 5, 2019
Lean thinking is fundamentally transforming the way organizations operate. The Lean principles of continuous improvement, respect for people, and a relentless focus on delivering customer value are making teams and organizations rethink the practices that might have guided them for decades. A new, transformative approach to working requires a transformation in leadership, as well. For
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Lean Starts with Long-Term Thinking 0
- Change Management, Lean Management
- June 3, 2019
Lean isn’t just something you do, it’s something you become. The quest to become Lean is never-ending simply because there are always new ways to become even more Lean, even more streamlined, even more efficient. Beyond that…Lean isn’t easy. There are great benefits to be derived from organizations that take even just the first step
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The Formula for Successful Change 0
- Change Management
- May 15, 2019
For virtually everyone change means hard work, risk, and the need to learn new ways for unproven benefits. Change is one of the most difficult things for humans to readily accept. Charles Darwin said, “It is not the strongest species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones who are most responsive to change”
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3 Steps to Culture Change 0
- Change Management, Culture
- April 22, 2019
In business the only constant is change. That’s a good thing. Without change we don’t grow, and if we aren’t growing, we’re usually stagnating and dying. Changing your organization is difficult; I’ve heard it described as akin to turning and ocean liner — it can be done, but not quickly, without jeopardizing your success. And
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Change Management: Advice on Managing Resistance to Change 0
- ASQ's Influential Voices, Change Management
- September 17, 2018
ASQ’s Influential Voices were asked in the recent roundtable topic about change management, specifically: It’s often said that people don’t resist “change” so much as they resist “being changed.” So, the job of change management is clear: In a nutshell, you must explain why the affected people should want to change, and thereby cultivate readiness
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Undo Old Habits and Make New Connections to Embrace Change 0
- Change Management
- September 10, 2018
Culture can be defined as the sum of individuals’ work habits within an organization. Culture is often invisible to the members within the group because it is “the way we do things around here.” One implication of culture as a collection of habits and practices is that it has incredible inertia and momentum. Cultural inertia
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