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Is the next evolution of Change Management better integration with Project Management?
2:04pm Tuesday 06 December 2011 - Mindset Where major projects are concerned, experience dictates that change management needs to be clearly articulated at the outset to maximise success and ensure a smooth transition to the new mode of operation, rather than added in as an afterthought or at a secondary stage. [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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Dude, Business Planning Could Save You From a Wipe Out. Like, Totally.
10:52am Tuesday 29 November 2011 - Mindset As a volunteer surf life saver I spend many hours on the beach watching what’s going on. Over the years I have observed that those in the surf fall into two broad categories – those who move with the water, and those that are moved by the water. The really interesting difference between these tw [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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A Prevue Case Study: Reducing Turnover with Assessments
3:04pm Thursday 17 November 2011 - Mindset I wanted to share this recent case study from Prevue HR Systems, about an organisation in the US who had a turnover rate of 41.4%. Using Prevue Assessments, this organisation has reduced that to less than 20% within two years. [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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Two Seconds To Hire
12:49pm Tuesday 08 November 2011 - Mindset A study I read a few years back has always stuck in my mind. It was conducted by a US University (apologies for not remembering which), and the purpose of the study was to evaluate the ability of lecturers to engage students and better understand how they engaged their students. [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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The Grounding of QANTAS: Courageous Leadership or Corporate Suicide?
2:11pm Friday 04 November 2011 - Mindset There is no doubt that Qantas’ CEO, Alan Joyce, and its board will be watching the results of the airline closely over the next few months. In my experience from a change perspective, courageous decisions by leaders are all too lacking in the current business environment. And, whether you agree wi [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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Corporate Restructuring: Musical Chairs, Anyone?
10:55am Wednesday 02 November 2011 - Mindset People fear the words restructure or reorganisation. I like the analogy Ron Ashkenas uses when he says that reorganisation or corporate restructuring is often perceived as musical chairs by people in the workplace, with the end result being less people! [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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Managing Internal Candidates: How do you prevent good employees from going bad when they don’t get the job?
2:04pm Thursday 27 October 2011 - Mindset Today, I’d like to take a look at how to manage internal candidates when they’ve been unsuccessful in their application for an advertised position within the organisation, and how to prevent them from becoming disengaged and a distraction to your business operations. [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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Recruiting Internal Candidates: Is It a Case of Better the Devil You Know?
12:28pm Tuesday 25 October 2011 - Mindset Enlightened managers recognise that to get the best people for a position they must consider all possible candidates, both internal to the company and external. Internal candidates, at first glance, can look like the ideal candidate, but commonly, they carry a lot of baggage... [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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What do Hairdressing and Change Management Have in Common?
10:34am Thursday 20 October 2011 - Mindset It was recently suggested to me that I am a hairdresser. Apparently as a change manager it is my role to come in at the end and make things look nice. Well there may be change managers out there who work that way, but it’s not me, and not the way that my Mindset colleagues work either. [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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Sam Stosur used hers to win the US Open. What are you going to use yours to do?
3:59pm Tuesday 11 October 2011 - Mindset As news reports poured in that Samantha Stosur had beaten US powerhouse and 27-time Grand Slam winner, Serena Williams, and won the first Grand Slam title by an Australian woman in 31 years, I was struck by how much her victory was (as with most sport) more a win of Mindset than physical ability. [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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