Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Leading through a layoff is one of the most unnerving challenges you can face as a manager. And, I had lost some of my best managers- – many of who had become close friends. We managed to sustain momentum, but it wasn’t easy. If you’ve moved on to the rebuilding stage, here are a few tips that can help.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 12, 2021

Recently, I interviewed three human resources professionals from organizations where we partner to deliver long-term leadership development. Meet your experts: Jessica Schwaller, Senior Director of Associate Performance and Development at Kforce. Perhaps you make mistakes that sabotage your opportunity to transform results.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 11, 2012

Esther Dyson reflects on one of those ways: restructuring institutional norms. The trick is to honor the past (or the present) while talking about the benefits of the new management. In Rippling , by Beverly Schwartz explores five strategic ways that social entrepreneurs change social systems. This can be hard to do.

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Leading Blog

JULY 23, 2021

Most people grapple with multiple disruptions, from hybrid teams to restructuring, digital transformations, and mergers and acquisitions. Uncertainty is now a workplace norm, and quickly managing new circumstances is a must-have survival and success capability. Managing Uncertainty. Managing Me: Managing the Unknown.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

AUGUST 20, 2012

They offer the advantages of increased information flow across boundaries, deeper development of expertise and knowledge, and greater flexibility and responsiveness. However, the disadvantages will quickly outweigh the advantages if leaders think this is simply a matter of restructuring or drawing dotted lines on an organizational chart.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 24, 2017

We were both managers of large sales teams, worked for the same overly demanding boss, and had to manage in a period of never-ending restructuring and downsizing. There are several ways that leaders jeopardize and undercut their team’s development. Teach and coach – Development is an active job.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2018

I currently mentor a close colleague, who has recently experienced probably the worst example of organisational restructuring and change management that I have witnessed in over forty years! Its mission is to help people and communities develop, grow and become sustainable. Oh, the irony! Focusing on the Long-term.

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HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2023

Poor management: Employees who feel that they are not supported, heard, or valued by their managers are more likely to leave an organization. Restructuring: Employees may be laid off due to a company’s restructuring or downsizing. Talent management is another important factor in managing turnover in the workplace.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2017

He works for a large national, not for profit organization in the UK, and it is mired in yet another major restructuring process, driven, as ever, by dwindling funding. Senior managers follow, apparently slavishly, structural change, without a clear vision to underpin it. The current process has been on-going for months.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 26, 2021

While change management is sometimes couched as being all about “winning hearts and minds,” the truth is more nuanced: change comes with a cost — and is not necessarily positive for all stakeholders. Use polarity management as an avenue to address resistance. Job insecurity. Misaligned reward systems. Fear of failure.

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Leaders must develop sophisticated frameworks for distinguishing between valuable collaborative input and detrimental approval-seeking behaviors. Restructuring Leadership Priorities Professional excellence demands unwavering focus on mission-critical objectives and strategic imperatives.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Or, you just went through a big restructure, and suddenly you’re leading a team of people who don’t know you or one another. Practice Celebration and Accountability. Does any of this sound familiar? Your business quadrupled in the past year and new people are everywhere.

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Rich Gee Group

JUNE 10, 2024

In business, the adage "penny wise and pound foolish" often describes a short-sighted approach to cost management that undermines long-term success. Downsizing, salary cuts, and underinvestment in employee development can decrease morale, productivity, and overall company performance, ultimately impacting the bottom line.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 24, 2019

David Nielson brings over four decades of corporate, Fortune 500, and private consulting experience in organizational change management, leadership development, and training. David has helped guide large-scale change initiatives and business strategy driven by ERP, mergers, restructuring, and the need for cultural change.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

An organisation recruited me to help resolve an internal team issue arising from a budget-driven restructuring programme. They intended to remove management posts and re-shape staffing levels. As a result, I had to stabilise and lead the team, pending the recruitment of a new manager and some additional part-time support staff.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 15, 2025

We typically manage out people who arent meeting expectations over the course of a year, Zuckerberg also wrote, but now were going to do more extensive performance-based cuts during this cycle. Meta has undergone significant restructuring since 2022, beginning with the layoffs of approximately 11,000 jobs.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 29, 2019

A management consulting firm. David Nielson brings over three decades of corporate, Fortune 500, and private consulting experience in organizational change management, leadership development, and training. He is the owner of David Nielsen & Associates (DNA).

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Center for Creative Leadership

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Most change-management ventures fail. But it’s essential to differentiate the use of coaching for development from coaching for change. What’s the difference between coaching for change versus coaching for development? The Difference Between Coaching for Development and Coaching for Change. Strategic intent.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

As downsizing, restructuring and delayering took hold in the late 1980’s, old ladders became largely inaccessible. Someone who wants to manage others can still get there. Managing others is not for everyone. Careers used to be predictable. There were paths and ladders. The hierarchy worked – for some. Some rungs disappeared.

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Chartered Management Institute

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The speed of (and need for) change continues to increase, meaning change management consultants must be properly equipped for the challenges ahead. Ranjit also helped to develop the Change Management Practitioner and Certified Local Change Agent qualifications.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

with equal rotation of study in the final year of GMI’s Business Administration School, really launched my career at GM and led to my quick progression through the organisation culminating in my leading the team that restructured General Motors in Australia in 1986. I have been extremely fortunate to have had a very varied career.

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HR Digest

APRIL 29, 2023

Human resources (HR) management has long been a popular career choice for individuals seeking a challenging and fulfilling job that involves helping organizations optimize their workforce. Careers for HR managers have also been more prevalent in recent times. Are there any second careers for HR professionals? These include: 1.

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HR Digest

APRIL 11, 2025

Cost optimization: Were not stranger to cost cutting, however, the recent workforce reductions in certain divisions will allow Google to manage expenses amid an uncertain economy. As tech giants pivot to stay competitive, middle managers and specialized teams often face the brunt of restructuring efforts.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 8, 2021

I wanted to work with a mature diversity, equity, and inclusion management practice and bring it to the next level. Jon Muñoz: Most recently, we completed an independent assessment of our DEI management practices. It’s also important to create development programs to support different workforce segments.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 26, 2023

However, the key lies not in avoiding conflict altogether, but in effectively managing and resolving it. In this comprehensive guide, we will delve into the intricacies of conflict management, exploring practical strategies and techniques for handling conflict at work.

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LDRLB

JUNE 13, 2011

They might say “previous management experience required” or “experience with outside sales preferred.” Minimum 7 Years Management Experience Required”. In a work context, if individuals work in the same position at length, but the demands of the position never change, then no new skills are really being developed.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Students of business and economics interested in business restructuring and acquisition. The M&A Failure Trap serves as the very blueprint to help top-level management and interested parties make better choices about their organization, avoiding the pitfalls that have led many companies to ruin. Explore alternatives (e.g.,

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In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 7, 2014

A long time ago, this ethic saved a near-bankrupt company that I had a part in restructuring. To rise from the ashes, our young management team made several tough sacrifices to transform a multi-product, multi-brand operation from generalist to specialist. Specialists beat generalists – always have, always will.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Too often, when innovation processes fall short, top managers make the impulsive diagnosis that it’s because their people are simply unwilling to change. This assumption is pervasive: A recent study revealed that 76 percent of managers believed their organizations didn’t have the capabilities needed to move into the future.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 16, 2023

This discourse ventures into the heart of adept change management, spotlighting four pivotal realms that form the cornerstone of any triumphant metamorphosis. This metamorphosis often necessitates tailored training and development initiatives, equipping team members with the requisite skills and insights for the new order.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 29, 2017

When I was a naive manager thrust into a management role, I had the misconception that most leaders back then were born or they just seemed to drop from the sky. Our bank management training group dwindled down as we became “leaders” and landed new roles. Forward a year and I acknowledged my errors. Wish us luck!

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Strategy Driven

JULY 5, 2023

In this in-depth exploration, we will delve into tips and strategies to manage your small business finances during a crisis and emerge more resilient than ever. Understanding these vulnerabilities is the first step towards effective crisis management. Proactive Debt Management A crisis often necessitates taking on additional debt.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Once we release Gravity, we focus on finding our true value, mapping that to realistic market opportunities, create a flight plan (including waypoints to manage progress) and away we go! The book helps readers learn to release their Gravity – those beliefs that hold them down. Once we challenge our beliefs and knowns –the sky is the limit.

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Lead from Within

MAY 21, 2019

That requires that you become strategic with managing your time and that you make coaching a consistent priority. Unlike most other learning and development processes, you are responsible for setting your own learning objectives, crafting session agendas and structuring the coaching schedule. Think of what you want to accomplish.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Our Universal Model of Leadership helps explain how extraordinary leadership develops and how to accelerate its development. Our Universal Model includes five stages of progressive leadership development: Egocentric, Reactive, Creative, Integral, and Unitive. Each stage develops out of the previous stage and into the next.

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QAspire

JANUARY 20, 2011

To deliver higher value to customers, business leaders implement complex strategies, restructure the organization periodically, lay out new initiatives, improve upon they existing processes, focus on sales, training, people etc. with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL Don’t Kill It!

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Chartered Management Institute

JANUARY 14, 2025

Here, he explains how the arrival of Covid-19 made clients come around to his thinking and helped him find his purpose When asked about formative experiences, Adrian Walcott CCMI, managing director of Brands with Values, recalls a stint at a top international bank. Please login to the left to confirm your registration and access the article.

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