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May 21, 2019

Managing Creative Friction in Your Project Team

Diversity on a project team drives innovation. As different ideas, thought patterns, and beliefs play off each other, it can spur tremendous innovation—but sometimes this very energy and dynamism can be hard to control, or even result in unproductive conflict. Practicing these quick project team management tips can help your team stay in that productive middle ground, and set the stage for success.
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May 15, 2019 Change Transformation

Tools & Methodologies for Your Change Transformation COE

A healthy organization transformation COE works in an organized, systematic, and efficient way to assist in implementing organizational change within an organization. However, without a clearly defined methodology (e.g., body of approaches, frameworks and tools), the COE will simply function...
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April 30, 2019

Build the Right Project Team for Success

While building project teams is a routine task in many companies, it is not always approached as the opportunity for excellence that it is. Diversity is key to creative genius—but there is more to diversity than most realize. Look for diversity in these 5 areas to get the best results from your small team.
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February 6, 2019 Developing Leaders

Developing Leaders in Times of Change & Transformation

“They just don’t get it! They have training manuals, real-time data, managers, directors, and a CRM.  Why can’t all of them just exercise common sense?” Leadership during times of significant challenges or change demands skills and abilities of leaders above...
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January 23, 2019

Preparing for Contingencies in Change Management

There are many interesting parallels between leadership in the military and corporate America. While not everything that works for the military is suited to corporate change management, there are certain military ideas and practices that, when adapted to corporate use,...
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January 15, 2019 Business Model Innovation

Business Model Innovation for Relevance and Differentiation

Business model innovation is an essential element of success for today’s organizations. To stay competitive in a rapidly changing market, organizations must continually reinvent themselves. At its core, good business model redesign is about finding a novel way to solve...
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January 9, 2019

5 Best Practices for an Organization Change COE

To stay competitive, organizations today must be agile and adapt quickly to rapidly changing markets, technology, and economic conditions. Effective change management is therefore essential. Change management initiatives can be handled in various ways within an organization. Outsourcing is certainly...
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