Ask any Organisational Change person how long it takes to change the culture in an organisation, and they will tell you 2 to 3 years. Why so long? Well if you want to change the way people think, interact, respond and work, it is challenging, really very challenging. Getting your ducks in a [...]
Peter James: Leadership and Management Summary: As organisations grow, the level of complexity grows accordingly, and the division of tasks increases. As this happens, don’t lose sight of the fact that some activities still need to sit across management as a whole -they should not be delegated or departmentalised wholesale as the organisation grows. Leadership [...]
In my 30 something years in Management and Leadership roles I’ve been psychologically sliced and diced so many different ways I’m not sure if I’m Arthur or Martha. There are so many options out there, especially with the explosion of the internet, and it is hard to figure what to use, where and how. [...]
Q & A with Eric Schwarz on the Change Diagnostic Index What is the Change Diagnostic Index? The Change Diagnostic Index© (CDI) identifies and measures behaviors, perceptions, and attitudes that emerge in a collection of individuals in response to a change initiative. The index provides a monitor of an organisation's ability to function effectively [...]
What is the Changing Gears program? In a nutshell Changing Gears is about celebrating our ageing workforce, transitioning them from full-time work with dignity and assisting their employer organisations with that process. It has evolved over several years and we work across the country and across all sectors. We've had around 7000 mature-age employees [...]
For such a topical subject, it is surprising how little organisations are paying attention to it. Is it because its not seen as an operation imperative? Are people oblivious to the consequences? Or is it just on the ‘too hard’ basket. Many organisations we speak to are very ‘intellectually’ interested in investigating the issue, but [...]
I was speaking to a good friend of mine the other day about the nature of change and she raised an interesting scenario. When an employee in her organisation was put into a better position, a promotion that they willingly accepted, they brought with them enough of the past to potentially derail their future. It [...]
Have you found a need to restructure your organisation lately? There’s a lot of it going on. There are a number of reasons why you would undertake this daunting task but the two big one’s are: 1. Cut costs (possibly due to a downturn in business) 2. Changing the way to go to market (new [...]
Few people would realise that prior to taking on the role as General Manager at Career Life Transitions I was a skydiving instructor. I have over 4000 jumps under my belt and have worked all over the world including drop zones in Spain, Sweden and the USA. As a skydiving instructor I was at the [...]
At Career Life Transitions we are constantly in conversation with people searching for work and people searching for people who want work. Of late there are a number of interesting trends we’ve noticed and one is the change in the nature of the working structure. Baby boomers are now moving into retirement and while they [...]
Dr Susan Roberts says: