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White Papers
Learn How the IT Director at a US Federal Agency Manages IT Changes
Apr 2012
Among its initial IT users, this Federal agency calls the experience with new ITinvolve for Change Management™ love at first sight. Learn why its IT Director says, "Before we were introduced to...
Provided by ITinvolve, Inc.
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White Papers
A New Transformative Approach for Minimizing the Risk of IT Changes
Apr 2012
Current methods of IT change management ranging from CMDBs to service desks do not give administrators what they need to understand the risks or potential impacts of proposed changes. A new,...
Provided by ITinvolve, Inc.
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White Papers
Improving and Streamlining IT Change Management: A Real World Example
Apr 2012
For the first time, IT professionals have the necessary insight and visibility to manage IT changes using the right information, delivered at the right time to the right people. This scenario...
Provided by ITinvolve, Inc.
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Downloads
Download Savvion's Free Business Process Modeling Software
Jul 2006
The first step in improving your business processes is to articulate precisely where bottlenecks exist, and the most efficient way to do that is by simulating your existing processes using...
Provided by Savvion
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White Papers
Leading Change, Transition And Transformation
Mar 2009
Change management is a set of processes employed to ensure that significant changes are implemented in a controlled and systematic manner. One of the goals of change management is the alignment of...
Provided by University of Adelaide
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White Papers
Maintaining A Productive Workforce During A Consolidation Process
Jan 2010
Whether a company is consolidating its own business units or merging entirely with another firm, it represents a shift in culture for employees: processes change, routines become unsettled, and...
Provided by American Management Association
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White Papers
Leadership Programs: Change Management
Jan 2009
Today's reality is that companies worldwide are struggling to ensure continuity in their business success. What works for this year may not necessarily work for the future. Profits may tumble...
Provided by ANERGY FUN ENGINEERS
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White Papers
Leading And Managing Sustainable Change - Addressing The Key Causes Of Failure
Dec 2008
Failure to successfully execute often comes from seeing the change as solely structural - so once the new system is implemented, the new organization chart drawn, the papers are signed to legalize...
Provided by Symphini
-
White Papers
Streamlining Client Migration and Deployment
May 2008
To help organizations simplify the task of replacing or refreshing hardware, Dell's Client Migration Solution combines industry-standard best practices and automation technology.
Provided by Dell
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White Papers
EnLoc: Energy-Efficient Localization for Mobile Phones
Jan 2009
A growing number of mobile phone applications utilize physical location to express the context of information. Most of these location-based applications assume GPS capabilities. Unfortunately, GPS...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
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White Papers
9 Questions To Ask When Leading Change To Get More Engagement
Jan 2010
Have you ever been 'Talked at' instead of had someone 'Talk with' you in a real life conversation? It doesn't feel good to have someone talk AT you. It's quite patronizing really. It leaves you...
Provided by RiverFork Consulting
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White Papers
Why Change Management Needs Design Thinking
Oct 2009
Unfortunately, traditional change management tactics fall short of realizing successful change. Tactical plans to manage change are only as useful as the strategy that drives them. You cannot put...
Provided by Associated Content
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White Papers
The Total Customer Experience: Best Practices of Cisco, Lands' End, and Air Products and Chemicals
Sep 2005
Regardless of whether we are business customers or independent consumers, we desire "one version of the truth." Learn how best-practice organizations provide one version of truth to employees and...
Provided by APQC
-
White Papers
Effective Leadership Transition In M&A
Jan 2010
Too often, the first signals that come from the leadership team of an organization taking over ownership, to the people of a newly acquired organization, send tremors of uncertainty and confusion...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
Art Or Science?: How To Select A New Leadership Team After A Merger Or Acquisition
Jan 2009
Selecting a leadership team is one of the most important decisions the CEO of a newly combined company will ever face. Employees, investors, and board members will be watching closely because the...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
Leadership, Communication & Change
Jan 2010
Leadership, change management and communication are so intimately linked that it's really not possible to be successful at the first two without well developed communication skills. Part of...
Provided by Robert Bacal
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White Papers
Learning's Place During CEO Transitions
Oct 2007
As they look at the statistics about the ever-shrinking tenure of the average CEO and the often insurmountable challenges faced at the top level, newly appointed CEOs might be forgiven for looking...
Provided by MediaTec Publishing
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White Papers
Followership: How Followers Are Creating Change And Changing Leaders
Nov 2007
Beginning in 2002 an ad agency by the name of McKinney & Silver rolled out a slogan that caught on fast. Hired to persuade people in the market for premium cars that Audi cars were better than...
Provided by Harvard Business School Publishing
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White Papers
The Real Reason People Won't Change
Nov 2009
Tearing out the managerial hair over employees who just won't change - especially the ones who are clearly smart, skilled, and deeply committed to the company and their plans for improvement?...
Provided by Harvard Business School Publishing
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White Papers
Godfather Management? The Role Of Leaders In Changing Organizational Culture In Transition Economies
Dec 2009
The objective of the paper is to examine the degree to which national culture and/or the business sector are influencing factors in organization culture change. This paper aims to determine...
Provided by Budapesti Business School
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White Papers
Culture Change From The Outside/In
May 2009
An senior executive called recently and said that he wanted to "Change his culture." When the author asked what he had in mind, he talked about how he felt that the underlying norms, values, and...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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White Papers
Driving Change That Works
Oct 2009
A highly successful international firm that prided itself on a strong commitment to its employees began trimming its staff at the first signs of the downturn. One senior manager convened a meeting...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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White Papers
Build On Your Strengths To Strengthen Others
May 2009
You can't walk into a conference these days without bumping into a speaker who is trumpeting the value of building on your strengths. It's easy to understand why this message resonates. "Build on...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
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Case Studies
Who Will Lead?
Jan 2010
Retiring baby boomers in the next decade will create an unprecedented leadership void. A number of trends have converged to create a dearth of leader and manager candidates. Ross Vierra described...
Provided by Management Concepts
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White Papers
Leading Change (And Change Management)
Jun 2010
This paper will discuss about Leading Change from front by the top man of the organization for betterment of the business. By successfully implementing change, it can create competitive advantage,...
Provided by R3Now.com
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White Papers
Leading Change With A Global Mindset At Johnson & Johnson In Brazil
Jun 2009
Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products thrived during decades of military rule and a closed economy. Brands such as Cotonete for cotton swabs, Sundown for sunscreen and Band-Aids for adhesive...
Provided by Thunderbird School of Global Management
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White Papers
Leading A Process Of Change Based On Mission
Jan 2008
Companies don't look for leaders and followers; they want leaders who will beget other leaders. Leadership is a skill now sought after at all levels of an organization. However, achieving this...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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White Papers
Shaping The Business Leaders Of Tomorrow
Mar 2007
K-12 education in America is in a profound state of crisis. Public schools are challenged by a range of issues, including crumbling infrastructure, teacher shortages, deficits in teacher quality,...
Provided by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
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White Papers
The Chief Information Officer - Achieving Credibility, Relevance And Business Impact
Oct 2008
In the past, it has often been unclear whether the CIO role was simply another label for the head of information technology in a company. The role was often seen as someone who kept the systems up...
Provided by IMD
-
White Papers
Mindfulness
Sep 2008
The East and West are converging not only materially - through global trade, virtual networks, manufacturing technologies and consumer fashions - but also psychologically through the development...
Provided by IMD
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White Papers
Using Facilitation To Drive Change - The Change Leader's Guide
Jul 2007
This paper will help you to become a more sophisticated user of facilitation - to know what questions to ask facilitators before you hire them; to know how to judge the quality of a facilitator's...
Provided by IMD
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White Papers
Disentangling The Influences Of Leaders' Relational Embeddedness On Interorganizational Exchange
Oct 2008
Drawing on the concept of relational embeddedness and the associated mechanisms of mutual understanding, trust, and commitment, the authors examine how leaders' prior exchange experiences...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
-
White Papers
Don't Waste The Crisis Opportunity Knocks!
Jun 2009
As we adjust to the mixed economic signals of 2009, a mood of relief is settling in. However, we perceive an insidious sense of resignation among far too many executives battered and bruised by...
Provided by IMD
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White Papers
The Transforming Leadership Development Landscape
Jan 2010
The recent stream of financial failures has not only revealed institutional examples of problematic financing but, in many cases, a vacuum of leadership and effective management as well. It is no...
Provided by City University of London (Cass)
-
White Papers
Strategic Leadership: Being There Even When You Are Not
Sep 2007
In order to engage people to deliver results beyond expectations, leaders at the top of organizations need to seriously consider how they exercise both their leadership in organizations as well as...
Provided by IMD
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White Papers
Transformational Leadership In Project Management
Mar 2010
Poor Communication and Strategic Alignment within Projects Result in Lost Opportunity and Poor Performance. Develop stronger systems for linking strategy to project investments by connecting...
Provided by University of Texas (Dallas)
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White Papers
Motivating During Times Of Change
Apr 2010
Managers facing the task of doing more with fewer resources during this economic recovery can turn critical situations into opportunities to show their sophistication as leaders. "Change...
Provided by Columbia University
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White Papers
Sustainable Effectiveness Of A Transformational Leadership Development Program: An Exploratory Study
Jun 2009
This paper explores the impact of a transformational leadership development program on the lives of its participants after a one year interval. The authors address three fundamental questions: (1)...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Development And Application Of The Leadership Archetype Questionnaire
Mar 2009
The Leadership Assessment Questionnaire (LAQ) is a 360-degree survey instrument designed to help organizational leaders identify their own style of leadership and formulate appropriate development...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Pseudo-Transformational Leadership: Towards The Development And Test Of A Model
Sep 2007
A model was developed and tested of pseudo-transformational leadership. Pseudo-transformational leadership (i.e., the unethical facet of transformational leadership) is manifested by a particular...
Provided by Queen's University
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White Papers
New IT Change Management Cloud Service a "Game Changer" Says EMA Analyst
Apr 2012
Learn why Enterprise Management Associates analyst Dennis Drogseth calls ITinvolve for Change Management™ a breath of fresh air in humanizing change management and streamlining collaboration...
Provided by ITinvolve, Inc.
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White Papers
Improving and Streamlining IT Change Management: A Real World Example
Apr 2012
For the first time, IT professionals have the necessary insight and visibility to manage IT changes using the right information, delivered at the right time to the right people. This scenario...
Provided by ITinvolve, Inc.
-
White Papers
Learn How the IT Director at a US Federal Agency Manages IT Changes
Apr 2012
Among its initial IT users, this Federal agency calls the experience with new ITinvolve for Change Management™ love at first sight. Learn why its IT Director says, "Before we were introduced to...
Provided by ITinvolve, Inc.
-
White Papers
A New Transformative Approach for Minimizing the Risk of IT Changes
Apr 2012
Current methods of IT change management ranging from CMDBs to service desks do not give administrators what they need to understand the risks or potential impacts of proposed changes. A new,...
Provided by ITinvolve, Inc.
-
White Papers
Taneja Group Tech Profile: Building the Foundation for the Virtualized Infrastructure
Dec 2011
Virtualization is a phenomenon which has overtaken the data center. The fundamental changes made by this technology are beneficial but can also cause challenges - and how you respond to these...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP) & Intel
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White Papers
Taneja Group - Riverbed Optimization for the Cloud
Jul 2011
Changes are afoot in the use and access of network data and applications. Hybrid cloud architectures that combine the best of private infrastructure with the best of public cloud services are...
Provided by Riverbed
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White Papers
Leading Indicators In A Globalised World
Dec 2009
Using OECD Composite Leading Indicators (CLI), the authors assess empirically whether the ability of the country-specific CLIs to predict economic activity has diminished in recent years, e.g. due...
Provided by European Central Bank
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White Papers
The Usefulness Of Infra-Annual Government Cash Budgetary Data For Fiscal Forecasting In The Euro Area
May 2008
Short-term fiscal indicators based on public accounts data are often used by European policy makers. They represent one of the main sources of publicly available intra-annual fiscal information....
Provided by European Central Bank
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White Papers
Four Roles Lead Users Have To Play In The Multi-Actor Innovation Process
Aug 2010
The nature of customer involvement in new-product development has generated considerable work in marketing. Traditional marketing management approaches consider the customer to be passive, with...
Provided by IMP Group
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White Papers
Paving The Way For U.S. Climate Leadership
Apr 2008
The United States should classify new international agreements to protect the Earth's climate system as executive agreements rather than as treaties. Unlike treaties, which require the advice and...
Provided by Resources for the Future
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White Papers
Chipping Away At The Glass Ceiling: Gender Spillovers In Corporate Leadership
Jan 2011
This paper examines the role of women helping women in corporate America. Using a merged panel of directors and executives for large U.S. corporations between 1997 and 2009, the authors find a...
Provided by RAND
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White Papers
Development As Leadership-Led Change - A Report For The Global Leadership Initiative And The World Bank Institute (WBI)
Mar 2010
Development involves change. But many development initiatives produce unimpressive levels of change in targeted countries, organizations and outcomes. This is the case in social sector...
Provided by Harvard University
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White Papers
Market Integration And Technological Leadership In Europe
Feb 2010
Initially triggered by the Single Market Program launched in the late eighties of the past century, EU manufacturing industries have been characterized by major structural changes strongly...
Provided by European Union
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Case Studies
Australian Government Gears Up For Ongoing Change
Jan 2011
With government policy changing faster than ever, several Australian Federal Government departments are adopting a Business Rules approach to IT systems design so that mission critical...
Provided by Computer Sciences Corporation
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White Papers
Leading And Executing Industry Change Through A Learning Network
Sep 2008
There is a widespread recognition of the fact that organizations need to continuously enhance their capabilities to be able to retain a competitive edge in a highly complex business environment....
Provided by Vikalpa
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White Papers
Going Global And Taking Charge: The Road Ahead For The Indian Manager
Dec 2008
As more and more "Indian MNCs" go global, their managers would need to gear up, in a very short time, the knowledge base needed to face the new challenges they would inevitably face in multiple...
Provided by Vikalpa
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White Papers
The People Paradox: A Study Of Future Growth Opportunities
Sep 2007
In business we are always looking for leading indicators, numbers that predict whether the stock market is going up or down and whether growth is on the horizon - all to help us make important...
Provided by University of Southern California
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White Papers
Leading Change Do It With Conversation.
Mar 2007
Few corporations are immune to the forces of the global economy and the sweeping technological advances that require large-scale change and adaptability for survival. Self-reports from executives...
Provided by University of Southern California
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White Papers
Do Coup Leaders Matter? Leadership Change And Economic Growth In Politically Unstable Countries
Feb 2010
The authors examine the impact of leadership change after a coup d'etat on economic growth. They consider successful coup attempts as this treatment group and use failed coup attempts as controls...
Provided by University of Groningen
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White Papers
The Role Of Process, Context And Individual Characteristics In Explaining Readiness To Change: A Multilevel Analysis
Feb 2007
Organisational change often yields limited success. Failure in many cases is due to the motivation or readiness to change among employees. This paper proposes and tests a multilevel model of...
Provided by Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School
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White Papers
Change Recipients' Attitudes Toward Change: A Review Study
Aug 2009
This paper reviewed the literature on attitudes toward change. Despite the increased interest into this topic, this review of 64 journal articles (1993-2007) indicates that the field is lacking...
Provided by Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School
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White Papers
Feuding And Failure Vs. Motivation and Performance: A Study Of Leadership In The Canadian Workplace
Jan 2011
HR professionals see leadership as an important area of organizational functioning and development. The majority (63.2%) see leaders as having a lot of influence over their organizations success,...
Provided by Psychometrics
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White Papers
Optimizing Your Leadership Pipelinesm For: Operational Leaders
Nov 2009
When organizations face growth or complex change, operational or midlevel leaders play a critical role. Yet when corporations face belt tightening, reengineer their business process, push decision...
Provided by Development Dimensions International
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White Papers
Creating Coaching Cultures: What Business Leaders Expect And Strategies To Get There
Apr 2009
This benchmark study is the result of a partnership between Cylient and The Center for Creative Leadership that gives voice to 347 leaders regarding the trends for utilizing coaching in...
Provided by Center for Creative Leadership
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White Papers
The Dynamics Of Public Trust In Business? Emerging Opportunities For Leaders: A Call To Action To Overcome The Present Crisis Of Trust In Business
Apr 2009
The goal is to provide business leaders with knowledge on which they can base decisions and actions. This report represents the initial step in a larger effort to identify opportunities for...
Provided by Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics
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White Papers
A Gentler Capitalism: Black Business Leadership In The New South Africa
Jun 2006
Through the efforts to recruit, hire and develop minority executives at MTN, a South African telecommunications company, Charnley attempts to bring a gentler capitalism to post-apartheid South...
Provided by Harvard Business School
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Webcasts
Leading Change: A Conversation With Ron Williams
Oct 2008
In what Dean Dave Schmittlein bills as a master class, Ronald A. Williams discusses how an emphasis on new technology and application of basic values helped turn around the health care giant Aetna.
Provided by Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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White Papers
Leading Change In Complex Organizations
Jun 2010
Successful implementation of new business strategies and innovations is dependent on executives who know how to design and lead organizational change. Despite a decade of change initiatives driven...
Provided by MIT SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
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White Papers
Virtues For Leading Change
Mar 2010
Pressures to change abound and often create individual frustration and stress due to individuals feeling victimized during times of change unless they have a sense of control over the change....
Provided by George Fox University
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White Papers
Running Head: The Creation And Maintenance Of Motivation In Organizational Change
Jan 2009
According to Yukl (2006), the creation and maintenance of motivation is an essential part of the process to achieve an organizational transformation. Because of the difficulties and setbacks that...
Provided by Vanderbilt University
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White Papers
Leading Change In Tough Times Protect People, Productivity, And Profits
May 2009
If any organization is experiencing dramatic change, the time may be right for intervention. The Leading Change workshop specializes in helping organizations train their executives and managers in...
Provided by Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada
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Podcasts
The Economy, Public Policy And Poverty In The U.S.: What Changes Can President Obama Make?
Jun 2009
Professor Danziger is the Henry J. Meyer Distinguished University Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and Research Professor at the Population Studies Center. His...
Provided by Regents of the University of Michigan
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Webcasts
The Changing Face Of The CIO
Jan 2011
As CEOs increasingly turn to technology to help them cope with a rapidly changing business environment, chief information officers (CIOs) are no longer simply 'the IT guys'. Increasingly, they are...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
What You Need, And Don't Have, When It Comes To Leadership Talent
Jun 2009
Businesses, government agencies, non-profits, and educational organizations need leaders who can effectively navigate complex, changing situations and get the job done. A leadership gap or deficit...
Provided by Center for Creative Leadership
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White Papers
Addressing The Leadership Gap In Healthcare What's Needed When It Comes To Leader Talent?
Jul 2010
Healthcare leaders know about change. The need to adapt - as individuals, as organizations and as an industry - is obvious. What is less apparent are the leadership skills that are most important...
Provided by Center for Creative Leadership
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White Papers
Benjamin Franklin's Extraordinary Leadership
Jan 2010
The growing importance of globalism, coupled with the convergence of information and technology that is transforming society at an ever-faster pace, makes this continuous education even more vital...
Provided by Leader to Leader Institute
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White Papers
Leadership And Change
Jun 2010
Today's business world is highly competitive. The way to survive is to reshape to the needs of a rapidly changing world. Resistance to change is a dead-end street... for you and the organization....
Provided by Big Dog, Little Dog
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White Papers
Innovation Leadership: How To Use Innovation To Lead Effectively, Work Collaboratively And Drive Results
Dec 2009
Not long ago, strategy was king. Forecasting, planning and placing smart bets created the power sources within organizations. The future of a business (or a career) could fit into an established...
Provided by Center for Creative Leadership
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White Papers
Change Management: Revolution Or Evolution?
Jul 2008
In revolutionary change, one person orchestrates change, from the top. The change is often about cutting costs or regaining control over an organization that has lost its way by taking...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
Times Are Changing, Managers Should Too
Dec 2009
Business as usual was suddenly interrupted at the end of 2007 when the recession began. Drastic changes were required of all businesses if they were to survive. Costs were cut, people lost jobs,...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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Downloads
Download Savvion's Free Business Process Modeling Software
Jul 2006
The first step in improving your business processes is to articulate precisely where bottlenecks exist, and the most efficient way to do that is by simulating your existing processes using...
Provided by Savvion
-
Case Studies
Who Will Lead?
Jan 2010
Retiring baby boomers in the next decade will create an unprecedented leadership void. A number of trends have converged to create a dearth of leader and manager candidates. Ross Vierra described...
Provided by Management Concepts
-
White Papers
The Change Management Methodology - A Useful Tool For Organizational Change
Jan 2010
A change management methodology is a key tool for managing change. But like any tool, you will get better results when you know what it can and can't do, and how to use it effectively. The failure...
Provided by thinktransition.com
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White Papers
Leadership Programs: Change Management
Jan 2009
Today's reality is that companies worldwide are struggling to ensure continuity in their business success. What works for this year may not necessarily work for the future. Profits may tumble...
Provided by ANERGY FUN ENGINEERS
-
White Papers
Leading And Managing Sustainable Change - Addressing The Key Causes Of Failure
Dec 2008
Failure to successfully execute often comes from seeing the change as solely structural - so once the new system is implemented, the new organization chart drawn, the papers are signed to legalize...
Provided by Symphini
-
White Papers
Streamlining Client Migration and Deployment
May 2008
To help organizations simplify the task of replacing or refreshing hardware, Dell's Client Migration Solution combines industry-standard best practices and automation technology.
Provided by Dell
-
White Papers
EnLoc: Energy-Efficient Localization for Mobile Phones
Jan 2009
A growing number of mobile phone applications utilize physical location to express the context of information. Most of these location-based applications assume GPS capabilities. Unfortunately, GPS...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
-
White Papers
9 Questions To Ask When Leading Change To Get More Engagement
Jan 2010
Have you ever been 'Talked at' instead of had someone 'Talk with' you in a real life conversation? It doesn't feel good to have someone talk AT you. It's quite patronizing really. It leaves you...
Provided by RiverFork Consulting
-
White Papers
Why Change Management Needs Design Thinking
Oct 2009
Unfortunately, traditional change management tactics fall short of realizing successful change. Tactical plans to manage change are only as useful as the strategy that drives them. You cannot put...
Provided by Associated Content
-
White Papers
The Total Customer Experience: Best Practices of Cisco, Lands' End, and Air Products and Chemicals
Sep 2005
Regardless of whether we are business customers or independent consumers, we desire "one version of the truth." Learn how best-practice organizations provide one version of truth to employees and...
Provided by APQC
-
White Papers
Effective Leadership Transition In M&A
Jan 2010
Too often, the first signals that come from the leadership team of an organization taking over ownership, to the people of a newly acquired organization, send tremors of uncertainty and confusion...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
-
White Papers
Art Or Science?: How To Select A New Leadership Team After A Merger Or Acquisition
Jan 2009
Selecting a leadership team is one of the most important decisions the CEO of a newly combined company will ever face. Employees, investors, and board members will be watching closely because the...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
-
White Papers
Leadership, Communication & Change
Jan 2010
Leadership, change management and communication are so intimately linked that it's really not possible to be successful at the first two without well developed communication skills. Part of...
Provided by Robert Bacal
-
White Papers
Learning's Place During CEO Transitions
Oct 2007
As they look at the statistics about the ever-shrinking tenure of the average CEO and the often insurmountable challenges faced at the top level, newly appointed CEOs might be forgiven for looking...
Provided by MediaTec Publishing
-
White Papers
Followership: How Followers Are Creating Change And Changing Leaders
Nov 2007
Beginning in 2002 an ad agency by the name of McKinney & Silver rolled out a slogan that caught on fast. Hired to persuade people in the market for premium cars that Audi cars were better than...
Provided by Harvard Business School Publishing
-
White Papers
The Real Reason People Won't Change
Nov 2009
Tearing out the managerial hair over employees who just won't change - especially the ones who are clearly smart, skilled, and deeply committed to the company and their plans for improvement?...
Provided by Harvard Business School Publishing
-
White Papers
Godfather Management? The Role Of Leaders In Changing Organizational Culture In Transition Economies
Dec 2009
The objective of the paper is to examine the degree to which national culture and/or the business sector are influencing factors in organization culture change. This paper aims to determine...
Provided by Budapesti Business School
-
White Papers
Culture Change From The Outside/In
May 2009
An senior executive called recently and said that he wanted to "Change his culture." When the author asked what he had in mind, he talked about how he felt that the underlying norms, values, and...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
-
White Papers
Driving Change That Works
Oct 2009
A highly successful international firm that prided itself on a strong commitment to its employees began trimming its staff at the first signs of the downturn. One senior manager convened a meeting...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
-
White Papers
Build On Your Strengths To Strengthen Others
May 2009
You can't walk into a conference these days without bumping into a speaker who is trumpeting the value of building on your strengths. It's easy to understand why this message resonates. "Build on...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
-
White Papers
Leading Change (And Change Management)
Jun 2010
This paper will discuss about Leading Change from front by the top man of the organization for betterment of the business. By successfully implementing change, it can create competitive advantage,...
Provided by R3Now.com
-
White Papers
Leading Change With A Global Mindset At Johnson & Johnson In Brazil
Jun 2009
Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products thrived during decades of military rule and a closed economy. Brands such as Cotonete for cotton swabs, Sundown for sunscreen and Band-Aids for adhesive...
Provided by Thunderbird School of Global Management
-
White Papers
Leading A Process Of Change Based On Mission
Jan 2008
Companies don't look for leaders and followers; they want leaders who will beget other leaders. Leadership is a skill now sought after at all levels of an organization. However, achieving this...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
-
White Papers
Shaping The Business Leaders Of Tomorrow
Mar 2007
K-12 education in America is in a profound state of crisis. Public schools are challenged by a range of issues, including crumbling infrastructure, teacher shortages, deficits in teacher quality,...
Provided by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)
-
White Papers
The Chief Information Officer - Achieving Credibility, Relevance And Business Impact
Oct 2008
In the past, it has often been unclear whether the CIO role was simply another label for the head of information technology in a company. The role was often seen as someone who kept the systems up...
Provided by IMD
-
White Papers
Mindfulness
Sep 2008
The East and West are converging not only materially - through global trade, virtual networks, manufacturing technologies and consumer fashions - but also psychologically through the development...
Provided by IMD
-
White Papers
Using Facilitation To Drive Change - The Change Leader's Guide
Jul 2007
This paper will help you to become a more sophisticated user of facilitation - to know what questions to ask facilitators before you hire them; to know how to judge the quality of a facilitator's...
Provided by IMD
-
White Papers
Disentangling The Influences Of Leaders' Relational Embeddedness On Interorganizational Exchange
Oct 2008
Drawing on the concept of relational embeddedness and the associated mechanisms of mutual understanding, trust, and commitment, the authors examine how leaders' prior exchange experiences...
Provided by Duke University (Fuqua-Global)
-
White Papers
Don't Waste The Crisis Opportunity Knocks!
Jun 2009
As we adjust to the mixed economic signals of 2009, a mood of relief is settling in. However, we perceive an insidious sense of resignation among far too many executives battered and bruised by...
Provided by IMD
-
White Papers
The Transforming Leadership Development Landscape
Jan 2010
The recent stream of financial failures has not only revealed institutional examples of problematic financing but, in many cases, a vacuum of leadership and effective management as well. It is no...
Provided by City University of London (Cass)
-
White Papers
Strategic Leadership: Being There Even When You Are Not
Sep 2007
In order to engage people to deliver results beyond expectations, leaders at the top of organizations need to seriously consider how they exercise both their leadership in organizations as well as...
Provided by IMD
-
White Papers
Transformational Leadership In Project Management
Mar 2010
Poor Communication and Strategic Alignment within Projects Result in Lost Opportunity and Poor Performance. Develop stronger systems for linking strategy to project investments by connecting...
Provided by University of Texas (Dallas)
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White Papers
Motivating During Times Of Change
Apr 2010
Managers facing the task of doing more with fewer resources during this economic recovery can turn critical situations into opportunities to show their sophistication as leaders. "Change...
Provided by Columbia University
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White Papers
Sustainable Effectiveness Of A Transformational Leadership Development Program: An Exploratory Study
Jun 2009
This paper explores the impact of a transformational leadership development program on the lives of its participants after a one year interval. The authors address three fundamental questions: (1)...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Development And Application Of The Leadership Archetype Questionnaire
Mar 2009
The Leadership Assessment Questionnaire (LAQ) is a 360-degree survey instrument designed to help organizational leaders identify their own style of leadership and formulate appropriate development...
Provided by INSEAD
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White Papers
Pseudo-Transformational Leadership: Towards The Development And Test Of A Model
Sep 2007
A model was developed and tested of pseudo-transformational leadership. Pseudo-transformational leadership (i.e., the unethical facet of transformational leadership) is manifested by a particular...
Provided by Queen's University
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Webcasts
It's The Situation, Stupid
May 2010
Dan Heath, Fast Company columnist and co-author of Made to Stick and Switch, explains how the environment has a tremendous influence on the way that one act and asks, "at work can one find ways to...
Provided by American Express
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Webcasts
Getting Clear About Change
Apr 2010
Dan Heath, Fast Company columnist and co-author of Made to Stick and Switch, talks about how to clearly communicate the initiative one is trying change.
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Do You Have What It Takes To Lead Transformational Change In Outsourcing?
Dec 2009
This paper confirms that the economic crisis has unleashed a huge appetite for change. Delightfully, visionary leaders are stepping to the forefront all over North America. They are implementing...
Provided by Everest Partners
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White Papers
Empowering Local Leaders
Apr 2010
This case study describes the challenge to design a leadership development program for leaders and potential leaders of the Mexican and Chilean sites of a European-based transnational corporation....
Provided by USP-D.com
