Posts Tagged ‘change’
Redefining the meaning of “business as usual”
The following is an excerpt from “Screw Business as Usual” by Richard Branson. This excerpt is published via an arrangement with Portfolio Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA). First and foremost, I have written this book for the new wave of emerging entrepreneurs as well as for existing business people who are transforming their [...]
Jump-starting transformative change as a leader
Evan Smith is a senior partner at Schaffer Consulting, a leader in the development and practice of organizational and cultural change for 50 years. He has 30 years of experience helping senior leaders to define, initiate and carry out transformative change efforts in organizations around the world, including at GE, Zurich Financial Services, Rockwell Automation, [...]
Jennifer Chatman, on how cohesive leadership drives effective change
Major change within an organization is easier to lead if leaders at all levels of the company are collectively committed, found a recent study, “How leadership matters: The effects of leaders’ alignment on strategy implementation.” Published in The Leadership Quarterly, the paper was co-authored by Jennifer Chatman, a professor at the Haas School of Business [...]
Brooke blogs “The Office”: Oh the times they are a-changin’
After seemingly endless weeks of reruns, “The Office” finally came back with a new episode last night. I’m not counting the lame clip show they did two weeks ago as new. It was too pathetic to count. The first new episode in ages has the gang at Dunder Mifflin‘s Scranton branch facing a new life [...]
