How Does Decision Making Affect Change Management? Here Are 3 Keys to Better Decision Making for Successful Change Management We are the product of our decisions, yet we rarely consider the consequences of making the wrong ones, and decision making skills often fall by the wayside. To allow for successful change management to occur…
Successful leaders are changing the way they engage with employees. Successful leadership means being able to adapt your own personality to work with different employee types and deliver change management in new ways. Successful leadership means developing a deeper understanding of how your own personality impacts employee engagement and motivation. The groups you lead…
To drive innovation within an organization, corporations must leverage intrapreneurship tactics which support a corporate culture that embraces new ideas. Michael Graber outlines 3 tactics for corporate innovation that intrapreneurs can adopt in large organizations. For authentic innovation to occur at an organization, you have to craft the culture of a place to accept…
Measuring ROI–when it comes to innovation–can be tricky. Michael Graber uses three categories of metrics to gain a holistic picture of how to measure innovation, and how investment in innovation correlates to concrete ROI and revenue. When organizations begin their innovation journey, they have no idea how to account for the many forms of…
Data is the new currency for companies of all sizes and industries. So how do you create an organizational culture based on data analytics? It’s all about data-driven culture change. Data is the new currency for companies of all sizes and industries. Direct marketers have understood this for decades, going back to when catalog…
Start-up Expert Helps Simplify the Path to Diversity, with Resources & Best Practices Diversity and inclusion are core to an effective workplace, from the enterprise to small start-ups. Leela Srinivasan shares best practices she used at Lever, as well as her favorite resources. While ‘simple’ may be in the title, let’s start by getting…
Give Employees a ‘Thinking Day’ to unplug and recharge. They will often return the favor with new ideas and innovation. Innovation expert Robert Tucker takes a ‘Thinking Day’ once a month to unplug and recharge. He finds that a day off to focus, ask the big questions and prioritize materially accelerates his ability to…
How do you Manage Taking Risks in your Business and Career? Best Practices for Risk-Taking to Get Innovation Can Help Provide the Answer Is it worth the risk? Risk taking for corporations has trickled down to employees, where asking people to join innovation task forces has become the norm. Robert Tucker’s best practices help…
Consulting firms implement “happy hour revenue model” to maximize resource utilization on demand Varun Malik observed that bars manage demand with happy hours, maximizing utilization of their resources. His on-demand consulting model lets boutique firms share resources, manage demand and maximize revenue. Is this the consulting model of the future? I’m sorry to…
The art of persuasion has techniques but can also be a science. Key traits directly impact revenue. Can being persuasive impact your bottom line? Absolutely. But techniques have to be genuine. Steve Benson unpacks how the key traits of persuasion can be applied to influence decision makers and increase sales. Applying Cialdini’s Persuasion Tactics…