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Organizational Change

By Margaret (Maggie) Carey Motivating change is a crucial element of change management. It is human nature to be resistant to change, especially as organizational change can often pose a threat to an employee’s job security, competencies and skills, and overall perceived worth. Two ways to motivate change are: 1) to proactively combat resistance to change and 2) to create change readiness. Proactively Combatting Resistance to Change As an organization begins a change management process, employees must go from the certainty that they currently work in, to the uncertainty and ambiguity that lies ahead. This uncertainty and ambiguity may cause anxiety and resistance

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By Dr. Josh Williams VIRGINIA BEACH — The resignation email arrived in the morning, and the gunfire started in the afternoon. DeWayne Craddock, an engineer who had worked for the City of Virginia Beach for 15 years, notified his superiors on Friday that he intended to quit. Then at around 4 p.m., he embarked on a rampage in Building No. 2 of the Virginia Beach Municipal Center, turning its offices and corridors into a battleground. When it was over, 12 people lay dead and Mr. Craddock was fatally wounded.(1) The Virginia Beach shooting, the nation's deadliest of the year, unfolded when the

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By Kelly Cave and Brie DeLisi Imagine having a job that makes you feel excited to go to work every day. When you get to work, you feel highly energized and identify strongly with the work you are doing. Now, on the flip side, imagine having a job that makes you dread going into work every day. This job feels like it is sapping your energy, and you spend your days counting down the hours and minutes until you get to go home. Which of these jobs would you rather have? We know from years of research that engagement is characterized as

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By Eric Michrowski HBR recently published a study on Transformational Leaders. One of the conclusions that caught my eye was that most of the leaders that had successfully transformed an industry or business had very diverse backgrounds (think Amazon's Bezos who came from a Finance background). They mention the importance of leaders that come with outside experience and that are brought into a business to drive change. Throughout my career and consulting experience I have always advocated the value of incorporating very diverse backgrounds and creating development paths within businesses that support such diversification. Regrettably, most companies do the very opposite. They

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By Sarah Moore Business leaders are scratching their heads wondering, 'how do we avoid the type of hot water Wells Fargo is currently dealing with?' We recommend starting here… The first step Tim Sloan should take to clean up Wells Fargo’s culture. By now, we all know the vast unethical practices Wells Fargo sales agents used to pad their bonus checks. Many thousands of employees opened millions of accounts in their customers’ names, but without their awareness or consent. If you are like me, after you picked your jaw up off the floor when the story broke, you may have wondered 'How the heck

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