Change-Management
Strengthening Corporate Health - 18 Principles (Part 2)
Step 2: Early diagnosisA sick person down with flu may manifest early symptoms of cough, runny nose, fever and body aches. Likewise, there are usually ample warning signs for a company. Read more →Strengthening Corporate Health - 18 Principles (Part 3)
Step 3: Proper TreatmentDo you know why companies fall sick and die; that there are panaceas that can turn a critically ill organisation around into a healthy one and proper treatment is necessary as the remedies can sometimes be worse than the disease? Read more →Success Blind Spots: Get Out of Your Own Way
Why is it that some people appear to achieve exactly what they want in their careers and life almost effortlessly? While others are stuck?As an Executive Coach, I hear loads of "external" reasons from my clients about what blocks them from the success they seek--an unsupportive relationship with the boss, constant reorganizations, dried up career paths, lousy market conditions, discrimination and so on. Read more →Sustaining Improvement: Is It a Pipe Dream?
There are two questions that seem to be most commonly asked by organisations who are looking to change the direction of their business; namely:1. Where do I start? Read more →Tea Blending-An Accidental Invention! It Needs More Support From Tea Research!
There was an English tea merchant selling tea packs in his town during the year 1660 A.D. He used to get a bag of tea from one estate or the other and make small packs and sell them to the people in his area. Read more →Ten Parameters of Good Corporate Culture
Sometime in the 1980s, I read a book written by Manfred Kets de Vries who claimed to have found six types of corporate cultures. The most intriguing thesis of the book was that actually most organizations are not sick, but not entirely healthy: the so-called lingering organizations. Read more →Ten Signs That It is Time to Sell the Family Business
For the past 20 years you have built your business. Your company has become part of your identity. Even when you are not at work, you are working, thinking, planning. Read more →Ten Things You Should Focus on to Transform Your Finance Function
1. Optimizing processes Documenting and standardizing processes to minimize exceptions and improve efficiency. Staff should always be knowledgeable on these processes. Read more →The (Missing) Link Between Thoughts And Action
Not only during the disturbing periods of change, but in day-to-day management situation too: action is always essential. A dynamic company could be characterized by the way action and analysis is combined in an efficient way. Read more →The Change Checklist - Define The Impact
Is any change really about change, or could it be an improvement? Is the situation afterwards any different or is it more of the same. In either way, the impact can be very high. Read more →← Previous Next →
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Aphorism
We do not have, never have had, and never will have an opinion about where the stock market, interest rates or business activity will be a year from now.
Warren Buffett