Leading the Way Through Tough Times: The Power of Assumptions

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Leading a company during a slowing economy has plenty of challenges: What should you change, stop or continue doing?  Organizational change is just a concept.  Organizations do not change - individuals change.  If enough individuals change then you start to reap the benefits of organizational change.  Therefore, this report addresses common vs. effective responses to tough…

INDIGESTION vs. INTEGRATION: Realizing the Promise of a Merger through Effective Human Capital Strategies

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With global Merger/Acquisition (M/A) activity topping $3 trillion,  less than 50% of M/As meet expected performance.  In today’s economy, the primary drivers for M/As are to: increase market share, access new markets and achieve competitive size. From a dotcom perspective, Internet companies grow 12 times faster and they tend to acquire other companies earlier in their…

Straight Talk about Communication

What’s the one thing we do more than anything else, but typically do it less effectively than anything else? Communicate. Virtually every leader with whom I have ever spoken, regardless of the team’s size or maturity, acknowledged the need to improve communication. Here are some reasons to pay attention to your communication: Watson Wyatt Worldwide…