-
Are You a Victim of Wishful Thinking? Three Strategies to Avoid Sharks in the Water of Change: Leaders often ignore problems with change implementation. They think that because they do not hear any troubles out in the open that there are no problems. The reality is that threats to your change program can lurk below the surface, just like sharks swim. Are you a victim of Wishful Thinking? If you have considered any of the following, you may be! read more
Lawrence Polsky -
Prevent Pot Roast Planning: Sometimes on teams we have a recipe for communication or decision making that we follow because that’s how we have always done it. We don’t know why we’re doing it, but we do it just because it’s the way it’s always been done. But maybe there’s a better way now! read more
lawrence polsky | decision making | teamwork -
The 9 Words that Cure Meeting Malaise: “We have too many meetings! I have no time to do my work!” Have you heard your team say this? If so, you have meeting malaise! Learn how to make meetings more productive. read more
lawrence polsky | productive meetings -
The 6 Secrets Leaders Use To Get Buy-In: The research is clear – the main reason change fails is lack of buy-in. So what can you do to overcome the odds and get real buy-in for important organizational changes? I asked seasoned internal change leaders for their input and this is what they told me. read more
Lawrence Polsky | talent management -
The 6 Ways TV Producers Can Teach Business Leaders To Pitch Change: The other day I was talking to my sister, Beth Polsky, about change. She is a veteran TV producer. We soon realized that in TV, change is central. People are pitching new ideas all the time. Artists, producers, directors all live and die on their ability to sell their ideas: to their bosses, to crews, to actors as well as to the audience. She shared her ideas and then I expanded my conversation and included two other friends - one an actor and one a writer. Here are six methods we agree are critical to pitching change, in any organization. read more
change management | Lawrence polsky -
The 12 Phrases for Perfecting Change Launch: I happened to sit in on a change launch meeting last week, and I was blown away. The leader did everything I personally would ever suggest to make the launch a success. Here are the twelve things he said that made the meeting as close to perfect as possible... read more
Lawrence Polsky -
Iron Leadership: Dynamic Leapfrogging, Expert Teaming and Joyful Submersion: In the final part of our three-part series, we’ll discuss Dynamic Leapfrogging, Expert Teaming and Joyful Submersion. “This is the age of the Corporate Athlete. People need to be physically, psychologically, and socially fit to succeed in the new volatile and complex world we live in.” I spoke with many top endurance athletes to find out what we could learn from them about leading in a time when change is ongoing and the challenges keep coming and found eight thinking patterns that created Iron Leadership. read more
lawrence polsky -
Iron Leadership: Developing Your "Change Calluses" and More: Change will be much harder than you imagine up front. When you feel like giving in and giving up, it is critical to persevere. I turned to endurance athletes to find out what we could learn from them about leading in a time when change is ongoing and the challenges keep coming. I found eight thinking patterns that created Iron Leadership, and today we'll take a deep look at the second set, "Change Calluses," being "E-Motivated," and "Rebound Effect." read more
Lawrence polsky | change management -
Iron Leadership: The Thinking Patterns of Leaders Who Endure: This is the "Age of the Corporate Athlete." In this 3-part series, I turned to endurance athletes— the kind of athletes I think have the attributes needed for today’s endless change. I spoke with many top endurance athletes to find out what we could learn from them about leading in a time when change is ongoing and the challenges keep coming. read more
Lawrence Polsky -
Drive Big Change with these 6 Corporate Learning Tactics: Corporate learning functions are critical to driving organizational change. We are in the middle of analyzing our 2012 Global Best Practices Research on Leading Change and “culture change” is a priority globally. 62 percent of over 550 global respondents said that they are involved in culture change projects. Cultures only change when employees change behavior. So who better than Corporate Learning to advise on how to drive this change? I interviewed several leading learning executives to find out how they do it. Here are their six must do’s... read more
change through corporate learning | lawrence polsky
| 16 column results |
|
-
Using College Recruiting to Identify and Hire Top Professionals for Your Organization
August 9, 2011
Register Now -
Partnering Baby Boomers with Gen Y’s to Execute Knowledge Transfer in the Workplace
December 10, 2009
Register Now -
Reducing Nursing Turnover by Controlling Stress & Burnout
December 14, 2009
Register Now -
More Than Meets the Eye: Age Really Does Matter
December 17, 2009
Register Now
-
Contributor: Dawn BoyerAsk Human Resources to Assist in Writing Business Plan: Writing a business plan can be a hard task for entrepreneurs, but those lucky enough to ha... read more
Tags: Human Resources practitioner | business plan | business proposal
-
Contributor: Shawn SiegelProgressive and Accountable HR: Ken Carroll is Deputy Chief Human Capital Officer with the US Government Office of Ac... read more
Tags: rewards | recognition | ken carroll
-
Contributor: Mohammad Mosaddek HussainSignificance of Human Resources and Knowledge Management: A 21st Century Challenge: Human Resources has a fundamental role in the movement of knowledge management (knowledge ... read more
Tags: knowledge management
-
Contributor: Jeff DavidsonBuffets Can be Taxing: Years ago, my wife and I used to take one overnight trip every month. We exhausted many of... read more
Tags: information | knowledge management | information buffet
-
Contributor: Arleen R. ThomasHR Pros: Get Ready for C-Suite Turnover: More companies today are facing a big task: Replacing the CFO. The number of chief fin... read more
Tags: c-suite | turnover | attrition













Not a member? Sign Up
Reasons for Joining
Address your challenges through knowledge sharing with peers from our global network of specialists.
Benchmark your business initiatives with the who's who in the field.
Hear from industry pioneers how to maximize ROI in today's challenging economy.
And best of all It's FREE!