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Symphini Change Management Inc

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Innovating Project and Change Management to generate better results—Book Review

Few organizations have figured out how to do strategy execution well.  One of the enigmas of implementation continues to be the gap between project management and change … [Read more...] about Innovating Project and Change Management to generate better results—Book Review

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Internal social media – engaging your organization – a status check (Part 2 of 2)

Are organizations leveraging internal social media today? According to media reports, internal social media is beginning to get traction: “As social networks increasingly dominate … [Read more...] about Internal social media – engaging your organization – a status check (Part 2 of 2)

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Internal social media – engaging your organization – a status check (Part 1 of 2)

What if our organization was energized? If everyone understood the vision and the strategy and contributed enthusiastically to moving us forward? How would we talk to each other?  … [Read more...] about Internal social media – engaging your organization – a status check (Part 1 of 2)

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Insights in Change Management—Interview with James G. Bohn, Ph.D., Johnson Controls (Part 3 of 3)

Who do you seek out when you are faced with something new? Someone who has done it before, of course. Leading and managing change is fraught with risk—nuanced, contextual, dynamic, … [Read more...] about Insights in Change Management—Interview with James G. Bohn, Ph.D., Johnson Controls (Part 3 of 3)

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Insights in Change Management—Interview with James G. Bohn, Ph.D., Johnson Controls (Part 2 of 3)

Change Management practitioners are in the fray of turning strategy into ROI. This often feels like nailing Jell-O on the wall but seasoned practitioners have insights that the … [Read more...] about Insights in Change Management—Interview with James G. Bohn, Ph.D., Johnson Controls (Part 2 of 3)

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Insights in Change Management—Interview with James G. Bohn, Ph.D., Johnson Controls (Part 1 of 3)

Who knows more about change management than practitioners in the trenches? These are professionals who are vested in helping organizations achieve the promises to the Board (the … [Read more...] about Insights in Change Management—Interview with James G. Bohn, Ph.D., Johnson Controls (Part 1 of 3)

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Do some strategies require more of us than others? Changes That Matter

Do some of the strategies that we work on matter more than others? This is not to discount the importance of any strategy that an enterprise chooses to invest in.  However, as an … [Read more...] about Do some strategies require more of us than others? Changes That Matter

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Leaders: What is the single most powerful technique to build commitment (and defuse resistance) for your strategy?

A question.  Actually a conversation of questions and lots of listening. Why? Because it’s not what you know that will engage your people – it’s what they know. So, what do they … [Read more...] about Leaders: What is the single most powerful technique to build commitment (and defuse resistance) for your strategy?