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Dynamics of every workshop is unique – a unique set of techniques is needed for workshop leaders to achieve expected results. Facilitation is going to be a key component of work in the future as… Taking Your Facilitation to the Next Level: Master the 12 Workshop Facilitation Techniques
Transforming a product-driven firm to a customer-driven enterprise is inevitable today in order to stay ahead in today’s extremely competitive market. The days of mass marketing, mass media communications, and little-to-none direct interface with customers… You’re Building a Customer-centric Organization, So Where’s the Customer Department?
Most Transformation initiatives fail to achieve their anticipated objectives. Change Management is all about engaging and rallying people at all levels in the organization make the transition and sustain that change. It is critical to… The 8 Most Critical Levers to Managing and Sustaining Change
For many companies, developing new products is a hit-or-miss proposition. Successful innovation–the kind that leads to customer engagement and profits–is rare and hard to achieve. Some have tried investing intensively in research and development. In… Leveraging the Innovation Effectiveness Curve: Your Key to Growth
Despite the emergence of new devices and software products designed to unite employees in more ways than ever before, the threat of organizational silos is still very real. While silos deter customer experiences and producing… Organizational Silos 101: Breaking Barriers to Performance Excellence
Advances in technology and communication, combined with the explosive growth in data information, have given rise to a more empowered global consumer. Recent economic and political events highlight the need for companies to understand how… Customer-centricity 101: Leading Organizations to be Customer-centric
Recently, I was asked in an interview, why change was hard. I thought maybe this was a trick question: everybody knows that change is hard. Surely–it’s intuitive, as a leader, you can feel it in… Change Is Hard, Get over It
The dynamics of Innovation Organization is the most important influencer of the company’s innovation performance. Management of Innovation–the ability to define and develop new products and services and deliver them to the market–is the fundamental… The Innovation Organization: How to Bring Intelligent Innovation to Life
In this era of rapid change only organizations that are evolving and continuously learning can succeed. Successful organizations discover how to tap their people’s commitment and capacity to learn at all levels. A Learning Organization… Do You Know What Makes an Organization a Learning Organization?
Many professionals have full-time jobs, while others are into freelancing or consultancy. If you want to get away from the confines of a 9-5 job, being an independent consultant is an ideal option for you.… How to Be an Independent Consultant
Editor’s Note: The author, Dwight Mihalicz, is a subject expert matter on effective management and hosting a free webinar for Flevy’s audience on Empowerment 4.0. The focus of Empowerment 4.0 is to help managers of managers understand… Employee Engagement Surveys: Are They Legit?
Over the last decade, companies have made greater strides in retooling their innovation engines. Leaner and faster, products are developed from concept and delivered to customers in record time. But even a Ferrari does not… Sustained Solutions to Profitable Growth: the Dimensions of Intelligent Innovation