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Using Change to Properly Align the Average Employees' Skills and Roles
Another benefit of change: using the opportunity to ensure your average employee's skills and role are properly aligned. If not, see if you can reposition him / her to a newly created opportunity based on the changes being introduced.
15% of IT Change Projects Are Huge Money Sinks
Ah - the importance of effective (people and) change management strikes again...
Respond Please: Tips for Saving on Business Travel Expenses
Question: After taking an international business trip, your company's chief operating officer (COO) asks you for tips you can share to reduce business travel expenses (e.g., if possible, take the hotel shuttle to the office instead of a taxi, eat breakfast for free in the concierge floor lounge v. in the restaurant).
Ideas? Thank you for your suggestions. I am helping a client COO gather these tips to communicate across the company worldwide.
Getting Others to Embrace Risk
Great actions to consider when you are leading organizational change http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/05/getting_others_to_embrace_risk.html?cm_mmc=email-_-newsletter-_-management_tip-_-tip081011&referral=00203&utm_source=newsletter_management_tip&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tip081011
'Don't do what you love.' Hmmm - do you agree?
A provocative posting, Don't Do What You Love, on blogs.hbr.org. I'm curious to hear observations to this posting...
On Being Productive: Tools, Techniques, Inspiration & Motivation
He who knows most grieves most for wasted time.
Viewing Organizational Change as an Opportunity to Be a Leader Before Others See You as One
"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved." Helen Keller
Join Me: Sandy Schwan (MS03) to Speak at Day with Northwestern (Sat. April 16)
I am honored to be chosen as a speaker at ‘A Day with Northwestern’ on Saturday, April 16. This all day event features faculty from a variety of different academic backgrounds leading engaging discussions. Attendees can choose from 14 different lectures to personalize their schedules based on interests.
