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Harmony & Rythm in Organizational Development

Harmonious Workplaces

Parallels between shared music-making and OD In the dynamic world of organizational development (OD), business leaders oftentimes find themselves on a continuous quest to find innovative and effective strategies for fostering teamwork, navigating change, and enhancing employee well-being. Bridges, W. Bridges Transition Model.

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The Right Questions Can Reveal the Right Problems

Harmonious Workplaces

In the dynamic fields of organizational development (OD) and change management (OCM), a consultant’s ability to ask the right questions plays as crucial a role as having the right answers. Appreciative Inquiry: A Double-Edged Sword In dialogic organizational development practices, appreciative inquiry has emerged as a powerful tool.

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Sometimes Doing the Right Thing Involves Risk

Harmonious Workplaces

My affinity for working with business owners and executives stands as one of the main reasons why I chose to study Industrial-Organizational Psychology at Purdue and to make consulting, organizational development, and change management hallmarks of my career. Will you need always to risk your career, safety, or life? Ehrhart, K.,

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How SMEs can welcome the decade of Organizational Culture

Asamby Consulting

The Business Dictionary defines organizational culture as: “ The values and behaviors that contribute to the unique social and psychological environment of an organization.” (The The Business Dictionary, 2018). A positive organizational culture can have a significant impact on every aspect of a business.

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How to Keep Your Pulse on the People Side of Organizational Change

Organizational Talent Consulting

A leader alone can create the organizational inertia needed to change without followers, not even the CEO. I have two organizational change frameworks I frequently use when working with leaders to implement bold change. Kotter's eight-step change management model provides an easy-to-follow roadmap for change managers. Prosci Research.

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