Markovitz Consulting

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

John Shook describes how within the constellation of GM plants, the Fremont plant went from worst to first in quality in one year, with a 180-degree turnaround in culture, all while keeping the same workers. (In In fact, the only people let go were from management ranks.) What story do the cultural artifacts at my client tell?

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Consulting and Organizational Management

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Managing Boundaries in Systems By Jim Smith on September 28, 2010. Organization Development is all about change in work systems. Jim Smith has over 40 years of organization development experience in a wide range of organizations.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. ————————— For more resources, see the Library topics Consulting and Organizational Development. For training on consulting skills, see the Consultants Development Institute.

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Harmonious Workplaces

MAY 10, 2024

Two things coveted by business owners that organizational development can provide. I had the pleasure of meeting a fellow I-O Psychology practitioner this week.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MAY 5, 2013

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. How to Manage Resistance in Consulting — Part 1 of 3: What is Resistance? Welcome to this 3-part article on managing resistance in consulting projects. . For training on consulting skills, see the Consultants Development Institute.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

FEBRUARY 3, 2013

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. « Previous Next » Meet this Blog’s Co-Hosts Carter McNamara of Authenticity Consulting, LLC, provides organization development and consultant training services, and is developer of the Free Management Library.

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Harmonious Workplaces

JANUARY 17, 2024

Leverage effective inquiry tactics to diagnose organizational needs As a Certified Management Consultant (CMC), I belong to the Institute of Management Consultants (IMC USA) and the IMC Chicagoland Chapter. This leads to more engaged, more motivated workers which develops a more resilient and adaptive organization.

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Harmonious Workplaces

DECEMBER 12, 2023

During the month of October, I had the pleasure of learning Organizational Development (OD) and Change Leadership from The Drucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate University. Flexible Organizational Culture: A culture that promotes openness to new ideas and approaches fundamentally fosters success.

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 22, 2021

When I was an organizational development consultant for Disney, I worked with the Imagineers and Operators. Culture happens, and values happen when people make decisions. Speaking of what's measurable, you have to look at things from the top down to evaluate organizational values and executive development.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

APRIL 23, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. I added, even that depends on the culture of the people in the organization. Some cultures don’t do planning in the typical “linear” approach that we so often talk about. Translate This. Library Blogs Home. This Blogs Home.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Andrew McAfee is a principal research scientist at the MIT Sloan School of Management. His big idea is that “geeks” have created not only the technology that’s driving our future but also a management approach that defines contemporary corporate excellence.

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Successful Independent Consulting

JANUARY 20, 2017

My company represents self-employed professionals across the country, and over the last seven years I have interviewed, coached, or worked with more than 200 independent management consultants. Translation: change management for IT projects. The exact opposite is true. Translation: turnaround expert. Translation: philanthropy expert.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JULY 26, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Starting with the individual organism he demonstrated that the systems view and principles extended throughout biology, physics, chemistry, philosophy and cultural anthropology as well as sociology and psychiatry. Translate This. Library Blogs Home.

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Asamby Consulting

JUNE 2, 2022

Welcoming the decade of Organizational Culture. This article will explore the rise of organizational culture as a key element for healthy organizations, and how it can become a competitive advantage for SMEs. One culture is always present. Yet, he influenced the concept of the performance management we know today.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

APRIL 28, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Be Careful About Proclaiming "Failed Management Movements"! Last week, I got a call from a consultant who lamented the “failure of all those management movements.” Translate This. Library Blogs Home. This Blogs Home.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. ————————— For more resources, see the Library topics Consulting and Organizational Development. For training on consulting skills, see the Consultants Development Institute.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Instead, I’ve been more successful with, e.g., ”turnaround specialist” or “business developer.” How to Manage Resistance in Consulting — Part 1 of 3: What is Resistance? Translate This. Library Blogs Home.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JUNE 28, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Development is hard pressed to interface with operations. As the development is understood the protection can be loosened which is necessary to gain the institutional support for prioritizing the resources for more disciplined development.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MAY 10, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. We live in traditional organizations that are functional and vertically managed. Work is aligned by function and managed vertically up and down the line. The challenge is cultural and political, not technical. Library Blogs Home.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JANUARY 7, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. To learn more about consulting processes, see the topic Consultants in the Free Management Library.). Risk Management. How to Manage Resistance in Consulting — Part 1 of 3: What is Resistance? Career Management. Read more.].

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

MARCH 4, 2022

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting company that specializes in aligning teams around their vision, mission, values, goals and action plans. Learn more about how we can help align your team with our strategic planning and implementation services.

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Harmonious Workplaces

JANUARY 11, 2024

Leaders striving for a better workplace may suffer consequences In a recent post on LinkedIn from the Business & Management Consultants open group, a contributor posted, “A manager who challenges the boss and stands up for their team, despite risking their own career, is a true leader.” I complied; he didn’t. Absolutely not!

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JANUARY 21, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Did your client make any effort to manage change, when addressing their issue? That question starts to alert them to the need to carefully manage change, and opens the door for you to start teaching them.). Career Management. Leadership.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Companies are awash in people analytics — but that data rarely translates into trustworthy markers of performance.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

APRIL 14, 2013

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. So, we’d be sitting with a group of managers listening to them talk about their difficult issues. John Dupre is an organization development consultant who designs innovative ways to involve people in building more productive and satisfying workplaces.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Cultural integrity – an understanding of the Asian way of life. Also there are some consistencies starting to emerge e.g. Change Awareness and Hierarchy are clear leaders followed by Responsibility, Cultural Integrity, Consensus and Education.

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

MARCH 17, 2022

Today I want to talk to you about organizational culture. What is it? What are some best practices for driving it forward? And what are some practical examples of what it looks like out in the wild.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

DECEMBER 2, 2012

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. The profession has become filled with niche players……executive coaching, team building, process improvement, change management, etc. How to Manage Resistance in Consulting — Part 1 of 3: What is Resistance? Career Management.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JUNE 14, 2010

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. ————————— For more resources, see the Library topics Consulting and Organizational Development. How to Manage Resistance in Consulting — Part 1 of 3: What is Resistance?

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Harmonious Workplaces

JANUARY 25, 2024

Strong manager-employee relationships through great leadership leads to positive outcomes After hearing so many people talking about the Apple TV show Ted Lasso and using it in the context of business leadership, I had to see what caused all the buzz. Workers with great managers tend to perform well and experience higher positive affect.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

OCTOBER 15, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Project managers call it “project creep.” Organizational Development. I am teaching in ST and Complex project management in Australia and starting to consult in the same area given that there is now growing interest in the field here.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 28, 2024

In the current era of digital disruption, the pace of change has dramatically accelerated, leaving traditional risk management wisdom lacking. Across a variety of industries, technology-enabled disruptors have changed the rules.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Implementation Phase (Change Management Phase). This can work very well for small projects or for cultures that don’t prefer structured approaches to problem solving or achieving goals. Translate This. Library Blogs Home. This Blogs Home.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MARCH 19, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. How we handle uncertainty and how we deal with it personally is critical in how we manage change. We learn about our work as OD Practitioners, when we step outside our culture and collaborate with other kinds of communities. Translate This.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

JUNE 26, 2012

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. History of Organization Development (Part 5 of 6) — Wilfred Bion and Eric Trist “The Birth of Self-Managed Work Groups” By Carter McNamara on June 26, 2012. The Origin of ‘Self-Managed Work Teams ’. Library Blogs Home.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Some experts on leadership and management assert that highly experienced people often have developed intuition that enables them to make quick, effective decisions. Business Ethics, Culture and Performance. Career Management.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. We use local masons to perform the work in a way that is consistent with their culture and methods. In my next post I will look at the personal development lessons of this experience. Translate This. Library Blogs Home. This Blogs Home.

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