Working in a VUCA World
If you have attended a leadership workshop in the last few years, you have probably heard of the “VUCA” concept. You hear it from a facilitator, or read it on a PowerPoint slide, and you see people nodding knowingly…but what does it mean? VUCA is an acronym consisting of four factors that can describe the […]
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- Jul, 06, 2020
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Jul, 06, 2020
Change is Coming
Whether it is a change in your customer market, a change in your competition, or a change in technology, one thing you can count on is that you will always face change. Some of these changes will be incremental and can be addressed with a few days of training. Other changes may put large segments […]
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- Jul, 01, 2019
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Ready for Disruption?
An article in The Economist compared the situation of American workers displaced by Japanese industries in the 1980s with that of workers displaced by Chinese industries in more recent years. They found that, in the earlier case, workers were better able to rebound and shift to something else, whereas the more recent situation led to […]
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- May, 09, 2019
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All Changes Are Not Equal
Change can be hard, and people can be very resistant; this may be the one millionth time you have heard that. If your company is going from producing cars to producing cabinets, you are going to need some pretty major adjustments to your operations, and the local unions will probably be a little uptight about […]
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- Oct, 04, 2018
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Baby On Board?
Plenty of folks across Asia are concerned about the changing demographics in their countries. The number of people leaving the workforce and entering retirement is greater than the number coming into the workforce. That’s going to create long-term challenges for funding pensions, and immediate challenges for workforce structures and performance management. The bottom line is […]
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- Jul, 30, 2018
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