Employee
Resistance to Change: A Contrarian View
Cheryl Lampshire
Resistance to change is a natural outcome of the change process manifesting in a variety of ways ranging from passive resistance to open conflict, from decreasing work performance to employee absenteeism and turnover. Change must take place to allow organizations to adapt to their environment in order to remain competitive. To read more download article...
The
Bi-Lingual Advantage in IT
Marilyn Edelson and Stephen Balzac
Managers and engineers form two distinct, separate cultures in an organization. Each group has very specific goals, which may not always be in alignment. Unfortunately, since both groups are working for the same company, and apparently speaking the same language, they tend to assume that they have the same image in mind. As many managers and engineers have discovered, this can lead to more than a little friction. To read more download article...
Achieve
the Results You Want: Make Goals, Not Resolutions
Marilyn Edelson
In this month's (February 2008) Fast Company Magazine, "Make It Stick" authors Dan and Chip Heath ask us to imagine being consultants to the New Year's Resolution industry. They tell us, "Your clients are a deeply dysfunctional bunch. Every January, they proudly announce their resolutions. Two weeks later, most have already veered off plan, and by mid-spring, they may not even remember having a resolution at all." To read more download article...
Running
the Marine Corp 10K Lessons Learned
Tom Cagley
Tom Cagley's observations of lessons learned one year after running the Marine Corps 10K Marathon and process improvement, caught our eye. It isn't too much of a stretch to see how running a race and completing any big project have things in common.
A
Best Year Yet and ITDC White Paper - Breaking Through Performance Disruptions
Larry Lewis
Every day organizations are blindsided, unable to distinguish a performance gap from a
disruption gap and unaware of the difference between performance improvement and performance intervention. Closing the performance gap is important. Closing a disruption gap is vital. A catalytic performance intervention is one of the secrets to organizational longevity, yet few organizations have a performance intervention system in place.
Developing
the Future CIO
David Herron & Marilyn Edelson
A recent report from the Society for Information Management Advanced Practices
Council, "Grooming the 2010 CIO," predicted a shortage of qualified
CIOs in the years ahead. In this thought-provoking article learn to spot
potential CIOs and help your organization prepare for the future.
Managing
Organizational Change
David Herron
This is the companion white paper to the "Managing Organizational
Change" webinar. Read about the hard reality that some improvement
programs can and do fail but also how you can manage to receive the benefits
of a successful Software Process Improvement program.
Put
me in Coach, I am ready to play!
David Herron
Have you noticed an increase in the number of articles on professional
and personal coaching? What exactly is professional and personal coaching?
Who are these coaches, and who is getting coached? To learn more about
coaching, download this article.
How
Coaching Helps IT Teams
David Herron, Mike Harris and Marilyn Edelson
The ever changing environment for the successful management and delivery
of business solutions has created many challenges for software development
teams. Leading edge companies are discovering that training augmented
by either one-on-one executive coaching and/ or team coaching is frequently
necessary and one of the most cost-effective ways to manage.
HR Today
Chris Pallaris, Best Year Yet
Most organizations would agree that their staff is their most important
"asset." Millions are spent training and nurturing these assets
to perform fixed roles with increasing speed and effectiveness. And yet,
despite this, organizations everywhere are grappling with a daunting range
of challenges: incremental growth, unnecessary bureaucracy, poor project
management and knowledge retention, insufficient communication and collaboration,
limited innovation, talent shortages, and an inability to anticipate and
respond to challenges in the marketplace.
For more information or to access our publications, contact info@itdecisionscoaching.com or Fiona Thompson at 610-644-2856 ext 21.
