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Category: Organizational Development (Page 3 of 6)

Why Do People Resist Change? 3 Key Reasons

React to ChangeHow do most people react to change? Why do people resist change? Experience suggests that most people don’t like change and will resist it in different ways. Some will resist and react to change in subtle ways without showing their hand and others will openly challenge any form of change.  Managers hoping to introduce any form of change that impacts others in the organization need to be aware of the 3 key reasons before implementing any substantial change in the workplace…

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Performance – 3 Laws

Based on the brilliant book “The Three Laws of Performance” by Steve Zaffron and Dave Logan

PerformanceFirst of all, this short article is just an introduction to the basic ideas described in great detail in the “Three Laws of Performance” This is one of those must-read books for all executives and managers. Nonetheless, it is hoped this article can create interest for you to go read the book and discover how this set of ideas is changing world-class organizations and top managers in many countries…

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Interviewing Skills – Some Questions to Assess Maturity

MaturityOne of the key challenges in any interview process is to assess if the candidate in front of you has the degree of maturity necessary for the position. We usually find it not too difficult to assess technical competence, communication skills and things like confidence and flair. Most interviewing skills do include assessment of personal attributes but maturity does not figurecourses talk about assessing technical, functional and personal  and But innate maturity is what sets one candidate apart from another when all other things are equal

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Employee Motivation – 3 Common Myths

The topic of employee motivation is of great significance to managers and supervisors. There are many theories of motivation and any manager wishing to put together a simple practical model of employee motivation has to go through tons of information and misinformation. To complicate matters, there are several myths that confuse in particular new managers or supervisors. This article will help in clearing up some of these myths.

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HR Should Put Itself Out of Business

An article by Chris Ferdinandi published in 2010 that rings really true today as well

Not entirely out of business, of course. But we should put our current way of doing things out of business. Then, we can make way for a newer, awesomer HR. I think the future of human resources is five or six specialized functions (there may be overlap with a few of these)…

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Cognitive Dissonance Explained

cognitive dissonanceWhat is cognitive dissonance (something taught in psychology and organizational behavior courses) and why should it matter to you? Well, understanding cognitive dissonance clearly helps to explain quite a number of things about why people behave the way they do. It is also an insight that can help you to persuade those around you more effectively…

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