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| Balancing Change and Performance Agendas
Getting team members inspired, aligned and on board for the journey ahead is a key priority for most leaders. Here are some suggestions to keep your team engaged and on track to deliver results...
Getting team members inspired, aligned and on board for the journey ahead is a key priority for most leaders. This is particularly true in those situations where business direction is changing – perhaps entering different markets, offering new products, developing a different organizational culture or shifting leadership behaviour.
Ensuring that your company’s performance doesn’t suffer, however, can be a challenge during significant change. Space needs to be created to enable staff to learn new ways of doing things, try different approaches, design alternate business processes, and perhaps acquire or change some key behaviours. On the other hand, results matter – launching new products, acquiring new business, realizing sales targets and delivering on existing commitments.
Over the summer, some of this work may have slowed down or been deferred for many companies, but now that most of us are heading back to work and back to the regular routine, there’s likely going to be renewed emphasis on both change and performance. To ensure performance doesn’t........ (cont'd) |
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