In recent times there has been a trend towards acquisitions as a mode of entry into foreign markets. There are many good reasons for that, but are acquisitions always better than greenfield investments? Acquisitions as a mode of entry in international business have a major purpose – speed. Moving into a new market quickly brings […]
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Culture Change and the Bad Egg
Change is everywhere. It happens in our workplaces, our personal lives and in society in general. The one thing that is constant might just be that change is constant. Perhaps people need to spend less time worrying, and understand that change happens. It’s never that simple, though. People are naturally resistant to change. and in […]
Read More Change management, Culture, Management, PeopleTo Truly Change an Organisation, First Change Yourself
There’s a lot of “conventional wisdom” around how to implement change within organisations. Primarily, it focuses on the culture and values across the firm. But before you can begin to change the culture, you must change yourself. It sounds a little too full on, like it could be a line from some kind of Barrack […]
Read More Change management, Culture, Management, PeopleThe Policy Driven Organisation
Some organisations have policies for everything, right down to the brand of pencil used. Is that overkill, or is it necessary for an effective organisation? I think the answer lies in society. Think about the stereotypical lawyers bookcase, filled with hundreds of acts of law, and all the amendments too. How could any regular person […]
Read More Culture, Management, PeopleWhat does performance look like?
Somebody asked me the other day why I thought that they were being performanced managed. I asked them what they meant specifically, and they told me that they now had objectives that they had to meet, something that was new to them. It’s a fair question, I suppose. It happens with reasonable frequency, too. Organisations use […]
Read More Culture, People, Performance managementTales of silos, big and small
Everybody has probably heard of silos. You know, the bulk storage for grain and things of that nature. Organisationally, we refer to the lack of communication between different areas as the silo effect. Each area works independently, without any meaningful relationship or correspondence with other areas. It’s as if each exists within it’s own physical […]
Read More Communication, Culture, ManagementWhy you need to become change driven
You often hear of the problems people have with change. Organisations have trouble with change. People have trouble adapting to change. It seems to be all around. Change isn’t easy. One of the big things often recommended is to develop programs that help people through change. Consultants are often hired for a period to “implement a […]
Read More Change management, Culture, Management, PeopleShould you change culture or process?
There’s always been a lot of talk about how hard it is to change the culture within an organisation. It’s true. It’s not the simplest thing to do. This is primarily because of people. People are the vessel that culture grows in. So, why does that make it difficult? People also happen to represent the biggest […]
Read More Change management, Communication, Culture, StructurePublicly Owned to Publicly Traded — Queensland Rail
Privatization isn’t new. It’s been happening all over the world for many years. From that perspective, it’s a common type of occurrence. Even so, think of the total change that occurs to those organisations. A recent case is that of Queensland Rail, a government owned corporation operating rail services, founded in 1865. That’s not a […]
Read More Change management, Culture, Government, ManagementCulture trumps policy, every time.
One of the key roles of a manager is to control the work that their staff perform. In a great number of organisations, this leads to a tendency to create a policy, process or procedure for everything. Good intentions, but an absolutely horrible way to control anything. As the title of this article says, corporate […]
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