by Jean Herreman | Jan 22, 2016 | Employee Engagement
Amidst all the buzz about employee engagement programs, a growing contingent wants to throw them out. Rodd Wagner, in Forbes last year, predicted The End of Employee Engagement, calling it a “check the box exercise” at many firms. Josh Bersin, founder of...
by Susan Richards | Oct 20, 2015 | Human Resources Change Management
“Abominable! Can you believe that? Do I look abominable to you? Why can’t they call me the Adorable Snowman or…or the Agreeable Snowman, for crying out loud? I’m a nice guy.” —The Yeti in the movie, Monsters, Inc. As Halloween approaches,...
by Susan Richards | Sep 30, 2015 | Human Resources Change Management
Stacey Harris’s presentation at IHRIM last week (The Quantified Organization: Data-Driven HR Functions) provided many interesting insights from Sierra-Cedar’s 2014-2015 HR Systems Survey, not the least of which was this finding: Organizations that invest...
by Susan Richards | Apr 20, 2015 | Human Resources Change Management
Change management ensures that organizational initiatives—from simple process changes to major initiatives like culture or system changes—are implemented fully and efficiently, achieving the desired results. Change management does that by analyzing and addressing the...
by Susan Richards | Apr 14, 2015 | Agile HR, Agility Lessons
The newest feature at steelbridgesolutions.com, under the “Insights” tab, is Agility Lessons. Others call them “case studies,” but imitation isn’t in our DNA, nor is maintaining the status quo when something fresh is required. Agility...
by Susan Richards | Mar 30, 2015 | Human Resources Change Management
Compared to the complex topics addressed in this series to date, our current post—the availability of resources to fulfill change management roles—may appear wonderfully straightforward. Identifying team members, assigning individuals to positions and...
by Susan Richards | Feb 18, 2015 | Human Resources Change Management
“Change is never painful. Only the resistance to change is painful.” Buddha A recent article by Karl Moore, Ph.D. for Forbes spins a tale about a fictional company, “Inflexco,” that has just acquired a significant new customer. Inflexco’s elated CEO...
by Susan Richards | Jan 27, 2015 | Human Resources Change Management
Most discussions of change readiness focus on people and culture. Change experts characterize the organization as a collection of individuals who, together, will be eager and able to change, if only leaders build support for the change initiative, model new behaviors,...
by Susan Richards | Dec 1, 2014 | Human Resources Change Management
“Go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.” – Jimmy Carter “Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing.” – Warren Buffett The quotes above, admittedly out of context, illustrate a wide divergence in individual...
by Susan Richards | Nov 12, 2014 | Human Resources Change Management
In our previous blog post, we committed to write a series discussing six factors organizations should address when considering change management consulting. This post addresses the first factor, Business Context. The business environment in which organizations operate...
