The Situation According to the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), eighty five percent of mergers and acquisitions fail. Why is this? Strategies and financial data of merging companies are thoroughly researched, but culture is rarely brought to the table. As a result, these perfectly planned strategies become stagnated by competing cultures. In 2014, the Arizona…
In many organizations, making the decision to implement a 360 program is easy. Once the decision has been made, however, it doesn’t take long for organizations to become overwhelmed by the myriad of options facing them. The purpose of this document is to cover key information for planning the implementation of a 360 program. …
Creating Constructive Conflict Resolution Based on research of over 6,000 actual workplace conflicts, Conflict Lens discovered that behavior centered on conflict can be measured and described through ten dimensions. To effectively manage conflict situations, people must become aware of their reactions to conflict and learn methods for achieving constructive outcomes. The assessment of…
Trust is at the heart of employee engagement, productivity, creativity and sustainable business as a whole. When employees feel they can trust their organization and their leaders, it’s easier for them to also feel aligned to the company’s mission, its products and their work. Building and maintaining trust starts with leaders. Leaders who aren’t…
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The Company Amgen isn’t a big player in the common cold, sore throat remedies or allergy prescription realm of medicine. They develop a pipeline of medicines, striving to create breakthroughs. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen focuses on developing and manufacturing medications for rheumatoid arthritis, kidney disease, cancer and other serious medical conditions. This calls…
Change isn’t easy for any organization or industry, especially during times of recovery. Yet, the international banking community’s new rules surrounding incentive-based compensation, called for banks to adapt quickly. As a result, large financial institutions faced extra hurdles and time crunches, and Material Risk Takers (MRTs) were greatly impacted. These inidividuals who have the…
Follow-up Effectiveness Study After both parts of this study were completed, the results showed that a huge majority of leaders (95%) were now perceived as responding to their direct reports and/or doing at least a “little follow-up.” More than half of the leaders (55%) did “consistent” follow-up and approximately a third (31%) did frequent…