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Change Management
Our approach to change is focused on delivering business outcomes and is steeped in practical experience of designing and managing hundreds of initiatives. While implementing
Creating better business outcomes through collaboration
You can create better… …business solutions and outcomes less expensively by tapping into your company’s collective intelligence through a blended use of traditional and emerging tools to
Defining Program Management
Program Management… …provides the working environment in which we can effectively manage complex business initiatives. It provides the coordination, discipline and management routines among the all
Defining Project Management
Everybody “knows”… …what project management is. And yet, based on my 30 years of management, management consulting and engineering consulting experience, the most powerful and ubiquitous management
Enterprise View: Collaboration & The Directed Community
In a recent discussion… … we were continuing our focus on eliminating the noise around collaborative technologies and tools. As we thought about how to
Executive Alignment
Executive teams must provide both the vision for change and “active management” throughout execution. Each leader must constantly work through political and emotional barriers to
Form, Instructions and an Example
It often surprises me… … at the busiest point of putting together a survey, after spending person-days creating an elegant survey instrument, very few people seem to
General Management Framework
It all started… …early in my consulting career when a client asked me… “How do I get my knowledge of the business into 40 regional
Process Management 101
For as long as I would like to remember… … I have been using a single slide to orient executive teams, project teams, stakeholders, etc.
Rapid Assessment Framework
Determining “What is most important?” is critical early in any effort. Working with imperfect and incomplete information is a basic tenant of business management. We
Responsibility Mapping
Clarity of responsibilities… …is at the heart of management, coaching, measurement, rewards, etc. Crisply defined and reinforced responsibilities increase focus, integration and performance. I cannot
Risk Management
We can never eliminate all risk, as risk-taking is a foundational element of business. Risk management is a disciplined approach to think about, identify, quantify
Stakeholder Analysis- A Swiss Army Knife for Managers
Walk a mile in my shoes… …to quote Mr. Presley. And at the risk of mixing metaphors, looking at your work through others’ eyes is
Swift Teams
We believe Swift-Teams exemplify the fusion of proven traditional change management and program management techniques enabled by emerging collaborative tools and methodologies, grounded in a
The Change Formula
If there is a single framework… …appropriate for just about every dimension of management, and particularly managing others, it is the change formula. And, while