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Confidence Picks Up in Clean Tech Funding: Report
Brief Pointer: Thank billions in government funding for helping to lift clean technology investment in the third quarter, said the Cleantech Group and Deloitte in a report Wednesday.
The quarterly analysis reiterated that the recession has kicked but not killed investments in this sector, which remain... (Full article) |  |
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Friday, October 2, 2009
8 Reasons (You Never Thought Of) That Sustainability Will Change Management
By Michael S. Hopkins
As sustainability affects how the world works, so will it affect how business works in the world. Here are eight changes that smart managers are already talking about. Click here for the full article
As sustainability affects how the world works, so will it affect how business works in the world. Here are eight changes that smart managers are already talking about. Click here for the full article
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Thursday, September 24, 2009
Reasons Why Change Fails
This is a 2007 article from 'Be Excellent ® ' blog. Link for the original article: here. I suggest you visit the 'Be Excellent® - The Official Six Disciplines® Blog', and see some superb articles on strategy.
Quoting the 'Be Excellent ® ' blog:
Quoting the 'Be Excellent ® ' blog:
Reasons Why Change Fails
It isn't inadequate processes, strategy or technology that lead so many organizational change programs to run into the sand.
The main reasons for failed change are all about people.
Management-Issues reports that a study from Deloitte Consulting suggests that change programs need to tackle issues in an integrated and focused way and, in particular, look at the people issues facing the business before, during and after the program.
The research has come as a conference of 165 HR directors organized by PricewaterhouseCoopers has separately predicted that a growing focus on people issues means there will be a chief of human resources on the board of most organizations by 2015.
According to the research, there are eight key people-related areas companies need to be addressing:BOTTOMLINE: "Companies don't transform themselves just for fun, but to stay competitive, innovative, and operationally effective."
- People risk and impact management
- Leadership alignment and stakeholder engagement
- Communications
- Culture
- Organizational design and governance
- Talent requirements and HR programs
- Workforce transition
- Learning and capability transfer
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