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The First Five Percent of Strategic Change Management
My approach to strategic change management that says the quality of the first five percent determines what happens in the rest of the process.

Building A Firm Foundation For A Strategic Plan
Executives almost always overlook the fact that a strong organizational foundation must first be laid within the company in order for a strategic plan to be effectively implemented. Otherwise, the process of strategic change is like a skyscraper built over a swamp - it won’t take long to sink under its own weight.
Brainpower For The Overwhelmed
Another great article about our overwhelming schedules, information overload and constant, unrelenting stress. Eileen discuss how we got to where we are and gives meaningful tips to help us relieve stress and get in control.

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“Twelve Strategic Thinking Steps For Effective Change Management In Your Career, According To Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach”
It is not very easy to manage a career change and in my business coaching practice, I have worked with people who have switched careers successfully in their 50s, 60s and above. And as I thought about this, I tried to think of some of the key steps they took to make this successful change. And one of the underlying common denominators with each of them was the use of a strategic thinking approach to managing change. So, with that being said, what would be the twelve (12) strategic thinking steps to follow for effectively managing the change in your career? In my opinion, the twelve (12) strategic steps are:

“Your Strategic Tool Kit of Commitments For Success During Radical Change, From Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach”
WOW! What a great time to be alive and to witness the accelerating change and increased complexity in our global world of work. The economy is shifting to a new economy and a new age where jobs are becoming “virtual” and we are conducting business in ways not even dreamed of a few years ago. The economy is moving rapidly toward services and knowledge work. We are experiencing rapid change and the old ways of managing and doing business are not going to work. A strategic thinker knows that change brings opportunities. Strategic thinkers will choose to identify astounding opportunities, more job freedom and more personal growth. And that is why I am so excited about these changes. I have chosen a set of ten (10) strategic commitments as a strategic tool kit to recommend to you. The ten (10) strategic commitments are:

“Seven Strategic Actions To Deal With Change And Uncertainty In Business And Life From Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach”
Dealing with and handling change and uncertainty is one of the major challenges each of us faces in today’s world. And we face it in our business and personal lives. It can be said that change and uncertainty arrive together and that most people find it much more difficult to manage and endure ambiguity and waiting than to deal with changes as they happen. And, in my opinion, on thing is certain – each of us will face some type of change and uncertainty at multiple times during our life. So, what are some strategic actions we can take to deal with this change and uncertainty? Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach researched this question and developed seven (7) strategic actions to recommend dealing with change and uncertainty in business and life. The seven (7) strategic actions are:
Major Characteristics of A Strategic Thinker, According To Your Strategic Thinking Coach
Let’s begin with a definition of strategic thinking so we are all on the same page before reading the article. Strategic thinking is the way people think about, assess, view and create the future for themselves and others. It is much more than responding and reacting to both day-to-day and long-term problems, opportunities and new realities. It is proactive, not reactive and focuses on creating a better future and adding value. Strategic thinking always involves change and imagining the results we can achieve in the future. So what makes a strategic thinker? What are some of the major characteristics of a strategic thinker? Here are eight (8) major characteristics of strategic thinkers from my perspective as a strategic thinking business coach.

Twelve Strategic Leadership Actions To Fire Up Your Employees During Change
Many people and their companies they work for fear and resist change. Some literally detest any change. It is very important to realize that with the application of some solid strategic thinking, change can be a catalyst to energize and fire up your employees. One needs to recognize that change has the ability to open doors, hears and minds that otherwise may remain closed and/or locked forever. Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach is a change agent and has learned many lessons from coaching through change. After reviewing those lessons learned from the business coaching experience, here are twelve (12) strategic leadership actions recommended to fire up your employees during change.

Strategic Actions For Learning How To Think Strategically, According To Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach
What is strategic thinking? What does that term mean? My research into definitions brought me to the following thoughts. Strategic thinking is a process that defines the manner in which people think about, assess, view, and create the future for themselves and others. It is more about creating tomorrow than responding to both day-to-day as well as long-term problems, opportunities, and new realities. It is proactive rather than reactive. Fortunately, it also can be applied on any day at any time and is responsive to the new realities and the accelerated rate of change of today and tomorrow’s world. Strategic thinking always involves change, and many times that means profound personal change. Here are nine actions to learn how to think strategically.

Workplace Change in Six Steps
Managing change in today’s organizations is not easy. Those companies that get it right win a significant strategic advantage over their struggling competitors. Leslie Allan shows how you can apply a practical change management process that will help you gain success on your next change initiative.
Change Agents: The Power Behind Effective Change Management
Change-agents are those within our organization who help facilitate strategic transformation. We need change agents on our side to clear the path, especially when it comes to making “game-changing” change. But how do we enlist the type of change agents to make critical changes possible?
Change Management Can Lead to Rigidity and Resistance to Change
Beware of formal organization improvement or "change management" (an oxymoron) plans. Like strategic plans, organization improvement or change management plans can reduce an organization's effectiveness. They can lead to rigidity, bureaucracy, and resistance to change. This sounds like an argument against planning. It's not. We have found that constant and ongoing personal, team, and organization improvement planning is vital. But too many "change management" and improvement plans are built on the same faulty premise as strategic planning - that there is a right path, which can be determined in advance and then implemented. We often hear managers declare that they have the right strategic or improvement plan, but the reason things aren't going according to plan is because of "execution problems." This is a deadly assumption.
Change management is an oxymoron
Change management in my view, like strategic planning, is an oxymoron. Change initiatives are highly successful when leadership (both as something we do for other people as well as for ourselves) and management, are thought about and acted on in partnership rather than as the one discipline. Confuse change and management or think about the two at the same time and likely that you want to change, won't.
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