Three tips to make your change management project a success

Three tips to make your change management project a success

Three tips to make your change management project a success Anyone who has read Becoming by Michelle Obama will be familiar with the term ‘swerve’. An academic and fastidious woman who often found it hard to let go, Obama describes how she taught herself to change...
Change management – what can go wrong? 

Change management – what can go wrong? 

Change management – what can go wrong?  If the only things that can be guaranteed in life are death and taxes, then why are businesses not better prepared for change? Poor change management can impact employee morale, productivity and, ultimately, the bottom...
Change impact assessment

Change impact assessment

Change impact assessment What is  a change impact assessment? For organisations to thrive in today’s fast-paced, global economy, change is an inevitable and essential part of the process.   A change impact assessment is a process to analyse the impact of a proposed...
Managing an ageing workforce

Managing an ageing workforce

Managing an ageing workforce  Baby boomers are approaching retirement.  By 2031, the number of New Zealanders aged 65 and over is predicted to exceed one million (Ministry of Social Development, 2011), and 85% of New Zealand companies are concerned that this will...
Transitioning from co-worker to manager – a guide

Transitioning from co-worker to manager – a guide

Transitioning from co-worker to manager – a guide For many of us, work is a big part of our lives.  We typical spend over forty hours per week at work and generate social connections with workmates as a by-product of our career.  These relationships play a...