Leading Change: Mindset’s methodology for designing success from Day One!
Moving to a shared service is fundamentally ‘transforming’ your internal back-of-house functions and therefore requires a change strategy that allows your organisation to design for success from Day One. Using the Mindset change methodology, we were able to provide attendees with useful insights in driving change as opposed to simply managing a project.
Continue Reading...Leave a CommentWhen Will CEOs Realise That the Soft Skills Are Actually the Hardest?
Change Management is one of the biggest barriers companies face when moving to a Shared Services or Outsourcing model. Many Australian companies are looking at business transformation initiatives such as these to achieve some level of organisational improvement. It may be the need to become more competitive on an international level; broader access to supply constrained skills; or the need to reduce costs and/or improve operational efficiencies.
Continue Reading...Leave a CommentThe Grounding of QANTAS: Courageous Leadership or Corporate Suicide?
There is no doubt that Qantas’ CEO, Alan Joyce, and its board will be watching the results of the airline closely over the next few months. In my experience from a change perspective, courageous decisions by leaders are all too lacking in the current business environment. And, whether you agree with the decision to ground the airline or not, there can be little disagreement that this was indeed a courageous decision.
Continue Reading...View Comments (1)Balancing the tightrope of health and high performance
Just before I headed off for my break, there was an interesting article in the Australian Financial Review, entitled, "It’s Recovery Time For Stressed Bosses." It was a timely reminder to use the break to rest my mind, body and come back with the best mindset for the year ahead.
Continue Reading...Leave a CommentLeading Change – The Power of One
During a 360° feedback exercise that we completed with a client recently I was reminded of just how important it is for leaders and/or leadership teams to project or communicate the right message to their teams.
Continue Reading...View Comments (2)Leading Change – Is the problem you?
There is certainly a lot going on right now. It’s like the race has started again for many organisations after spending a lot of time in the starting blocks. To cope with this, leaders need to be at their mental and physical best to ensure they can perform to the level that is demanded.
Continue Reading...Leave a CommentDifficult Conversations: Talking about the elephant in the room
Don Holley talks about the necessity of having those 'difficult coversations' in team development exercises.
Continue Reading...Leave a CommentOne small change in mindset makes a BIG change to Don Holley
As a company Mindset has been fortunate enough to change individual, group and organisation mindsets, driving cultural change and improved results for our clients. 2011 is shaping up to be an amazing year and will challenge us all to be at our best to take advantage of the opportunities presented to us. Small, incremental changes to what you’re already doing have the potential to reap big results but making a difference starts with changing your mindset. Often the solution can be staring you right in the face.
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National ‘Go home on time day’ occurred last Wednesday (25th of November), and while the day managed to grab some great pre-event support from workers and employers, on the day it wasn’t taken so seriously.
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