 | | | | by Randy Ransleben | Web Video
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| | Change can be very difficult, but it is something that every organization faces from time to time. If you or your organization is facing an upcoming change then this learning element is for you. Randy Ransleben will give your real-world answers to your real-world problems that will allow you and your people to move through change successfully.
Time: 25:22
Randy Ransleben is with Ransleben Consulting Services of Houston, Texas and has been coaching business through change. For more information about Randy or to get in contact with him, go to his website www.leadershipandchange.com. | |
 | | | | by Joshua Freedman | Article
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| | | When the stakes are high, life and death for the people or the company, change will happen – right? Fast Company senior writer Alan Deutschman was surprised that the answer is “no.” He was attending a conference on the future of healthcare where the dean of Johns Hopkins talked about what happens to cardiac patients when they’re told to “change or die.” The incident led to an in-depth analysis of individual and organizational change with a startling conclusion: While change is possible, the usual approach doesn’t work. | |
 | | | | by Ray Piper PMP MCMI | Online Book
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| | One of the key success factors for executing projects is the consistent application of a disciplined methodology through the complete life cycle of each project. Consistent application leads to continuous improvement. Based on proven enterprise best practices this book takes you through the life cycle, phase by phase, while highlighting major steps within each phase. You can literally use this book as a map while executing your next project.- Introduction
- Initiation
- Planning
- Implementation
- Closure
194 Pages | |
 | | | | by Bill Thomas | Online Book
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| | Provides leaders with methods, processes and strategies for critically thinking about, evaluating and planning actions they need to help develop their understanding of people, information and their operational realities. Emphasizes the cognitive, evaluation and innovative aspects of leadership behavior and tasks. It explains the essential activities, attitudes and attributes leaders must master to become innovative, facilitative, productive agents, managers and champions of change.
Length: 22 Pages | |
 | | | | by James H. Saylor | Online Book
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| | This Handbook provides guidelines for any organization seeking to achieve excellence through continuous improvement. Specifically, this VICTORY Guide provides step-by-step methods for:- Establishing an excellence policy
- Xpecting continuous improvement by instituting a system
- Creating a process orientation
- Establishing an improvement methodology
- Learning improvement tools
In addition, this book provides an outline of basic continuous improvement tools with examples and templates. You can get started on getting rapid results with the continuous improvement cycle, the improvement methodology and guidance on when and how to use tools.
Finally, we have provided MANAGING FOR VICTORY acrostics for continuous improvement to make it easy to implement and learn the continuous improvement system.
Length: 175 Pages | |
| | | | by James H. Saylor | Online Book
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| | LEARN WHAT IT TAKES TO BECOME A PROGRESSIVE LEADER
This is an introduction to being a progressive leader. Specifically, progressive leaders:Lead by exampleEstablish a common purposeAct to develop a superior organizationDrive excellenceEnhance othersReinforce progressThis VICTORY Guide provides:- definition of progressive leadership
- why progressive leadership
- 6 key elements for progressive leaders
- 6 fundamental questions leaders must ask everyday
- 7 guidelines to lead by example
- 8 considerations to develop a superior organization
- 7 actions to drive excellence
- 7 methods to enhance others
- 7 guidelines to reinforce progress
- 6 step action process to become a progressive leader
- a progressive leader assessment
- and much more!
Length: 27 Pages | |
| | | | by James H. Saylor | Online Book
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| | LEARN HOW TO CONDUCT EFFECTIVE MEETINGS
This is a self guided basic business workbook for any team, group, and committee seeking to conduct effective meetings. Specifically, conducting effective meetings requires:- Making a focus statement
- Ensuring that team meeting roles are assigned and understood
- Ensuring that the team uses an agenda
- Taking time to prepare, participate and perform
This VICTORY Guide provides:- 4 essentials for effective meetings
- 4 steps to construct a code of conduct
- 7 issues to consider for code of conduct
- 5 imperatives for focus statement
- 6 guidelines for agenda
- 6 actions before the meeting
- 6 considerations during the meeting
- 5 actions after the meeting
- 8 elements for meeting critique
- and much more!
Length: 26 Pages | |
| | | | by James H. Saylor | Online Book
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| | LEARN THE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS FOR ANY ORGANIZATION
This is an overview of the MANAGING FOR VICTORY System. The system includes practical, proven processes in a simple to understand acrostics based format to dramatically innovate your organization’s management system.
MANAGING FOR VICTORY shows you how:- Visioning creates a common focus
- Involving everyone establishes a superior organization
- Continuously improving achieves excellence
- Training, educating, coaching, facilitating, mentoring develops a learning culture
- Owning the work process fosters empowerment
- Recognizing and rewarding builds high performance
- Yearning for victory ensures success
This VICTORY Guide provides:- 3 major reasons for using MANAGING FOR VICTORY System
- 7 benefit of the SYSTEM
- 10 essential beliefs of the philosophy
- 5 critical element of the foundation
- 9 requirements of the VICTORY framework
- 8 considerations for using customers to drive VICTORY
- 5 actions to create a common focus
- 7 elements to establish a superior organization
- 5 specific methods to achieve excellence
- 5 steps to develop a learning culture
- 3 guidelines to foster empowerment
- 7 critical actions to build high performance
- 7 elements to ensure success
- 6 characteristics of progressive leaders
- and more!
Length: 108 Pages | |
| | | | by James H. Saylor | Online Book
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| | LEARN HOW TO ENSURE SUCCESS IN ANY ORGANIZATION
This is a practical guide for any organization seeking to ensure success. This book provides leaders or managers specific guidelines to:- Support change
- Use passion
- Choose to deal with difficult issues
- Create progressive thinking
- Encourage calculated risk
- Study and learn from success and failure
- Seek optimum technology
This VICTORY Guide provides:- 7 key elements to ensure success
- 6 processes to support change
- 7 essentials to use passion
- 4 steps to deal with difficult issues
- 5 activities to create progressive thinking
- 4 step process for taking calculated risk
- 4 methods to study and learn from success and failure
- 10 considerations to seek optimum technology
- 7 step action process to produce success practices
- and more!
Length: 48 Pages | |
| | | | by James H. Saylor | Online Book
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| | LEARN HOW TO DEVELOP A LEARNING CULTURE
This is a practical guide for any organization seeking to develop a learning culture. Specifically, developing a learning culture involves:- Launch the learning organization
- Establish a learning system
- Allow self-development
- Record development activities
- Name learning achievements
This VICTORY Guide provides:- 5 processes to develop a learning culture
- 9 steps to launch the learning organization
- 6 actions to establish a learning system
- 8 essentials to allow self development
- 6 activities to record development
- 4 methods to name learning achievements
- 7 step action process to develop individual competencies
- and more!
Length: 32 Pages | |
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