Walk Me

MARCH 27, 2024

Understanding and implementing these elements can lead to a culture where employees feel empowered to initiate actions, with leadership providing the necessary support. The importance of engaging employees in a business transformation journey is paramount. In the U.S., What are the components required for cultural change?

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LSA Global

APRIL 14, 2022

Almost 25% of employees question their ability to succeed in the new world created by the change initiative. 75% of frontline employees are overwhelmingly reluctant to leave their comfort zone. Almost 25% of employees question their ability to succeed in the new world created by the change initiative.

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Know Your Team

APRIL 4, 2023

It helps make clear to an employee – and to upper leadership – what the opportunities for growth and career advancement look like in an organization. ” to help you and the employee in question discern this. #3: 3: Recognize the difference between a frontline manager and manager of managers. 4: Keep it simple + clear.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Our organizational alignment research found that the ability to align strategy and people creates 58% more revenue growth, 72% greater profitability, and 17 times higher employee engagement. They falsely believe that strategy communications from leadership will automatically create employee support and commitment.

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Help Scout Leadership

APRIL 29, 2021

Your customer service culture is not what your fancy “Customer Guarantee” promises, and it’s not whatever you say it is in your new employee handbook. Your culture is the set of beliefs held by your employees about your company: who and what it is for, what it values, and how they act in response to those beliefs.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

When the costs, skills, or role for employees no longer align with business realities or priorities, employee restructurings and layoffs can happen. How Leaders Can Minimize Fallout from Layoffs Regardless of the driver, layoffs are never pleasant and can have a negative impact on employee engagement for those who remain.

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Walk Me

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Conversely, a lack of congruence, or a mismatch among these elements, can cause various issues, including reduced productivity, high employee turnover , and customer dissatisfaction. The Nadler-Tushman Congruence Model categorizes these into four essential areas: Task/Work This element involves the work carried out by employees.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

And when the stated values of an organization are just empty words, they lead to employee confusion, lack of respect, disregard, and employee disengagement. The Connecting Link Think of your workplace culture as how employees think, behave, and get work done when no one is looking. What behaviors does the company reward?

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 14, 2023

And because employees tend to resist change, high levels of psychological team safety and trust are required to openly talk through the vision for change. If you want to win over employees’ hearts and their minds, you must invest the time and energy to truly understand the needs and frustrations of those affected by change.

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LSA Global

JULY 19, 2023

Employees with an ownership mindset are fully invested in the outcomes of their tasks, not just checking the box by “completing” their assigned tasks. Can your employees take a big picture view? A Meaningful Company Mission Employees who think and act like owners are highly engaged by the work they do.

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LSA Global

MARCH 2, 2023

The Impact of Company-wide Goal Alignment When we assess organizational cultures , we find that higher levels of employee involvement and engagement combined with elevated levels of meaning and purpose drive increased performance and retention. In other words, how can you get employees aligned with what matters most?

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Walk Me

JULY 11, 2023

Whether it embracing the applications of generative AI to augment employee workloads, tackling high rates of employee engagement and turnover in what’s been dubbed “ the great resignation ,” or adjusting to remote and hybrid working models in response to a global pandemic – the speed at which change is occurring is accelerating fast.

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LSA Global

JUNE 13, 2023

To make lasting change, find ways to prepare employees for change in order to reduce anxiety and to increase engagement. Create Change Catalysts Also called Change Champions, we define Change Catalysts as employees who help to guide, navigate, and accelerate the “hearts and minds” side of change at work.

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Walk Me

JUNE 1, 2022

So, companies have shifted change management to a collaborative approach with their employees. Successful digital transformations rely on the employees to lead the changes, not the executives. Change management reduces employee resistance and attrition to maximize the benefits of a digital transformation.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The Challenge of Culture Change Organizational change is always challenging, but culture change is especially difficult because it requires changing employee mindsets and behaviors as to how work gets done. Research by Deloitte found that 94% of executives and 88% of employees believe a clear company culture is vital to a business’ success.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Because of increasing customer demands, competitive threats, and disruptive technologies, we believe that the most successful companies of the future will be the ones that consistently and effectively involve and empower employees during organizational change. Leaders need to better involve employees during organizational change.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 23, 2021

But, Manager Performance is Not Meeting Expectations According to McKinsey and the Corporate Executive Board, executives are not happy with the performance of their frontline managers and new managers are not being set up to succeed. A stunning 81% of frontline managers are not satisfied with their own performance.

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Manager Retention Accounts 36

LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

In fact, our organizational alignment research found that strategic clarity accounts for 31% of the difference between high and low performing companies in terms of revenue growth, profitability, customer loyalty, leadership effectiveness , and employee engagement. The commitment to pursue organizational change needs to be resolute.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Try an Unconventional Approach to Create Bolder Business Strategies Strategic clarity accounts for 31% of the difference between high and low performing organizations in terms of revenue growth, profitability, customer loyalty, leadership effectiveness, and employee engagement.

Employee Engagement 36

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The Perils of How You Communicate Org Structure Changes When employees hear rumors that you are planning an org restructure, they tell us that they immediately worry that their jobs, their status, and their identity are in jeopardy. But you need to craft all change communications from your employees’ perspective.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 27, 2018

To increase productivity and speed up decision making, most companies have flattened their organizational structure giving their managers wider responsibility over more employees. Senior executives and nonexecutive managers are unhappy with the performance of their companies’ frontline managers. Managers are Being Asked to do More.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 2, 2023

To work, strategies require high levels of strategic clarity , believability, and implementability from the C-suite to the frontline. Do employees, products, finances, or customers come first to achieve our vision and mission? The more disciplined and clear you can be, the easier it will be to activate your strategy with employees.

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LSA Global

MAY 20, 2018

Our organizational alignment research found that strategic clarity accounts for 31% of the difference between high and low performing organizations in terms of revenue, profitability, customer loyalty and employee engagement. Not Actively Involving Your Employees. Believe that the strategy is equal to the challenge at hand.

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LSA Global

MAY 2, 2023

How to Assess Employee Readiness to Move from Strategy to Action Even in open and honest cultures, employees during our organizational culture assessments report that they are wary of sharing their honest feelings and concerns when strategies shift. How clear, compelling, and reinforced is your plan for success?

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Only 10% of leaders said their companies’ frontline manager training is effective in preparing managers to lead. When people managers are unprepared, employee engagement , performance, and retention all decline. 98% of new people managers feel they would benefit from new manager training.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

In effect, the senior team tells frontline managers and employees what to do. The frontline needs to be involved in change from the beginning. The goal should make sense for the business and be easily understood by all employees. Each employee should feel that they own a role in the change initiative’s success.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 17, 2020

After all, effective organizational change happens on the frontline , not in the executive suite. Behaviors, even those that employees have agreed are needed and are committed to, need consistent and meaningful reinforcement to become habits. How will change impact their group, and what adjustments will they need to make?

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LSA Global

APRIL 16, 2021

While most leaders talk about the importance of developing frontline managers : Fortune reports that only 7 percent believe their organizations are building effective leaders. Addressing management development piecemeal will not develop bench strength , improve performance, or increase employee engagement and retention.

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LSA Global

JUNE 5, 2019

A company’s culture represents what a new employee needs to learn to be “accepted as a member” and what makes the company “feel and act” like itself. Decentralized decisions are, instead, made at a more local level by frontline employees who are close to whomever will feel the impact. The Bottom Line.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 13, 2020

Far too many managers, all with good intentions regarding corporate training effectiveness, leap to the conclusion that corporate training will be the answer to their employees’ performance or behavioral problems. When you want to make sure that training can make a significant difference in employee behavior, three things need to be true.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Unfortunately, 60% of new managers underperform during their first two years and nearly 70% of senior executives are only “somewhat” or “not at all satisfied” with the performance of their companies’ frontline leaders. There is inevitably real discomfort as employees stretch to practice and embed new ways of operating.

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Walk Me

JULY 14, 2022

Change leaders can show employees they’re effective role models by displaying their vulnerability and methods to adapt. This will facilitate the space for employees to display their own vulnerability should they need to. More than anything else, employee experience is the largest resource that can make or break a change strategy.

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LSA Global

MARCH 27, 2018

Things Employees Can Do to Improve Engagement… Employee Engagement Requires Everyone’s Commitment. If you’re serious about increasing employee engagement at your organization, you have to understand that it will require commitment and effort across the company. The Role of Employees is Mistakenly Undervalued.

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LSA Global

JULY 2, 2019

Part of the problem is that, according to one survey, only 1 in 20 employees fully understand the strategy. How then can we expect employees to commit to a strategic direction if they cannot articulate it? The ideal way to get employees both to understand and commit to the strategy is to get them actively involved from the beginning.

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https://www.organizationaldevelopmentsolutions.com

MAY 19, 2020

Remote Work And Flexibility Survey Blog was Written and Published by Chatterkick Businesses are approaching the workplace differently, thanks COVID-19! Biggest Takeaway: Employees are feeling disconnected from their employers and peers. The allure of working remote has always been a hot topic, and not just for young employees.

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LSA Global

MAY 29, 2018

Otherwise the inherent disconnect between the C-Suite and the frontline will sabotage your best laid plans. Leaders must depend upon their managers and frontline employees to execute change. times better at high performing companies as measured by revenue growth, profitability, customer satisfaction and employee engagement.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

High performing leaders seem to have cracked the code on how to get strategic buy-in, not only from the executives who designed the strategies in the first place but also from the employees who must implement them. The days of slowly cascading strategies from the C-Suite to the frontline are over. The Frustration of Strategy Execution.

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