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Leaders need to remember that no one wakes up and wants to do a bad job
In our psychological safety series, we have discussed its importance and its link to improved company outcomes. In our final article we dig a bit deeper and examine the contribution that ongoing learning and the important role that mistakes make in the creation of a...
Personal Power, the Foundation of Good Leadership
The concept of Power – positional vs personal power has been a hot topic recently in Change2020’s coaching sessions as the hybrid working model has become the new norm and our sense of uncertainty prevails. Remote working has the potential to present challenges to...
A Psychologically Safe Workplace: Why you need it – and how to get it
In the final part of our series on mental health at work, we examine the importance of ensuring and creating a psychologically safe workplace. We have previously emphasised that where a culture promotes psychological safety, where it is ‘safe’ to voice an opinion,...
Workplace Lessons from Tokyo
The close of an extraordinary Olympic Games in Tokyo occurred just a few days ago but the spirit of sportsmanship and the greatness and support of humanity witnessed is still reverberating across the globe. Much has been written of how needed these games were as a...
Be Prepared: Get on the Front Foot of Workforce Resilience
In the first part of our series, we provided an overview of the COVID-19 impact on the mental health of the Australian workforce. In our discussion today, we focus on how you can prepare your workplace to become “resilient-ready” and get on the front foot of your...
Healthy Minds, Healthy Business
To say that the impact of the pandemic on mental health on individuals and employers is huge, is not remotely an overstatement. Despite the growing awareness of the world’s mental health status across the globe, many companies do not make it a high enough priority and...
Your New Merged Workforce: Worth Significant Investment
In the last instalment of our Merger and Aquisition series, we touched on the importance of your most valuable asset - your people. No less significantly because on the flipside with their link to your ultimate success, is that your people also have the potential to...
Smart Change Practice for Mergers & Acquisitions Short and Long-term Success
In a recent McKinsey review,[1] it revealed that nearly 79% of large-deal mergers and acquisitions (M&As) were still outperforming years after the M&A had concluded. So, what did the CEOs of those organisations do to achieve this success? There were four...
What Makes a Merger & Acquisition Successful? It’s all about Communicating the “Why”
Companies often make communications for a merger a low priority compared to the seemingly more pressing operational issues. Not a great plan, as research into mergers has shown that effective communication for the merger and acquisition (M&A) journey is key to the...