Change Dynamics Consulting Newsletter
Leadership, Team and Organizational Development Strategies to Meet Changing Business Needs. April 2007

In This Issue

Recent Engagement

The Core Principles of Sustainable Talent Management

Management Book Review: Hot Spots -- Why Some Teams, Workplaces and Organizations Buzz with Energy -- and Others Don't


 

Recent Engagement

The founder of an educational consulting firm engaged Change Dynamics to assess the organization?s structure and leadership needs, positioning it to meet aggressive strategic growth goals. We recommended a redefined role for the founder, creation of additional leadership roles, including a CEO, and a different operating model to support team growth and development. The founder is transitioning into a market-facing role. The search for CEO has begun.




Welcome!

Thank you for all of the positive feedback on our first newsletter. We continue to strive to provide you the best practical insights available. Feel free to share books or articles you would like us to review or questions you would like help answering. We will include them in future issues.

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Edith Onderick-Harvey
President


  • The Core Principles of Sustainable Talent Management
  • What creates sustainable talent management? We've found that companies that create a sustainable pipeline of talent do so by having talent management systems that foresee and plan for change. We've identified 7 core principle that create sustainable talent pools within successful companies:

    1. Talent management is recognized as a core business process.
    2. It starts with the business strategy and talent pipelines are developed to support the strategy.
    3. Companies with sustainable talent management measure it and know if it's making a difference.
    4. Talent is identified, developed and reviewed throughout the organization.
    5. The process clearly differentiates talent.
    6. Gaps between strategic needs and the capabilities of current talent are addressed through focused internal development and recruitment.
    7. Talent and the needs for talent are re-evaluated regularly.
    To read more about sustainable talent management, go to

    The Core Principles of Sustainable Talent Management
  • Management Book Review: Hot Spots -- Why Some Teams, Workplaces and Organizations Buzz with Energy -- and Others Don't
  • Struggling with employee engagement? In this new book, Lynda Gratton, Professor of Management Practice at London Business School and author of Living Strategy taps into those times when our work is engaging, the people we work with are inspiring and together we are generating innovation and results. Gratton calls these situations "Hot Spots". In her well-researched book, she compellingly describes the four qualities that increase the likelihood that Hot Spots will develop in our organizations. She provides practical information on organizational structure, process and culture. For example, her work informs how we structure teams by showing that teams with members that are strangers or acquaintances are more likely to generate innovation than those whose members have deep previous relationships. She shows the impact Hot Spots have in successful firms we are all know and how these firms have created an environment that supports Hot Spots.

    If you'd like to discuss this topic further, call Change Dynamics at 978.475.8424.

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