Competition is fierce; today, organizations are in a constant state of change in a race to survive. Drivers like globalization, industry disruption, supply pressures, and regulations are keeping executives on their toes to determine how to be sustainable. To remain competitive, one of the strategies includes organizational design – the creation of a system where people work together to reach common goals. This often results in an organizational restructure that reflects and supports the...

In this week’s blog, Siri Maldonado, Director People Engagement, discusses the importance of Principles during a project or change, explains how they can be developed, and talks about the reinforcement activities required to keep them alive. Have you ever been involved in a project that could not seem to pick up momentum? Maybe one where you understood the goal but couldn’t connect the dots to the bigger picture? Perhaps none of the project activities achieved the results you had hoped for. ...

Siri Maldonado, Director, People Engagement, discusses if change ever ends, how long organizations should expect a change initiative to last, and what additional pieces are required to achieve sustained change and drive lasting benefits. The pandemic has pushed change into the forefront and we are constantly hearing phrases and words such as, “new normal”, or “unprecedented” and “uncertain times”. But what is the new normal, and how does the new normal go hand-in-hand with unprecedented times?...