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Last week I had the pleasure of participating in the 3rd annual Food Manufacturing and Safety Forum in Dallas, Texas. Delta Partners was there to discuss our consulting capacity in organizational development and change management, as… continue reading
Teams and collaboration have never been more important in the workplace; more and more Gen Y’s and Gen Z’s are joining the workforce and expect group work and sharing ofideas/information to be the norm. The world is mobile and… continue reading
In the case of the public sector, government debt and deficits create a compelling argument to cut costs. In both cases, what employees want and expect from their employment relationship, and what employers can afford to deliver, are… continue reading
Thousands of public service employees are still waiting to find out their fate; will their jobs be affected by budget cuts, will they find another position elsewhere in government, should they start buffing up their LinkedIn profile, or… continue reading
Some of our colleagues here at Delta Partners have recommended books that they have read and loved in 2012, that they have recently reread and still love, and that they can’t wait to read once they become available. And so, as many of… continue reading
Transformation projects fail all the time – it’s common knowledge. The data can be difficult to nail down, but it is consistently reported somewhere between 1/3 and 2/3 of all business transformation projects do not achieve their goals.… continue reading
We are living in a time of great uncertainty. Everything around us seems to be unsettled right now: our economic stability, our climate, our health care. Even the way we do our jobs, the tools we use, and the way we lead our… continue reading
For years the workplace focused on the individual. This has been evolving, and in today’s workplace you can no longer sit alone in your office plugging away on your desktop – you need to be mobile and connected. Leaders now… continue reading
In the first post on ERM, we discussed what Enterprise Risk Management means and some approaches that you can take to identify risks. However, the article ended with a big, “And I’m supposed to do what with this information?” So, let’s… continue reading
The Oxford Dictionary defines risk as “a situation involving exposure to danger” or “the possibility that something unpleasant will happen”. We prefer to use a neutral definition of the term “risk”: Risk is the combination of the… continue reading
For want of a nail the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the horse was lost. For want of a horse the rider was lost. For want of a rider the battle was lost. For want of a battle the kingdom was lost. And all for the want of a… continue reading
Thousands of public service employees are still waiting to find out their fate; will their jobs be affected by budget cuts, will they find another or better position elsewhere in government, should they start buffing up their LinkedIn… continue reading
Delta Partners joined over 25,000 attendees and 4,000 exhibitors at the IFT12 Annual Meeting and Food Expo held in Las Vegas, Nevada, June 26th to 28th. We shared a booth with Ithos with whom we’ve partnered to provide food manufacturers… continue reading
The HBR Daily Stat recently pointed to a post by Jim Clifton, Chairman and CEO at Gallup – What Makes Workplaces Miserable. The basis of the discussion was about the congressional hearings in the U.S. that were investigating the… continue reading
Most of us can recall the familiar sound of our mothers’ warnings: “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all!” This is great in theory, but as managers and leaders we have to recognize the importance of… continue reading
I am older therefore I am wiser. This is true to a certain extent, because experience does give you credibility. And by this definition young employees can be wise as well. Young, tech-savvy people have a lot of experience with… continue reading
Along with over a hundred other delegates, presenters and sponsors, I had the pleasure of participating in the PS Engage 2011 Learning & Networking Event last Tuesday. The Canadian Aviation and Space Museum was a wonderful and inspiring… continue reading
Your organization has—though painful at first—completed a large-scale change initiative. And now you are starting your next change project, right on the heels of the first one. Taken together, it just might be too much change for… continue reading
Everyone knows—and in theory agrees—that change is necessary. It must and will occur. Implementing change is hard. And making it stick is even harder whether you are following Kotter’s Eight Steps to Changeor David Ulrich’s Seven Key… continue reading
As Geoff Schaadt conveyed so well in his latest blog post Kotter’s 8 Steps to Change: More Relevant Than Ever, in Step Four, Communicate the Change Vision, it is likely that you will under-communicate 10 to 100 times too much. In other… continue reading