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Good Wine Needs No Bush
This evening I was on the train with Bart. Most of the time we chat about wine but this time we were on to the subject of project management. Several interesting points came out of our discussion. The consensus of our discussion is that there are too many people who think project management equals project […]
Good Lemonade
Don’t abuse change management activities to repackage and advertise bad lemonade. If the lemonade is bad, be straight about it. Work on the lemonade instead of accusing the buyers. Use change management activities to bring about involvement and participation that triggers an invisible hand.
The Time Factor
As I am writing this we are about to shake up a traditional organization by means of an SAP implementation. Most of the times this is regarded as a pure software implementation: design the system, configure the system, test the system and roll it out. That is how most software engineers look at it and […]
Virginia, To Thee I Pray
Over the past months I have been shaking up the realities of a team that is supposed to deliver IT services to my team.
“Wellness”… My Ass!
Last week I was a few minutes early on the steering committee of a huge SAP implementation. As we were joking around we came to the subject of ‘change management’. One person mentioned that some consulting companies abbreviate it as ‘CMS’, which alternatively translates as “Chicks Making Slides”. I had no evidence to prove him wrong. So […]
Useful Insights from Employee Burnout
Research suggests that the level of autonomy or job-control determines the level of stress and burnout to a larger extent than job-demand or complexity. For managers there is a lesson in there: Respect.
More Evidence on the Good Nature of Resistance
This week I came across an article by Alain Vas, professor at the Louvain School of Management in La Libre Entreprise (i.e. the business section of a Belgian newspaper published in French). Professor Vas – like most professors – starts off by analyzing the origins of the word ‘resistance’. Apparently the original Latin word ‘resistere’ signifies ‘to stop’ […]
2008 … Highway To Hell
This time of the year is by far the best moment to over promise on good intentions. As the saying goes: ‘The road to hell is paved with good intentions’. Cutting back on promises and refraining from making a new year’s resolution would be the safest thing to do right now.
Training Evaluation is a Process!
Training evaluation is commonly referred to as a nice-to-have. However, when we have a look at the amount of money, manpower and time that is invested over a fiscal year tino training, we may want to have a clue about the return on investment.
