Author: Lic. Viviana P. Liptzis
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The challenges of managing people in a pandemic situation
In our previous article on Change Management in Times of Pandemic, we raised the need to think about and manage change always looking toward the future. In this sense, we emphasized that we can think about people management and organizational change in two ways: organic change, which evolves slowly, as a…
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Skill Matrix: A Simple, Mind-Bending Tool
In many (perhaps most?) companies, there's a cycle that unfolds almost unchanged: a form or process to identify training needs, a plan, and implementation. Sometimes, training programs also arise not from current needs but from future plans, or even from prejudices or assumptions. What are the results?
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Change management in times of pandemic
We often read, talk, discuss, and philosophize about change in organizations, how it's managed, and what the obstacles and challenges are. We also frequently say in the companies we advise: "There's no vacuum: if you don't decide, others will decide for you," and those "others" include the market, the industry, the context, and so on.
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When the weather gets tense
The tensions of the current environment, individual concerns about salary and job security, decisions companies make in pursuit of greater efficiency and lower costs, or even the difficulty of financially sustaining a structure, all have direct effects on individuals and the work teams they comprise. The…
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Mmmmm… Diagnosis?
“We already know what’s wrong. We just need someone to fix it.” The number of times consultants encounter these phrases is countless. It’s like going to the doctor and saying, “I already know what’s wrong with me. I’m just here for the medicine!” The same goes for…
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Affirmative action measures also in companies: Why do women need them?
(Spoiler alert: no, merit alone isn't enough). In 1975, in a country we barely know about except for those who yearn for the Northern Lights and Björk's music, women staged a 24-hour total strike. It was a Friday. What did they want? (That's a good question; we grew up hearing that it's…