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		<title>Pourquoi et Comment Engager ses Salariés</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Lastennet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;L&#8217;Homme est au coeur de notre stratégie&#8221;, &#8220;Nos valeurs, ce sont avant tout les femmes et hommes qui composent l&#8217;entreprise&#8221;, &#8220;La motivation et le développement des collaborateurs sont nos priorités&#8221;: des envolées semblables à ce qui figure sur de nombreux sites d&#8217;entreprise et qui masquent mal une réalité révélée par les résultats de la nouvelle [...]]]></description>
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<p>&#8220;L&#8217;Homme est au coeur de notre stratégie&#8221;, &#8220;Nos valeurs, ce sont avant tout les femmes et hommes qui composent l&#8217;entreprise&#8221;, &#8220;La motivation et le développement des collaborateurs sont nos priorités&#8221;: des envolées semblables à ce qui figure sur de nombreux sites d&#8217;entreprise et qui masquent mal une réalité révélée par les résultats de la nouvelle enquête mondiale de Towers Perrin sur l&#8217;engagement des salariés:</p>
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<li>Seul <strong>21% des salariés</strong> interrogés dans le monde (et uniquement 12% en France!) <strong>se disent engagés</strong> dans l&#8217;entreprise, c&#8217;est-à-dire qu&#8217;ils se sentent prêts à fournir un effort significatif pour la réussite de l&#8217;entreprise. A noter le faible niveau d&#8217;engagement des salariés d&#8217;Asie (le plus faible étant le Japon avec 3%) et le bon niveau des salariés de pays émergents  (au premier rang desquels le Mexique avec 54%). Les salariés américains sont à un niveau d&#8217;engagement de 29%, soit presque 3 fois supérieur au notre.</li>
<li><strong>38% des salariés</strong> interrogés dans le monde (et 47% en France) <strong>s&#8217;estiment désenchantés </strong>(n&#8217;assurant que le service minimum) <strong>ou désengagés </strong>(complètement démotivés, ayant décroché)<strong>. </strong>Là encore, le mécontentement s&#8217;exprime le plus en Asie (et toujours le Japon en particulier avec 72% de désenchantés ou désengagés) et le moins dans les pays émergents (16% seulement au Mexique). Les salariés américains sont seulement à 28%. Cela veut dire qu&#8217;alors qu&#8217;il y autant d&#8217;engagés que de mécontents (désengagés ou désenchantés) aux Etats-Unis, il y a en France 4 fois plus  de mécontents que d&#8217;engagés!</li>
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<p><strong>Un lien direct avec la performance</strong></p>
<p>Quel est le rapport entre un faible niveau d&#8217;engagement des collaborateurs et la performance de l&#8217;entreprise? Les chiffres présentés par l&#8217;étude Towers Perrin sont éloquents: parmi une quarantaine d&#8217;entreprises suivies sur une période de 3 ans, celles présentant un <strong>bon niveau d&#8217;engagement</strong> des salariés ont obtenu une <strong>marge opérationnelle moyenne d&#8217;environ 4% </strong>alors que celles dont les salariés sont<strong> faiblement engagés</strong> présentent un chiffre moyen de <strong>-2%</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>Des salariés qui ont pourtant faim</strong></p>
<p>Il faut préciser que l&#8217;échantillon de salariés interrogés couvre les principaux types de poste et niveaux hiérarchiques, depuis les ouvriers/opérateurs payés à l&#8217;heure (11%) jusqu&#8217;aux cadres dirigeants (4%). On pourrait effectuer le lien entre le niveau de désengagement des salariés et la part de postes &#8220;de base&#8221;, très opérationnels, voir même pénibles, qui ne présentent qu&#8217;un intérêt faible. C&#8217;est une hypothèse qui contient certainement une part de vérité. Un autre résultat de l&#8217;étude apporte un autre éclairage intéressant: <strong>84% des salariés interrogés aiment les tâches qui présentent un challenge et permettent d&#8217;élargir son champ de compétences</strong>. Conclusion: cela vaut la peine pour les managers et responsables RH de se creuser la tête pour savoir comment rendre le contenu des postes plus intéressant et challengeant.</p>
<p><strong>Les facteurs de l&#8217;engagement</strong></p>
<p>L&#8217;étude permet de dresser une liste des 5 principaux facteurs d&#8217;engagement des salariés: qu&#8217;est-ce qui pousse un salarié à s&#8217;engager dans la réussite de l&#8217;entreprise et donc à s&#8217;investir davantage? Mondialement comme en France, le premier facteur évoqué par les salariés est l&#8217;intérêt sincère que porte les dirigeants au bien-être de leurs employés. Ensuite les facteurs suivants varient entre monde:</p>
<ul>
<li>Améliorer ses compétences et capacités</li>
<li>La réputation de l&#8217;entreprise en terme de responsabilité sociale</li>
<li>Opportunité de peser sur les décisions de son département</li>
<li>L&#8217;entreprise résout rapidement les problèmes des clients</li>
</ul>
<p>et France:</p>
<ul>
<li>L&#8217;entreprise encourage l&#8217;esprit d&#8217;innovation</li>
<li>Améliorer ses compétences et capacités</li>
<li>La réputation de l&#8217;entreprise en terme de responsabilité sociale</li>
<li>La relation avec son supérieur hiérarchique</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Engager ses collaborateurs demande donc de l&#8217;empathie et </strong>particulièrement en France <strong>d&#8217;encourager l&#8217;esprit d&#8217;innovation. </strong>Celui qui par exemple permet à Apple de nous enchanter par ses <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poaUbmdUcCY" target="_blank">nouvelles trouvailles</a> et de générer 1,6 Mds de $ de profit avec seulement 3% de parts de marché, à comparer avec les 1,1 Mds de $ de profit de Nokia pour 35% de parts de marché (lire l&#8217;excellent <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/management/2009/12/16/management%e2%80%99s-dirty-little-secret/" target="_blank">billet de Gary Hamel</a> à ce sujet et l&#8217;étude Towers Perrin).</p>
<p>Le changement offre des opportunités fantastiques aux dirigeants pour mettre en oeuvre ces facteurs d&#8217;engagement:</p>
<ul>
<li>S&#8217;impliquer auprès de ses salariés pour comprendre comment ils perçoivent et ressentent un changement et ainsi leur montrer cette attention qu&#8217;ils demandent</li>
<li>Donner les moyens à ses salariés de participer à un nouveau projet qui les sortira de la routine de l&#8217;opérationnel, leur donnera de nouvelles responsabilités et de nouvelles compétences et leur permettra de se découvrir de nouveaux talents</li>
<li>Changer de perspective, travailler sous un nouvel angle avec ses salariés sur le projet de changement et ainsi favoriser le dialogue, la communication.</li>
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		<title>Web Review: disruptors and action plans</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Lastennet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week I enjoyed reading 2 articles from the HBR blogs on 2 very different subjects: Scott Anthony reveals the results of his survey about the most disruptive companies of the decade. Precisely, the question was: &#8220;Which companies do you think have done the best job of driving growth through disruption — transforming what exists [...]]]></description>
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<p>This week I enjoyed reading 2 articles from the HBR blogs on 2 very different subjects:</p>
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<li><a href="http://blogs.hbr.org/anthony/" target="_blank">Scott Anthony </a>reveals the results of his survey about the <strong>most disruptive companies of the decade</strong>. Precisely, the question was: &#8220;Which companies do you think have done the best job of driving growth through disruption — transforming what exists or creating what doesn&#8217;t through simplicity, convenience, affordability or accessibility — between 2000-2009?&#8221;.  Scott Anthony grouped the nominated companies in 3 categories: established high-tech, established non high-tech and emerging companies. The winners of each category were respectively <strong>Apple, Walmart and Google</strong>.  The runners-up were Cisco systems, Verizon and Amazon. Number 1 lesson for me is that they are all american companies; I don&#8217;t know about the geographical spreading of the survey but still: US-based companies are unarguably the leaders of change and innovation.  Scott Anthony predicts this won&#8217;t be the case in this new decade, but gives no explanation for that and I don&#8217;t really see why it shouldn&#8217;t be true anymore, despite the rise of  emerging country based businesses: it seems to me that change, innovation and research have always been at the forefront of the US economy (baring in mind I&#8217;m not the most competent person to make realistic predictions on the subject!) . <a href="http://blogs.hbr.org/anthony/2010/01/disruptors_of_the_decade_the_r.html" target="_blank">Read the full article here </a></li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.hbr.org/corkindale/" target="_blank">Gill Corkindale </a> gives a set of useful tips about <strong>how to keep your action plan  on track</strong>. This may sound very basic but many change efforts, individual or organisational, fade simply because the ambitious action plan that was so enthusiastically set up is not followed through. Of course this may just be the symptom of a lack of stakeholder engagement or generally weak change management efforts. It can also be at the cause of a failed effort, for example if the potential threats to the plan have not been well anticipated. Among Gill&#8217;s advices, I find the following particularly important (<a href="http://blogs.hbr.org/corkindale/2010/01/how_to_keep_your_action_plan_o.html" target="_blank">full article here</a>):</li>
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<ul>
<li>Ensure that notes are taken at meetings and distributed afterwards, appoint project managers and allocate key responsibilities.</li>
<li>Hold team members to real deadlines and schedule regular meetings to give updates and monitor progress</li>
<li>Remind people that day-to-day business must not marginalise or overwhelm change initiatives</li>
<li>Bring in external consultants and external stakeholders to provide new perspectives and energy when plans are flagging (probably a bit of self-interest in this one)</li>
<li>Ensure you have backing at the highest levels for change initiatives and appoint change champions across the organisation</li>
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<p>Happy reading! <a href="http://www.appetiteforchange.net/?cat=14" target="_self">More web reviews here</a></p>

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		<title>Revue de Web Changement: SAP et Innovation Durable</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Lastennet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cette semaine: &#8220;Peut-on Réussir un Projet SAP sans Conduite du Changement&#8221;? Sur le site dédié aux SI channelinsider.fr. La question que je me pose est plutôt: y-a-t-il encore quelqu&#8217;un pour croire que non? Ce billet toutefois très utile nous indique sans prétention et de manière concrète quelles sont les conséquences des changements induits par SAP [...]]]></description>
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<p><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cette semaine:</span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">&#8220;</span><a href="http://www.channelinsider.fr/fr/opinion/2009/12/10/peut_on_reussir_un_projet_sap_sans_conduite_du_changement___" target="_blank" class="broken_link"><span style="font-size: small;">Peut-on Réussir un Projet SAP sans Conduite du Changement&#8221;</span></a><span style="font-size: small;">? Sur le site dédié aux SI channelinsider.fr. La question que je me pose est plutôt: y-a-t-il encore quelqu&#8217;un pour croire que non? Ce billet toutefois très utile nous indique sans prétention et de manière concrète quelles sont les conséquences des changements induits par SAP et comment les maîtriser par une démarche de conduite du changement. Rien de révolutionnaire donc mais du concret.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sur le très agréable blog du <a href="http://www.marketingdurable.net/" target="_blank">Marketing Durable</a> , une  <a href="http://www.marketingdurable.net/le-developpement-durable-comme-moteur-dinnovation" target="_blank">synthèse en Français</a> de l&#8217;excellent papier du HBR</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.sureharvest.com/amass/documents/document/54/HBR_Sustainability_Driver_Innovation_Sept.2009.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Why sustainability is now the key driver for innovation</span></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">de <a href="http://hbr.harvardbusiness.org/search/Ram+Nidumolu//author" target="_blank">Ram Nidumolu</a>, <a href="http://hbr.harvardbusiness.org/search/C.+K.+Prahalad//author" target="_blank">C.K. Prahalad</a> et <a href="http://hbr.harvardbusiness.org/search/M.R.+Rangaswami//author" target="_blank">M.R. Rangaswami</a>. Il s&#8217;agit d&#8217;un véritable plan de route pour transformer l&#8217;entreprise et la rendre innovante par le développement durable en 5 étapes, de la simple mise en conformité aux normes, jusqu&#8217;à découvrir de nouvelles logiques d&#8217;activités par le développement durable. Sur le même thème mais sous un autre angle, je conseillerai un autre article du HBR, cette fois en v.o, expliquant les <a href="http://feeds.harvardbusiness.org/~r/harvardbusiness/~3/yXBXLZIfl5Y/8-reasons-businesses-should-cu.html" target="_blank">8 raisons (en réalité 6 + 2 qui concernent les entreprises US) qui n&#8217;ont rien avoir avec le climat de réduire ses émissions de CO2</a></span></span></span></span></li>
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<div><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: small;">Bonne lecture! </span></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: small;"><a href="http://appetiteforchange.net/?cat=10" target="_self">Toutes les sélections d&#8217;articles ici</a></span></span></div>

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		<title>Change Web Review: GM &amp; 3M</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Lastennet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My pick of this weeks change leadership related web content: GM: cultural changes are apparently under way according to this article from the Detroit Free Press. A less formal dress code, &#8220;dress appropriately&#8221;, has been decided to encourage personal decision-making; it&#8217;s probably a good initiative when you think that one person called HR 2 or 3 times to [...]]]></description>
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<p><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">My pick of this weeks change leadership related web content:</span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>GM</strong>: cultural changes are apparently under way according to this article from the Detroit Free Press. A less formal dress code, &#8220;dress appropriately&#8221;, has been decided to encourage personal decision-making; it&#8217;s probably a good initiative when you think that one person called HR 2 or 3 times to ask if he could wear jeans! Other changes include new names for conference rooms such as &#8220;groovy room&#8221; or &#8220;zen room&#8221; apparently to encourage risk-taking. One wonders though whether there is real change beyond the cosmetical side of these new decisions? Yes, according to Susan Docherty, VP of US Sales, who describes how the decision to cancel a new product after bad initial customer feedback, was taken fast by a small number of top executives.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>3M</strong>: On Paul Williams&#8217; excellent<a href="http://blog.thinkforachange.com/" target="_blank"> innovation blog</a>, which I&#8217;ve already mentioned, an interesting insider look at <a href="http://blog.thinkforachange.com/2009/11/13/innovation-done-right3ms-innovation-story.aspx?ref=rss" target="_blank">3M&#8217;s innovation story</a> and its 6 pillars of innovation: R&amp;D, Corporate Culture, Diversified Technologies, Networking, Recognition, Measurement, Connection to the Customer. What I like about these pillars is the way they cover a wide range of technological, management and more human aspects of business</span></span></li>
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<div><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://appetiteforchange.net/?cat=14">Other selection of articles here</a></span></div>
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		<title>Change Web Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christophe Lastennet</dc:creator>
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<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Here is my pick of recent change management articles and interviews :</span></span></p>
<div><a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate-uk/2009/09/21/managing-change-in-the-creative-industries/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Managing Change in the Creative Industries</span></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">, by Nathalie Harrison, Senior Business Consultant, Sony Professional.</span></span></div>
<div><span style="line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">the media industry is one sector that has experienced record levels of change and faces some unique challenges when it comes to change management: </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">new markets such as 3D, TV for mobiles and IPTV; consolidation of content providers, distributors and aggregators; fragmentation of audiences; new outsourcing models; the re-location of broadcast and other facilities; and a decline in commercial and public broadcasting revenues. The media industry is basically redefining its business model. </span></span></span></div>
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<div><span style="line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">However, in media organisations maintaining a culture of creativity and innovation is critical to successful change; characteristics that can be threatened by increased processes. A common pitfall in technology intensive change programs is to neglect the people side of it and according to Nathalie Harrison, this has been the case for the media industry. She comes up with a list of top ten tips for managing change in the creative industries:</span></span></span></div>
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<div><span style="line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">1. Agree the business case before taking the change programme forward</span></span></span></div>
<div><span style="line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">2. Understand the number of stakeholders involved in the programme and, more importantly, who is responsible for sign off</span></span></span></div>
<div><span style="line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">3. Make the change process consultative and encourage the participation of those affected by the change</span></span></span></div>
<div><span style="line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">4. Ensure that there is a steady flow of information into the business and that the style of communication is right for the audience</span></span></span></div>
<div><span style="line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">5.       Remember to nurture your staff</span></span></span></div>
<div><span style="line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">6.       Ensure that change happens locally</span></span></span></div>
<div><span style="line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">7.       Anticipate the behavioural changes required to make the change successful</span></span></span></div>
<div><span style="line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">8.       Put measurements for success in place in advance</span></span></span></div>
<div><span style="line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">9.       Make sure that the technology works first time</span></span></span></div>
<div><span style="line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">10.   Don’t be tempted to start on your next change programme until the first is embedded and you have measured its success</span></span></span></div>
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<div><span style="line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">All of the above definately apply for any context and industry sector</span></span></span></div>
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<div><span style="line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Other articles and interviews worth reading include:</span></span></span></div>
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<div><span style="line-height: 15px;"><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/management/2009/06/01/why-companies-fail-part-i/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Why companies fail</span></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">, by Gary Hamel on his excellent </span></span><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/management/"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">blog</span></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">. His answers:</span></span></span></div>
<div><span style="line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">- First gravity wins. As companies grow ever bigger, their growing weight makes lasting performance more and more challenging</span></span></span></div>
<div><span style="line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">- Second, strategies die. The need for a company to redefine its strategy on a regular basis</span></span></span></div>
<div><span style="line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">- Third, change happens. The complexity of adapting to an ever changing environment</span></span></span></div>
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<div><span style="line-height: 15px;"><a href="http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/kanter/2009/08/change-is-hardest-in-the-middl.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Change is hardest in the middle</span></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">, by Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business blogger. </span></span></span></div>
<div><span style="line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Passed the project kick-off excitement, how to keep the change momentum going? Her tips for change leaders:</span></span></span></div>
<div><span style="line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">- </span></span><span style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Tune into the environment</span></span></span></span></div>
<div><span style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">- Check the vision</span></span></span></div>
<div><span style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">- Test support</span></span></span></div>
<div><span style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">- Examine progress.</span></span></span></div>
<div><span style="lin&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; e-height: 19px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">- Search for synergies</span></span></span></div>
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<div><span style="line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Good reading!</span></span></span></div>
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