When the organization purpose aligns with the individual’s purpose, the work culture changes creating a more positive, collaborative and powerful mindset. Take time to discover your organization’s higher purpose, develop a sense of belonging to your organization, be authentic, and promote learning to support your team and offer better services and products to your customers.
Read MoreIn the last few years, video content has proved to be one of the most effective channels of internal communication. It has been used more and more within organizational communication. Video registers higher employee engagement than other mediums, is easy to digest, is more memorable, and encourages higher information retention from the content being both audio and visual. Many organizations have heard of video’s effectiveness, but do not know how to start. Or worse yet, start without understanding how to properly capture quality video content.
Read MoreSince technology changes quickly, jobs are changing and employees are choosing to have more diverse careers, many organizations feel pressure to reinvent learning and be integrated with the workflow. Developing a learning culture is no longer just another ideal idea. It is becoming more essential for companies to cultivate and maintain a culture of permanent learning in which both employees and companies have beneficial outcomes.
Read MoreAs summer rolls around, many people begin to take part in their favorite hobbies. A popular one, is the game of golf. See just how similar golf is to the change management projects we deliver.
Read MoreIgnite has a new intern that will begin completing tasks this summer. When you think of an intern you may think “small unimportant tasks”. However, you will find that no task is too small, and all serve the greater purpose and success of an organization. Read more to learn about how good leadership, teamwork, and communication make every role important and empowering within an organization and can (literally) take you to the moon.
Read MoreWhile all organizations are seeking to build a ‘winning’ culture, to do so, they must understand how this differs from a culture of ‘not losing’. Although the distinction is clear conceptually, putting this into effect in your organization is not always as simple; yet, can make all the difference.
Read MoreAs change management consultants, we strive to make the process of managing a project look seamless to our clients. Successful project management comes with hard work and planning behind the scenes.
From our perspective, we highlight three key steps to successful project management. There are more than three steps in running a project, but these steps are in our experience critical to a project.
Read MoreIn today’s blog, we discuss how delivering early wins during a change can aid in the longterm success of the project.
Read MoreLooking to launch a change project within your organization? In our experience, companies who follow these 8 best practices will position their programs for success.
Read MoreIf your organization utilizes the Microsoft Suite, as a great number of organizations do, there is a strong chance that you and your team have had to complete a monotonous task in Microsoft Excel. In this post, we will look at expediting one of the most common tasks, saving your team hours of repetitive work.
Read MoreNot every project goes smooth from start to finish, in fact more often than not, there are bumps in the road over the course of a project. These bumps often lead to leadership changes. Learn more about what to expect and the best strategies for handling these changes.
Read MoreWhen planning an ERP project, we recommend you consider the following key elements.
Read MoreCommunication once was simple. If you had to deliver a message, it was face-to-face, by letter, and eventually over the phone. As technology has changed, communication options have as well. As organizations have changed and grown to be large and often worldwide, communication has now become far from simple.
Read MoreOver our consulting years and personal experience, we’ve learned to make the most of human interaction by listening more and talking less. This means that our team at Ignite follows these practices.
Read MoreChange management programs have become increasingly common to enhance corporate organizational performance. Yet, they are notably challenging to carry out. Learn how the right leadership engagement can help make a project successful.
Read MoreHow do we know if an organizational change is positive without knowing the current state of the organization? Learn more about the importance of a thorough current state assessment.
Read MoreWhat happens when we listen more and speak less? What if we asked more questions before coming up with answers? How about using different questions for different challenges?
Read MoreCommunicating a change is not as easy as it sounds. There is more to communicating a change than simply stating what the change is and when it is coming. Effective communication takes place before, during, and after a change is implemented. When communicating, never overlook these three steps.
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