Business Acumen

This article discusses how understanding and using a change theory framework can help managers or other change agents increase the likelihood of success. The article considers three change theories and discusses how one in particular can be used in practice.

This article describes a classification framework that features eight questions that could be asked of a change management tool/technique in order to inform understanding about its utilization.

This resource includes a collection of articles from The Harvard Business Review on leadership and management.

This article details that role of leadership in change management.

This webinar describes two community-based organizations' challenges and strategies around preparing and persuading staff, thinking about services, costs, and administration in new ways, understanding infrastructure needs, working with new partners, and more.

​This presentation provides tangible strategies for leading an organization through change, focusing on understanding models for change, describing the role leadership plays during change, and identifying strategies for communicating change.

This resource discusses several things to prevent and or derail the rehashing of previous decisions.

People are quiet in meetings for different reasons. Some people are reticent by nature. Others are fearful that their opinions will be ridiculed and dismissed. Some are not comfortable speaking if they don't know for sure who everyone is. Some don't care. This article discusses some strategies the group leader or chair can take to engage everyone.

This audio clip describes some techniques and strategies in handling dominant participant in meetings.

This article talks about what makes a meeting effective. The article discusses how if you structure your meeting planning, preparation, execution, and follow up around three basic criteria, the result will be an effective meeting.