October 22nd, 2011 
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Organizational Change Management – Four Truths Leaders Should Know About Organizational Change
There was a time when business operations were stable and change occurred infrequently. Like the Model T Ford, however, those days are history. Dr. John Kotter, who is widely regarded as the Guru of Change Management, states that the rate of change is not going to slow down anytime soon. Many business experts agree with him. They predict that over the next few decades the business environment will become even more volatile. For managers and leaders in business, this means they must be able to both adapt quickly to change and manage it effectively. Maintaining a balance between adapting to change and managing it effectively is difficult for even the most skilled leaders, however. Effective change management can occur when leadership understands four critical truths about organizational change.
1. People do not resist change that they believe is in their best interest. Resistance to change is overstated in business discussions. The fact is we accept change all of the time. The key to our acceptance of change is that we must believe it will be positive for us. This truth means leadership must sell the value of the desired change to organizational stakeholders. Employees and managers will be more receptive to change efforts when leaders communicate the value of the future.
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Career Change NEED HELP!?
I have a B.A in Business, and 9 years of experience in a top management consulting firm. I am doing very well in my current position.
I would like to change my career to psychology or counselling. I am 33 years old, I think I have two options:
1. either I pursue my true passion, which is psychology, and take a Masters in Psychology, although it is going to be a long path, and I am not 100% sure where it is taking me.
2. I pursue an MBA with a concentration in Organizational Behaviour. But I will have to stay in the business world, and I will always look back and wonder, what IF I had pursued my passion.
I have been thinking about pursuing psychology for the last 6 years, and the idea never faded away. In fact It is now stronger than ever. Is it for real, or is it just a false dream. I am not sure.
Well, this sounds like a hard decision. It’s an especially difficult time to be changing careers, especially if you are not sure it’s going to pay off financially in the end. If you are already financially stable as it is, I would say go after your dream. It’s true, there are no promises. But don’t you think it’s better to have failed then to have never tried at all? Trust me, you don’t want to spend the rest of your years, thinking your current job is “ok, but what if I had purused my dream…?” You’re still young, so why not? Go for it, and with all the messed up people in this country alone, psychology doesn’t seem like a bad field to go into! Good Luck with everything!
xoxo,
Morgan<3 : )
Why would purdue not allow Dr. David Kanecki on the High Content Screening list with this resume?
DR. DAVID KANECKI
> P.O. Box 866 Kenosha, WI 53141 262.327-2605 da…@kanecki.com
> EXECUTIVE PROFILE
> CEO COO
> Dynamic and accomplished leader with a track history of exceptional
> success in the medical, software, and emergency management arenas.
> Outstanding business communications strategist with expertise in
> negotiating and developing profitable partnerships / coalitions and
> securing new business funding / R&D financing from private and federal
> investors worldwide. Visionary organizational leader, adept at
> change / operations / project management, product and business
> development, and manufacturing oversight. World-class professional
> with extensive experience collaborating with government, regulatory,
> medical, and multi-national organizations.
> Selected Highlights
> * Negotiated multi-million-dollar discount contracts with various
> biomedical companies.
> * Broke 24-year standoff by achieving coalition with Russia Emergency
> Management in 1995 as Chairman of Emergency Management and Planning.
> [Society for Computer Simulation]
> * Successfully managed a $2M per year project to rebuild and recertify
> FACS (Fluorescent Activated Cell Sorter) Laboratory. [Milwaukee
> Medical Research Park]
> * Forged a long-term software joint venture with a European Union
> Medical Company (similar to GE Medical) worth a projected $121M.
> [Nucletron]
> * Negotiated a pending software Joint Venture with a US company worth
> a potential of $41M over 18 years. [Kanecki Associates, Inc.]
> * Secured $8M in long-term research contracts within one year.
> [Milwaukee Medical Research Park]
> * Produced a software portfolio worth $281M (2006) with first five
> being marketed.– [Kanecki Associates]
> * Generated multi-millions in funding for organization by applying
> improved practices, and enhanced quality, and results orientation.
> [Society for Computer Simulation]
> * Drove a potential $162M in joint venture sales with a five-member
> team. [Kanecki Associates, Inc.]
> Areas of Expertise
> Medical Research Human Relations Marketing
> Accounting / Finance Operations Management Organizational Behavior
> Business Communications Business Legal Operations Statistics /
> Research Methods
> PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
> KANECKI ASSOCIATES, INC.
> Provider and developer of security, medical, and government products
> and services (primarily software)
> President 1993 to Present
> * Drove a potential $162M in joint venture sales with a five-member
> team
> * Effectively liaised with both domestic and European Union companies
> to cooperate on joint ventures.
> * Steered communications with FDA and EU to gain approval of medical
> analysis product.
> * Developed, managed, and delivered multiple products and services to
> develop new business opportunities.
> SOCIETY FOR COMPUTER SIMULATION | SIMULATION COUNCIL, INC.
> Provider of professional and consulting services to multinational
> government and military organizations and agencies, including FEMA,
> DOD, Navy, Air Force, and Army
> Chairman | AVP of Emergency Management 1992 to 1999
> * Broke 24-year standoff by achieving coalition with Russia Emergency
> Management in 1995.
> * Devised and implemented multinational cooperative activities to
> share and implement new ideas and strategies; result: improved
> operations and practices for the United States, European Emergency
> Management, and others from the EU, Russia, South Korea, Japan,
> Canada, United State, Finland, and China.
> * Initiated and developed liaison with the President G.H.W. Bush and
> President Clinton Administrations regarding Natural Emergency
> Management and Non Natural Emergency Management (including terrorism
> and Presidential Directive 63).
> * Improved the operations of Emergency Management and Planning. How
> did you do it?
> MILWAUKEE MEDICAL RESEARCH PARK
> Provider of medical services and research with focus on patient
> application products
> Researcher 1989 to 1993
> * Negotiated multi-million-dollar discount contracts with various
> biomedical companies.
> * Successfully managed a $2M / year project to rebuild and recertified
> FACS (Fluorescent Activated Cell Sorter) Laboratory.
> * Secured $8M in long-term research contracts within one year.
> * Effectively created coalitions with Executive Board to develop and
> formulate strategies to create optimal laboratory conditions.
> * Provided military medical laboratory support during Operations
> “Desert Shield” and “Desert Storm,”
> * Directed project that created a 10-mile WAN link between two
> research sites to facilitate communication of research information.
> EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
> Hon.PhD Intelligent Thinking Systems
> BS, Applied Computer Science University of Wisconsin, Parkside
> BS, Biological Science (Pre-Med) University of Wisconsin
> Certificate, Flow Cytometry Becton Dickinson
> Certificate, Cellular Biology and Immunology / National Flow Cytometry
> Resource Los Alamos National Laboratory
> MBA, Masters of Business Administration University of Phoenix
> Not on the PURDUE CYTOMETRY MAIL LIST
> APPLIED FOR THE PURDUE CYTOMETRY HIGH CONTENT SCREENING
> BUY NO REPLY AT ALL.
> HMMMM
> MISTER?
> YACH YORSCH?
> ZWIE TACH PRAVDA?
> HNEITZ SCAMMERS!
> Purdue Cytometry Mail List Rules and Regulations did they BREAK
> the …
> Using Purdue University mailing lists for organized political
> activity … DOES IT SAY TO NOTIFY CORPORATIONS THAT THEIR EMAIL IS
> JUNK MAIL FOR. NO REASON? …
Because more qualified candidates applied.
Because a University of Phoenix degree isn’t very valuable to the academic world. A university of Purdue’s caliber would want to hire someone with adequate education.
Because he included an honorary doctorate as though it’s relevant to anything. (Hint: An honorary doctorate does not imply anything about a person’s abilities.)
About business consulting jobs..MA in Industial and Organizational Psychology or MBA degree?
My major is Economics. After my graduation from University, I worked as an accountant in a multinational company about 2 years. But did not work out for me, I was very busy which was fine for me but it was very routine. Then I went to US and had Management and Marketing diplomas. I really like marketing. After I went back to my home country, I started to work again for a multinational company as PR Specialist. This job was exciting actually but it turned out such a piece of cake for me and there was and is no challenge.
And I’ve been thinking to have a Master’s degree and finally had a chance to start a program. Now I am hover around to concentrate in Marketing or Management Consulting. Marketing is interesting though there is not much opportunity in the city I live, but there are many small businesses need consulting. I also interested in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. SO I need your opinions, really dont know which to choose and concentrate on. I do not want any more career change in my life and want to stick one thing. Besides I want to ask which one is preferable for management consulting I/O psychology or MBA degree?
Thank you
An MA in Industrial and Organizational Psychology would be quite specialised and might restrict your choice of future jobs. But specialised skills often command high salaries. Maybe research what sort of demand there is for that skill in the marketplace – large firms, consultancies. Consulting with small firms can be fun and interesting work, but you won’t earn as much and a specialised skill like this may not be in demand – small firms often want far more basic help.
An MBA is by definition a generalised qualification – something to add to an existing solid skillset. Typically, people do an MBA in order to:
(1) change career direction
(2) take on a more strategic role
(3) start their own show
(4) go into consulting – either working for a consultancy or internally – many firms have this as an internal function too.
An MBA used to carry more status but that has probably reduced somewhat now, as more people have them.
Both worth doing though – good luck!
Where can I find an ethical management development firm?
I am looking for a management consulting firm that offers consulting on organizational development and sustainable development. Preferably the firm should be able to facilitate the strategy making process and then help the change management process to implement the strategy throughout the organization. This firm should see capacity building and training as a core element to successful roll out of organizational change. I currently only know of the Capacity Building Resource Exchange http://www.caprese.org but I am sure there must be more.
I meant an ethical management consulting firm, of course
Yellow Pages………..
Why would Dr.Kanecki be Denied on the ISAC Congress/Purdue Cytometry Mail List & with this Resume?
DR. DAVID KANECKI
> P.O. Box 866 Kenosha, WI 53141 da…@kanecki.com
> BS, Biological Science (Pre-Med) University of Wisconsin
> Certificate, Flow Cytometry Becton Dickinson
> Certificate, Cellular Biology and Immunology / National Flow Cytometry
> Resource Los Alamos National Laboratory
FACS (Fluorescent Activated Cell Sorter) Laboratory. [Milwaukee
> Medical Research Park]
> EXECUTIVE PROFILE
> CEO COO
> Dynamic and accomplished leader with a track history of exceptional
> success in the medical, software, and emergency management arenas.
> Outstanding business communications strategist with expertise in
> negotiating and developing profitable partnerships / coalitions and
> securing new business funding / R&D financing from private and federal
> investors worldwide. Visionary organizational leader, adept at
> change / operations / project management, product and business
> development, and manufacturing oversight. World-class professional
> with extensive experience collaborating with government, regulatory,
> medical, and multi-national organizations.
> Selected Highlights
> * Negotiated multi-million-dollar discount contracts with various
> biomedical companies.
> * Broke 24-year standoff by achieving coalition with Russia Emergency
> Management in 1995 as Chairman of Emergency Management and Planning.
> [Society for Computer Simulation]
> * Successfully managed a $2M per year project to rebuild and recertify
> FACS (Fluorescent Activated Cell Sorter) Laboratory. [Milwaukee
> Medical Research Park]
> * Forged a long-term software joint venture with a European Union
> Medical Company (similar to GE Medical) worth a projected $121M.
> [Nucletron]
> * Negotiated a pending software Joint Venture with a US company worth
> a potential of $41M over 18 years. [Kanecki Associates, Inc.]
> * Secured $8M in long-term research contracts within one year.
> [Milwaukee Medical Research Park]
> * Produced a software portfolio worth $281M (2006) with first five
> being marketed.– [Kanecki Associates]
> * Generated multi-millions in funding for organization by applying
> improved practices, and enhanced quality, and results orientation.
> [Society for Computer Simulation]
> * Drove a potential $162M in joint venture sales with a five-member
> team. [Kanecki Associates, Inc.]
> Areas of Expertise
> Medical Research Human Relations Marketing
> Accounting / Finance Operations Management Organizational Behavior
> Business Communications Business Legal Operations Statistics /
> Research Methods
> PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
> KANECKI ASSOCIATES, INC.
> Provider and developer of security, medical, and government products
> and services (primarily software)
> President 1993 to Present
> * Drove a potential $162M in joint venture sales with a five-member
> team
> * Effectively liaised with both domestic and European Union companies
> to cooperate on joint ventures.
> * Steered communications with FDA and EU to gain approval of medical
> analysis product.
> * Developed, managed, and delivered multiple products and services to
> develop new business opportunities.
> SOCIETY FOR COMPUTER SIMULATION | SIMULATION COUNCIL, INC.
> Provider of professional and consulting services to multinational
> government and military organizations and agencies, including FEMA,
> DOD, Navy, Air Force, and Army
> Chairman | AVP of Emergency Management 1992 to 1999
> * Broke 24-year standoff by achieving coalition with Russia Emergency
> Management in 1995.
> * Devised and implemented multinational cooperative activities to
> share and implement new ideas and strategies; result: improved
> operations and practices for the United States, European Emergency
> Management, and others from the EU, Russia, South Korea, Japan,
> Canada, United State, Finland, and China.
> * Initiated and developed liaison with the President G.H.W. Bush and
> President Clinton Administrations regarding Natural Emergency
> Management and Non Natural Emergency Management (including terrorism
> and Presidential Directive 63).
> * Improved the operations of Emergency Management and Planning. How
> did you do it?
> MILWAUKEE MEDICAL RESEARCH PARK
> Provider of medical services and research with focus on patient
> application products
> Researcher 1989 to 1993
> * Negotiated multi-million-dollar discount contracts with various
> biomedical companies.
> * Successfully managed a $2M / year project to rebuild and recertified
> FACS (Fluorescent Activated Cell Sorter) Laboratory.
> * Secured $8M in long-term research contracts within one year.
> * Effectively created coalitions with Executive Board to develop and
> formulate strategies to create optimal laboratory conditions.
> * Provided military medical laboratory support during Operations
> “Desert Shield”
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