Deep Change or Slow Death

Deep Change or

Slow DeathTony Tomanek

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“It’s not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but rather the one that is most adaptable to change.”

-Charles Darwin

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Are organizations changing?

or simply dying one person at a time?

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“quit and stayed?”

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Does it makes sense that if people are quitting and staying, that some of the 25 million* boomers in key leadership roles have done the same?

*According to the Current Population Survey (2000), there were 18.4 million workers age 55+ in the labor force. The Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts that this number will grow to nearly 32 million by 2015.

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They had to have seen it coming…didn’t they?

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(guess who) had been turning creative ideas into breakthroughs for well over a century.

Invented grammar checkers.

Invented electronic dictionaries in 1985.

Invented the laptop word processor in 1989.

Began building PDA’s in 1994.

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Actual Website!

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You’re Not Listening!

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“engaged” “empowered”

#7: Institute leadership. The aim of supervision should be to help people and machines and gadgets to do a better job. Supervision of management is in need of overhaul, as well as supervision of production workers.

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They will never change

My boss needs to be in here

I’ve been doing this for 35 years

I get it, but

I’ve been here___ years and this will go away.

I heard all of this before!

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Gallup 01/10

18%54%28%

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You !

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The Facts

Seven days from Chapter 11

1983 Shifted Quality from Management to Employees

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Questions for YOU!

Does your culture value conservative decisions?

Are most change is incremental?

Does your organization have a short term day-to-day operating perspective?

Is organizational focus on management or leadership?

Are there needed changes that know one is willing to talk about?

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Manager or Leader?

Avoid the “busy trap” avoid the routine.

Develop your “leadership” role

Comfort is “Slow death”

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You say your people are your most valuable asset but do you act that way?

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RX

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