2021
Getting the Best out of the Matrix
For 40 Years few have challenged Matrix Management's viability. Most writers remain convinced that a matrix approach is superior to a hierarchy, but why hasn't it been more…
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2021
Chamber Check In Interview with Nick Anderson
Chamber Check In - Pault Fleming (Boise Metro Chamber) interviews Nick Anderson on the the origins of The Crispian Advantage and its change management services based on AlEx…
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Why Name My Company The Crispian Advantage?
Hi, Nick Anderson, founder of The Crispian Advantage, here. Someone asked me the other day, “Why do you call your company The Crispian Advantage?” I explained it and…
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Making Changes? Be Sure Your What is connected Your Why!
Technology, expansion, restructuring, global competition… all are compelling reasons Why a business or organization will choose to change. Understanding and agreeing upon the What and How to change…
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2020
Balancing Top Down and Bottom Up Approaches to Successful Change
What are the problems associated with top-down or bottom-up approaches to changing an organization? “Performance is Personal before it is Organizational”. None of us work in a vacuum.…
Read MoreManaging Change in a Time of Crisis
Unprecedented. Historic. A defining moment. Do you have that sinking feeling 'that ship has sailed' when you consider planning and managing change today? For most of us, radical…
Read More“You better start swimmin’ or you’ll sink like a stone…” A story of Change Management
In normal times somewhere between 45%-70% of change fails to some degree in North America. Now you have Covid-19. So, what are you going to do to succeed?…
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2016
How to lead at the Speed of Change?
This discussion starter gets leaders thinking about leadership and help them move toward consensus before starting a major change initiative. (For more in-depth discussion please go to the Leading…
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2016
How can you prevent Trust Decay in your people?
On both sides of the Atlantic, the employment compact is fracturing along the lines of manufacturing outsourcing, poor change communication and inconsistent leadership. The bottom-line is that “doing…
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2016
Leading at the Speed of Change
Complexity is the “New Normal” making leadership more demanding and in demand. The leader's ability to relate, energize, and develop their followers is critical to empower them to…
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