by Kevin Brimhall | Apr 16, 2024 | Organizational Excellence
Managing Change in Organizations. If change was an acronym, what would it be? C.H.A.N.G.E.: Constant Havoc Amidst Nervous Grumbling Employees or C.H.A.N.G.E.: Challenging, Hostile, And No-Good Edicts (from management) or C.H.A.N.G.E.: Corrosive Headaches Arriving and...
by Kevin Brimhall | May 31, 2017 | Organizational Excellence
Most of us would probably agree that a workplace with chronically high stress is NOT a great place to work. While a certain amount of stress is good because it moves people to action, severe or long-term stress creates a negative work environment. Why should leaders...
by Kevin Brimhall | Oct 16, 2013 | Book Summaries, Organizational Excellence
My curiosity was piqued when I saw the article entitled "Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Had His Top Execs Read These Three Books." Bezos is an avid reader and this past summer he hosted all-day (yes, all day!) book clubs with Amazon’s top executives. Bezos said...
by Kevin Brimhall | Feb 27, 2013 | Book Summaries, Personal Improvement
Subtitled “How Successful People Become Even More Successful,” this book focuses on continuous improvement, especially for those people who have already achieved a certain level of success. The issue lies in a belief that “I’m successful”...
by Kevin Brimhall | Oct 27, 2011 | Book Summaries, Organizational Excellence
I came across "Our Iceberg is Melting. Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions" when looking for a book on organizational change. I was then pleased to see that the forward was written by Spencer Johnson who authored "Who Moved My Cheese" and...
