Why most Change Management fails to deliver. Truth about better ways to make things happen - change management keynote speaker

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Over 230,000 views of this video - recorded some time ago but the message is just as important today.  Because human nature has not changed - even though the pace of life has increased, together with the scale and complexity of opportunities and risks globally.

Also read the full article. Every year billions of dollars are wasted trying to make people change the way they work.  Resistance to change is a number one killer of healthy corporations.  Boards may spend days, weeks or months approving a battle plan, and executive teams work hard to flesh out the details, often running up huge consultancy bills in the process. But all too often the result is disappointing: little or nothing seems to happen, even though the underlying threats are growing more serious. So why is Change Management, which is such a huge money-spinner for management consultants, such a huge source of angst for business leaders?

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The Future of Motivation at Work - 340,000 video views. PURPOSE, VALUES: Management keynote speaker on better ways to motivate teams, connect with purpose, inspire change with a vision of a better future. Keys to create highly engaged and energised team

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"Connect with all the passions people have: they will follow you wherever you go". Over 340,000 views of this keynote video - recorded some time ago but sharply relevant today

Why many companies are being hit by a motivation crisis. Old motivational tools don't work any more. How personal commitment has changed.

What it means for managers who want to make things happen. How to win the war for talent and build great teams. People are passionate - but mainly about life outside of work. "Work-life balance" tells us that most people think work is opposite of life. 

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Secret of Rapid Change Management and Transformation - how to make things happen fast and why most change management programmes fail. Future of Leadership Keynote Speaker

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Secret of change management: why most change management programmes fail and how to transform your organisation rapidly. Better Ways to Make Things Happen - Extract from “Building a Better Business” by Patrick Dixon. The secret of change management is winning people over and making them enthusiastic drivers of business transformation. Radical change happens instantly without a change management programme when everyone sees the crisis and knows what to do eg fire breaking out in a big HQ. Need a world-class change management keynote speaker for your event? Phone or e-mail Patrick Dixon now.

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What is Change Management? How to Drive Growth by making the right things happen on time and on budget. Why most change management programmes fail. Future of Leadership Keynote Speaker

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What is change management? Every year billions of dollars are wasted on change management programmes - trying to make people change the way they work.  Resistance to change is a number one killer of healthy corporations.

Past decades are littered with the debris of failed corporations that had the wrong products, wrong services or were unable to compete because of archaic management structures, out-of-date systems and bad decisions.

But making things happen differently inside a big organization is a huge challenge.

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Building a Better Business - book - and the $20,000 challenge - Competition launched by Futurist Keynote Speaker Patrick Dixon

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Dr Patrick Dixon's latest book on the future of marketing, management and motivation.

"One of the most stimulating and challenging reads in this field for a very long time" - Sir Digby Jones, Director-General CBI.

Dr Dixon has been ranked as one of the 20 most influential business thinkers alive today (Thinkers 50 - 2005).

Enter the $20,000 Building a Better Business Challenge.

Discover how to create a better future - AND make a profit at the same time.

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How to persuade people to cut costs and be more efficient - motivation for cost cutting, redundancies - MUST be built on vision of a much better future

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The only reliable long-term way to motivate teams to control their costs is to show them how much better things will be if they do so.

Better for them, better for others in the organisation, better for those the organisation seeks to help (clients or customers), better for shareholders, and better for the community as a whole.

Fail to motivate postively - and all that is left as a tool is fear.  How to connect with the passions people have - even in tough times.

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How to change your world! Manage teams, transform public sector workers: personal story as a physician, philanthropist and entrepreneur

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How to make things happen. Personal story from cancer doctor to starting an international AIDS charity, to bringing change inside large organisations. Successes and failures and how we learn from them. Patrick Dixon - conference keynote speaker -- presentation for Welsh Parliament to public sector workers - police officers, fire service, local councils, municipal authorities, teachers, social workers, health visitors, care assistants, community officers, health and safety advisors, government contractors and service providers. Changing culture, challenging structures and attitudes. Story of ACET -- AIDS Care Education and Training and how Patrick Dixon started the AIDS organization.

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Managing Huge Risks: Wild Cards, Leadership Growth Strategy, Risk Management and how to be successful in your own business

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Risk management, managing uncertainty, wild cards, black swans, agile leadership. Reputational risk, financial risk, business disruption, supply chain risk, sudden events, climate risks, political risks, marketing risk, exchange rate risks, credit or banking risis, inflation risks, deflation risks, competitor risk and legal or compliance risk.

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Personal and corporate espionage - how to keep your company secrets secure - spying at work and how to prevent it

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Drug Testing in the Workplace - why drug testing saves lives and reduces risks of bad decisions. Ethical and privacy issues. Futurist keynote speaker on future workplace trends and health care issues

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Why pressures are growing for random drug testing at work - to save accidents and loss of life, and to improve performance. With 8% of all UK adults dependent on alcohol or illegal drugs, workpace drug testing is now an important but controversial issue. On current trends within two years it will be almost impossible for recreational drug users to get a job with larger companies.

Patrick Dixon is a Futurist keynote speaker on a wide variety of health and workplace issues.

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Surviving the future - LEADERSHIP AGILITY - Managing through economic chaos, recession and other major challenges. Leadership Trends Keynote Speaker

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Managing through the downturn

Many CEOs I know are feeling battered and bruised right now. Hit by one event after another, there’s little time to regroup or reflect, and the top of a corporation can be a lonely place. Profit warnings, share price pressures, painful layoffs and great geopolitical uncertainties can sweep away even the most comprehensive strategies – and that’s despite outstanding management over many years.

Article published June 2002 - but also applies in 2022

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Why corporate and social responsibility is now a number 1 success and risk issue for every large company. CSR Keynote Speaker

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Shifts in public opinion wrong-footed many multinationals, now needing to prove strong commitment to responsible and ethical business practice.

Winners and losers in the values revolution.

How to make a business case for corporations doing the right thing - even if senior leaders are reluctant.

Can ethical behavior translate into profitable success?

Where should every corporation get their values from and the ultimate ethical test.

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Corporate responsibility: how to persuade business leaders that CSR really matters to future profits and survival. Making the business case for business ethics and social responsibility. Corporate Ethics Keynote Speaker

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How to make business case for increased corporate and social responsibility (CSR?).  Show your board examples of how market share has grown because of strong corporate values. Prove business case of corporate and social responsibility, by showing impact on bottom line, market share, brand strength, corporate image, war for talent, retention and recruitment.

CSR reduces risk of reputational damage. Should be part of the air we breathe. Sustainability is good example where energy savings mean extra profits while saving planet.

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Virtual Teamwork and Global Leadership - archive

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Archive from 1999 but very relevant today.

* Virtual Teamwork is about managing people at a distance using technology.
* Virtual Teamwork can produce travel cost reductions of up to 50% with huge gains in team productivity and morale.
* Virtual Teamwork can be a high risk strategy unless corporations are committed, and requires significant investment in technology as well as in team training.
* Virtual Teamwork means maintaining close working relationships with colleagues in many different locations, without the need for as many meetings as traditionally needed.

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Discover Your Future: Key Trends, Futurist Keynotes, Industry Forecasts

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Welcome to your FUTURE - select drop down menu at top of page for your topic / industry. 

* 15.5 million visitors, 6 million video views, conference keynotes by Patrick Dixon, Chairman Global Change Ltd, ranked in the past as one of 20 most influential business thinkers alive today (Thinkers 50), Futurist author of 16 books including The Future of Almost Everything, Futurewise, Building a Better Businesss and Sustainagility with 52,000 Twitter followers, 700,000 links to this site. He has worked with over 400 of the world's largest corporations. Book an event with Patrick Dixon, one of the world's best known Futurist keynote speakers.