NEW MANAGEMENT TOPIC: Leading Change in Difficult Times

When the economic times are tough, everyone in your organization feels intense pressure to be profitable and keep ahead of the competition. In times like these, management’s task is to motivate employees to maintain productivity and performance. But how can you ensure employees feel inspired and genuinely appreciated when the budget is being cut and people are uncertain about the future of their jobs?
 
This CoachingOurselves session explores simple yet powerful methods to guide organizations through the most challenging of times.
 
In this topic, written by John J. Oliver, you will appreciate how a cycle of deteriorating morale occurs during times of crisis, understand potential threats to employee engagement and how you can effectively tackle each one, and decide how you can best motivate and inspire your staff during a downturn
 
 
Professor John J. Oliver OBE has been a passionate advocate and practitioner of “radical employee engagement” for over thirty-five years. He led British truck manufacturer Leyland Trucks from insolvency to best-in-European-class within thirty months. Likewise, as Chair, he helped Runshaw College go from a medium ranking educational institute to winning the EFQM (European Foundation for Quality Management) award for the entire public sector in 2002. Since then, John has helped many organizations reap the benefits of this simple philosophy, including large health authorities, local government, and many manufacturers. John has written two books on the subject.