Richard Dana Associates (RDA) was brought in by the owners of a family-owned business with complex relationship issues at a time preceding an anticipated leadership transition. Following individual and group coaching sessions, RDA was able to help the leadership separate personal issues, and codify practices through formal policies to allow the leadership group to focus on business issues without personal complications. At the end of RDA's engagement, the client was well-positioned to begin developing a transition plan. Bob, founder, CEO, and owner of a 20-year-old, closely-held business, hoped to groom his 30-year-old son, Jack to take over the business in the next five years. The firm was currently co-run by Betty, the COO and …show more content…
Through the course of RDA's engagement, the requisite underlying systems were put in place job descriptions, policies and procedures, communication skills training, and relationship building. Jack was able to work at the firm productively. The dysfunctional behavior had stabilized and the three were better able to separate their business identities from their personal conflicts, and had begun working more as a team. The benefits of their improvements spread to the rest of the organization in the form of improved trust, increased productivity, and a less emotional work environment. By eliminating the personal obstacles, Bob and Betty were ready to envision a succession plan. RDA facilitated additional working sessions with Bob and Betty, to focus on their personal and business priorities. Go through the above case and answer the following questions : Part I 3.1 Develop systems to involve stakeholders of the case in the planning of change. (AC 3.1 : Develop systems to involve stakeholders of RDA in the planning of change). Stakeholder analysis is the process of identifying the individuals or groups that are likely to affect or be affected by a proposed action, and sorting them according to their impact on the action and the impact the action will have on them. Stakeholder analysis is a key part of
A stakeholder analysis is a process for providing insights into, and understanding of, the interactions between a project and its stakeholders. It is a powerful tool to help project members identify and prioritise stakeholders who can have an impact on project success. It can prompt thinking about the type of influence individuals have and in what way they might be an asset (or hindrance) to achieving successful outcomes. It is an essential starting place for understanding critical stakeholders and is the first step for developing engagement strategies for building and maintaining the networks that are necessary for the delivery of successful project outcomes.
When Ken initially asked Ruth to XXX, he contributed to Ruth’s feelings of self-efficacy and self-determination. However, this was al torn down by the subsequent interactions. Ruth feelings of trust were destroyed by the feedback she received after making decisions that she thought would be in the best interest of the company. Two of the problems were the unclear goals set by Ken, and the freedom he gave to Ruth with the lack of communication. Virtually no sense of security was provide, which broke down Ruth’s confidence and eliminated the possibility for Ruth to achieve small wins in her new role.
everybody in the organization knew that the change had commitment from the very top. I
As the company continues to grow at a tremendous rate, the organizational structure became more complicated for the managers to maintain. Additionally, the Association is unsure of how to deal with the growth, and continue to preserve their company philosophy of “people supported first” at the same time. When the company was small their informal way managing the support service was a great fit, however, with more people constantly being supported, a more structural way of overseeing the expanding support service infrastructure needed to be established.
Stakeholders are the people who matter to a system. Stakeholder power analysis is a tool which helps understanding of how people affect policies and institutions, and how policies and institutions affect people. It is particularly useful in identifying the winners and losers and in highlighting the challenges that need to be faced to change behaviour, develop capabilities and tackle inequalities.
Stakeholder theory looks at the relationships between an organization and others in its internal and external environment. It also looks at how these relationships affect how the organization conducts its activities. You can think of a stakeholder as a person or organization that can affect or be affected by your organization. Stakeholders can come from inside or outside of the
When implementing project 1, you face technical and market risk. How would you assess the risks embedded in Project 1?
This action found an excellent foundation for the great relationship between Bob and Beverly and give Bob sufficient motivation to do something to make the boss and department “look good”.
P5 felt that more communication could help to nurture all relationships between colleagues on her facultry. She suggested that,:
Duane has been smart in setting up his company with a transactional and Democratic style of leadership. The Democratic style is an excellent fit in the service industry because of the fast pace at which the industry changes and adapts to the ever-changing ideas and perspectives of consumers. The Democratic approach allows for all employees to be heard and recognized. The leadership style fits well with Duane’s personal belief of how a company should be managed and the relationship between employer and employee. He is able to retain open communication with employees, discuss concerns and issues as they arise, evaluate ways to prevent problems, respect all comments and suggestions, and explain openly and freely why the final decision was chosen. (Leadership Styles, 2014)
Several barriers stood in Lisa’s path of becoming a partner. One such barrier was the fact that even though her credentials, commendations, and work ethic were extremely high, she was never respected by the CEO, Michael Breyer, as someone who deserved to be on an executive level. His
Walmart has a large retail seafood business and it is always a challenge to reduce cost and promote sustainability. With upward trend for the demand of sea-food, depletion of the seafood supply is inevitable unless Walmart have a deep engagement of their supply chain. One strategy that Walmart wants to promote to their suppliers is for all of them to take up the Marine Stewardship Council’s certification program. This process will be time consuming, expensive and complex. The depletion of some fish poses a threat to Walmart and its seafood supply chain.
Barbara has the benefit of knowing what good management looks likes with Betty Nolan her old mentor people /
Once David had made the decision to form a team, he started by hiring Brian Doyle. Brian was a seasoned consultant and would be able to offer knowledge in high-technology. Although, David had been working on this concept for some time, he failed to ensure all the stakeholders had buy-in. He did talk to a few people within the company, but never had a formal meeting with Whitney to outline his goals for the team. Also, David expected Whitney and Brian to work on any crossover of stock analysis among each other without his assistance. However, due to the past one-on-one working relationship between David and Whitney she was ill prepared for how to deal with Brian or his role within JFP. David compounded this by not providing leadership, guidance or accountability when he
Although Mary Ann did not want to waste time with this open communication process, she would have realized that Mike and Jeanine work better together when each subordinate individually feels useful and important. Mary Ann got the results out of Jeanine that she expected because she made her feel useful and important. If Mike was properly motivated and given