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Thriving in the Face of Marketplace Disruption

tholtz@tbointl.com (Terry Holtz) — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 15:54:18 GMT

When your marketplace is hit with radical disruption, does your culture embrace the challenge or does it resist with every ounce of energy available? Disruptive change is not a new phenomenon, and it is certainly not limited to technology. To survive the onslaught, we need to understand the elements of culture that allow some organizations to compete and even prosper, while others simply watch the decline and do nothing, and still others burn valuable energy on resistance.

In the 1940’s, A&P had over 30,000 locations and was by far the largest grocer in North America. Their small format stores were well suited to both urban areas and small towns where shopping was limited to small urban spaces or a small downtown. Then, the emergence of suburbs and cheap land led to large format Supermarkets. Slow to respond to this disruption, A&P entered a decades-long decline......

To see the full post on Linkedin, click here

Dealing with Change...An Everyday Reality

tholtz@tbointl.com (Terry Holtz) — Tue, 16 May 2017 17:53:04 GMT

My story of poorly handled change is not about the mega corporation that failed in their efforts to roll out the all-knowing integrated solution. No, my story is about getting a tee time at the local golf course. For the non-golfers out there, a tee time is an appointment to play nine or eighteen holes of golf for a group of golfers usually four golfers playing together.

In this LinkedIn post we address the mistakes made and best practices that if applied to this and more mission critical scenarios could help avoid stakeholder frustration and potential revenue and long term loss of customers. For the full post click here

Organizational Health Check

tholtz@tbointl.com (Terry Holtz) — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 22:20:05 GMT

Purpose

Our Organization Health Check will provide answers to these three key questions:

Does your organization have a well-understood target, strategy, goal, or stated purpose that governs decision making at all levels?
Does your organization function as an efficient team?
Does your organization require significant change in culture, processes and systems, organization, or location, and are you ready to take it on?

Methodology

We will conduct an organizational diagnosis using the following Assessment Model to help your organization improve performance and ensure the organization is heading in the desired direction.

We require two elements:

One hour availability of key staff from Operations, Sales and Marketing, Finance, and Information Technology for interviews
30-45 minutes debrief to key management on findings

Presenting Our Findings

In an interactive executive workshop session, our debrief will include findings, conclusions, and recommendations from the Assessment Model, including immediate action items.

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Join TBO at Austin PMI Fall PDS - Oct 6

tholtz@tbointl.com (Terry Holtz) — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 16:05:02 GMT

Terry Holtz, TBO EVP Project Services and Wendy Valot, TBO Senior Manager will speak in breakout sessions on Optimizing Teams within a PMO through Effective Knowledge Management at 11:40 AM and on Change Management at 2:40 PM.

Terry Holtz, PMP

Core Competency Areas:
Terry brings over 40 years of experience working with Fortune 1000 companies in the areas of project management and organization change. Terry is a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel. He holds a Bachelor's of Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech and an MBA from the University of North Dakota. He has held the Project Management Professional certification since 1999.

Experience:
Terry is the EVP Project Services at TBO International LLC, where he is responsible for leading or directing others in the execution of all TBO multi-consutltant engagements as well as identifying engagement staffing requirements and recruiting highly qualified team members. Terry has extensive training and consulting experience across government and private sector clients.

Wendy Valot, PMP

Core Competency Areas:
Wendy brings over 30 years of experience working with Fortune 100 companies in the areas of business optimization, standardization and integration within global teams, project management, change management, knowledge management, risk management and internal audit. Wendy holds an MBA in Finance and a Project Management Professional certification as well as a Lean Six Sigma certification.

Experience:
Wendy is a Senior Manager in TBO International LLC where she is responsible for work in the areas of effective knowledge transfer / knowledge management as well as change management. Wendy has extensive training and consulting experience with a focus on collaborating with clients for targeted and tailored solutions

Join TBO at Houston PMI Conference and Expo June 6 & 7, NRG Conference Center

tholtz@tbointl.com (Terry Holtz) — Fri, 20 May 2016 20:10:08 GMT

Wendy Valot, TBO Senior Manager will speak in breakout sessions on Optimizing Teams within a PMO through Effective Knowledge Management at 12:45 PM on the 6th and on Linking Project Strategy and Change Management at 10:00 AM on th 7th. Wendy along with Terry Holtz, TBO EVP Project Services will be available at the speakers booth in the Expo Center 2:30 to 3:30 on Monday and 1:30 to 2:30 on Tuesday.

Wendy Valot, PMP

Get Your Copy of the TBO Change Project Guide

tholtz@tbointl.com (Terry Holtz) — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 16:37:30 GMT

The TBO Change Project Guide is now available. The guide is built around a basic roadmap that can be implemented using various tools and methodologies. We have also included an addendum that links training topics from the Change Activation Toolkit to the process elements.

Based on our core team’s nearly 100 years of personal experience, as well as extensive research into successful organizational change, the guide challenges the user to answer critical questions as they move through the process steps. Our approach is not to be prescriptive, but rather to emphasize the knowledge required and the decisions to be made along the way.

To get a free copy of what we believe is a must have for successful change, please complete the form below.

TBO Training Brochure

tholtz@tbointl.com (Terry Holtz) — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 19:15:00 GMT

TBO announces the release of a new Training Brochure. Our purpose is not to transform TBO into a training company, but rather our goal is to offer training programs that enable our client's teams for success as they undertake thier own transformation projects. To see our approach and other training considerations click here.

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If you would like to know how to develop your teams to handle future transformation challenges, please use the form below or contact me directly at tholtz@tbointl.com

Focusing Change to Win -- Release Date Set For Sept 29th

tholtz@tbointl.com (Terry Holtz) — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 13:53:09 GMT

As we previously announced, Nick Anderson, change consultant, researcher, and author, joined our team several months ago. His book, Focusing Change to Win, will be released on Amazon on September 29th.

Why is this book importa nt for leading successful change?

Failed change means lost opportunity, competitive vulnerability, poor revenues and valued employee turnover. But, it's real impact is increased cynicism and fear which promotes hostile and toxic cultures where change resistance is the norm.

So, why is this important now?

Change Management’s track record isn’t getting any better and isn’t likely to, if we don’t do different things
Change failure rates continue above 60%
Surveyed executives still say people are the main reason for failed change
Technology is delivering faster, opportunity-rich, yet still often underutilized, solutions
Many leaders say their current business models are misaligned with emergent realities, unforeseen challenges, and changing priorities
Many also confess they don’t know how to go about fixing what’s no longer delivering sustainable competitive advantage

Today, Change Management is even more challenging. Unfortunately, any consensus on the causes and solutions of failed change remain elusive. Yet, some organizations do manage successful transformation. This is what motivated us to ask:

What are the meaningful differences between those that thrive on change and those that just survive?

After analyzing over 6000 business leader comments from 80 countries, there are clearly those leaders who understand this condition and those who do not. They realize that working relationships are increasingly stressed in the drive for ever-faster responses to competitive threats and opportunities. Unfortunately, too many are still trying to do things differently rather than doing different things.

This summary of Focusing Change to Win gives a taste of this change manual for leaders which distills the collective wisdom of over one thousand business leaders and consultants with ten thousand years of Change Management experience. It outlines how the questionnaires and action points can be used to increase the chances of change success.

Over the next few months through our email blast and through tbointl.com, we will be sharing lessons and tips from the book. Future articles will address findings and tools relevant to most change projects. Topics covered will include managing resistance, measuring change, gaining competitive advantage, and communicating change. To get a head start, you can find the complete executive summary and other materials at focusingchangetowin.com.

Nick Anderson Joins the TBO Team

tholtz@tbointl.com (Terry Holtz) — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 20:04:59 GMT

Nick is a highly regarded project and organizational change management consultant. His broad experience includes pharmaceuticals financial services, telecommunications and more. He is a published author whose writings include

Focusing Change to Win – Global Survey of 1072 Lead ers, where he provides his insights on critical factors driving success in large scale organizational change.

Over the next few months we will be reprinting many of Nick’s blog posts on a variety of organization change and project related topics. Nick is available for short and long term consulting assignments through TBO.

If you would like to speak to Nick Anderson or any of the other TBO consultants, please complete the comment form below

Change Activation Toolkit North American Launch

tholtz@tbointl.com (Terry Holtz) — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 14:24:10 GMT

Better Business Learning is excited to be officially launching the Change Activation Toolkit at the ACMP Change Management 2014 conference which begins this Sunday, March 30th in Orlando, Florida!

If you're coming to the conference, here's three ways to join in the launch celebration!

1)Visit Better Business Learning's exhibit (booth 100) to test drive the Change Activation Toolkit on their iPads and large-screen displays - and pick up your free color poster 'A Simple Guide to Change Management'

2) Join Gavin Wedell's interactive workshop 'Visuals matter: How I became a Change Guru by Doodling' on Tuesday at 1.45pm. He will outline how change practitioners can use visual communication to boost change understanding, awareness and engagement

3) Please contact TBO or Better Business Learning at one of the addresses beleow to set up an appointment, where Gavin's team can show you how the Change Activation Toolkit can assist your organization's change initiatives and change capability development

If you aren't coming to the ACMP conference, contact us and we'll set up a time to offer you a live demonstration of the Change Activation Toolkit via webex.

You may contact us by leaving a comment below, by sending an email to info@tbointl.com, or by phone at 713.821.1555.

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