All articles by Mike Beitler

  1. Organizational Culture Change: Is It Really Worth the Effort? by Mike Beitler

    Much has been written about changing organizational culture. It's an exciting topic because of the enormous potential benefits derived from changing an organization's culture. While exciting because of its enormous potential, attempting to change organizational culture can lead to enormous frustration.

  2. A More Effective OE Consultant by Mike Beitler

    As organizational effectiveness (OE) consultants we make our livings by diagnosing our organizational clients' effectiveness deficiencies and then recommending interventions for our clients' greater effectiveness. But, we must also consider our own effectiveness.

  3. The Passive, Inwardly Focused Organization by Mike Beitler

    In a recent Harvard Business Review (HBR) article the three authors (Neilson, Pasternack, and Van Nuys) described what they called the "Passive-Aggressive Organization." While we are all familiar with the concept of the passive-aggressive individual, what the authors described in the article does not qualify as passive-aggressive.

  4. Strategic Organizational Learning by Mike Beitler

    The cost of training in North American companies exceeds $60 billion per year. Try to visualize that. Picture a stack of 1,000,000 $1 bills. Now try to picture 60,000 of those stacks. Amazed? Then consider this fact: estimates of training costs worldwide approach a quarter of a trillion dollars ($250,000,000,000) when indirect costs and opportunity costs are included. Do you find those numbers as difficult to comprehend as I do?

  5. 2 Pieces To The Puzzle Of Organizational Change by Mike Beitler

    Kurt Lewin, the consummate applied social scientist, is responsible for giving us three of the ten concepts that support effective OC practice: Forcefield Analysis, The Three-Stage Model of Change, and the Action Research Model. I will cover the first two concepts in this article

  6. 7 Essential Elements of Leading Change by Mike Beitler

    In my practice as an organizational effectiveness consultant, the most frequent phone call I receive involves clients and prospective clients asking how to overcome resistance to change in their organizations.

  7. Identifying Candidates for Leadership by Mike Beitler

    A critical task in the succession planning process of any organization is identifying candidates. Traditionally, candidates have been identified based on past performance. While this seems logical, it is problematic in practice.

  8. 7 Essential Elements To Every Organizational Change by Mike Beitler

    [This article is based on excerpts from the special report "Overcoming Resistance to Change" by Dr. Mike Beitler.]