What Is Strategy Acceleration and How Can It Help My Organization?

Gayla Hodges — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:28:27 -0400

Strategy Acceleration is creating personal and organizational velocity toward the fulfillment of goals. Strategy acceleration works across the organization with all of the resources needed and available to create individual buy-in to corporate strategies. It helps to define resources for the tasks involved in achieving strategic success and meet the changing needs of the marketplace. Strategy acceleration builds both engagement and momentum toward successful achievement of high-level strategic goals.

Strategy Acceleration through Employee Engagement: Ten Tips for Success

Gayla Hodges — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:23:56 -0400

Strategy Acceleration is creating personal and organizational velocity toward the fulfillment of goals. It is an approach to executing high-level organizational strategies which keep the organization sustainable in current market conditions and position it for the next challenges in a fast-paced environment of change.

Strategy Acceleration with Natural Effectiveness

Gayla Hodges — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:19:46 -0400

Each human being is wired a little differently. We are made up of preferences, levels of comfort, skills, strengths, weaknesses, ways of listening and hearing, ways of speaking, and our own ways of doing things. When people discover and learn to leverage their strengths and work in ways that support their preferences, they discover new levels of effectiveness and efficiency. We call this Natural Effectiveness™.

Keeping Your Eyes on the Prize

Gayla Hodges — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:14:39 -0400

By Gayla Hodges

Insights on Successfully Leading Corporate Initiatives

Gayla Hodges — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:30:47 -0400

Leaders who work for large corporations at the production level or in satellite or plant locations are often challenged with implementing corporate initiatives at their particular level. They are further challenged to implement them within the context of the local culture and of their own strategic goals. There are several reasons for this. One reason is that corporate strategies seem to be just that -- they apply across the whole company -- and might not seem to apply to the area they are leading, especially if it is a production area.

Leadership as a Talent Retention Tool

Gayla Hodges — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:28:10 -0400

The way you treat people is
one of the most important factors in your company’s ability to keep the talent
you want and need to make your business successful. You as a manager, as a
leader, may be one of the most important talent retention tools your company
has. And remember the key to retention success: People don’t leave
corporations, they leave bosses.

Responses sought on Workforce Management Survey

Gayla Hodges — Fri, 23 May 2008 11:15:12 -0400

Glendale, AZ – May 23, 2008 – Just in time to release the findings before strategic
planning season, Change Agents, Inc. has announced a new online survey for
businesses of all sizes.

A Different Approach to Workforce Management

Gayla Hodges — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:16:02 -0400

Day after day I talk with clients and with business leaders. I often ask, “What is the most challenging issue your organization is facing?” The top answer to my question is “workforce management.” My second question is, “What is the most difficult part of workforce management?” The top answer to this question is “workforce planning.”

Essestials for Successfully Implementing Your Strategic Plan - Steps 2 and 3

Gayla Hodges — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:12:18 -0400

The second step in implementing your strategic
plan is to get people involved as you communicate. Get workgroups and/or
individuals involved so they actually do something with the strategic plan. In
many organizations getting people involved in doing something with the plan
means there is a performance plan. Creating the individual or team performance
plan is a matter of asking, “Given that these are the goals of the organization,
how does my job fit into these goals? How do I make a difference? How do I help

Using Natural Effectiveness™ to Sustain Strategic Momentum

Gayla Hodges — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:42:16 -0400