When training a global audience, plan ahead to adapt content and instructional strategies to learners’ needs.

The basis for adding value through an OD intervention rests on the rationale for its existence and the extent to which it relates to a specific business need.

What may be an obvious truthbut often ignored or unaddressedis at the heart of this blog-a-roo. Unfortunately, having to give this not-so-fun news is a task that OD practitioners often face...

The change agent plays a significant role in leading the change effort or collaborating with the team assigned to initiating change. In the context of creating an environment that is...

To be cultured implies someone who opts to read Ayn Rand or Albert Camus over tasteless vampire stories, prefers the music of Beethoven over Justin Bieber, appreciates fine wine over cheap...

In the range of measurement possibilities for OD, return on investment is the Grand Poobah. ROI is a comparison of the actual cost of a project to its monetary benefits by using the same...

Motives and behaviors of organizational development practitioners is a topic of great interest for todays OD professional. OD practitioners tend to be more socially driven (to help others)...

Measuring the Success of Organization Development: A Step-by-Step Guide for Measuring Impact and Calculating ROI, by Patricia Pulliam Phillips, Lizette Zuniga, and Jack J. Phillips,...

This case was prepared to serve as a basis for discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective administrative and management practices. All names, dates, places, and...

During the past two decades, we have seen a surge of corporate universities (CU). One key benefit that is quickly realized is that by eliminating redundancies in a decentralized...