As we encounter more VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous) organizations, a growing need for Change Management has developed. A large majority of change management efforts have failed to adequately meet their goals in the past. Landers and Marks OD Consulting understand these happenings and have developed unparalleled change management and leadership tools, strategies, processes, and methods. These methods were meticulously crafted by the founders themselves through decades of experience in the field.  Clients deftly learn how to create a positive impact when dealing with change by learning how to diagnose and strategize based on all of the challenges that naturally accompany change.

Organizational culture change is perhaps one of the most harrowing and difficult challenges that leaders will face. This is because the culture of an organization is inadvertently comprised of intertwined aspirations, roles, values, methods of communication and mindsets. Due to the social nature of humans, the aforementioned elements gain dominance through mutual reinforcement for the organization as a whole; making any attempt to change this cultural system quite difficult.

L&M’s approach to culture change stems from over 50 years of experience in more than 15 industries. This venerability affords them the elasticity and acuity to consult all shades and sized clients into a fluid culture shift. Learn the skills to adapt these empirically tested methods to fit your needs and effectively deal with organizational culture change.

Properly managing accountability within an organization is crucial to that organizations prosperity. Often abused and rarely handled correctly, accountability can be a risk, flaw or asset; you just have to know how to manage it effectively.

It starts with understanding how your organizations current accountability system is structured. Are there clearly defined roles, autonomy, necessary support, or a sense of ownership over achieved results?

Clients have the opportunity to make use of L&M’s proven techniques for diagnosing current accountability systems, assessing structural flaws and strengths, and then seamlessly integrating a new, optimal system of accountability.

Organizational effectiveness is a gauge of how well an organization performs in accordance with its goals. Optimization of your organization’s effectiveness is, then, of utmost importance, and the crux of organizational psychologies foundation. L&M approaches improving an organizations effectiveness by evaluating and analyzing relevant indirect or direct factors and understanding how consistent an organizations’ values and strategies are across those domains

Formulations an approach based upon this information is the key to implementing a cohesive structure from which your organization will excel and prosper.

All organizations at one time or another will find a need for restructuring. Be it a change of priority, introduction of new elements, optimizing budget or any other number of structural variances; a restructure will be necessary for the continuation and advancement of the organization as a whole.

Whatever the cause or intended result of the organizational restructure, predicting and managing the outcomes is critical for a mishap-free transition. L&M has concrete tactics for the administration of structural change and management of eventualities that you will learn to adapt to your needs.

The use of teams is not unusual in modern organizations.  Teams can be an extremely beneficial method of ensuring productivity, deliverability and adherence to schedules.

However, if efficient strategies of team development aren’t set in place, you might discover friction, discontent or otherwise detrimental issues arise within your teams.

Use L&M’s time-proven team building and development tactics to make sure your teams run as efficiently and cohesively as possible. Your teams will be in peak condition once you apply the skills to assess, predict and plan possible conflicts, weaknesses and strengths.

Talent Management is corporate nomenclature for the processes with which Human Resources uses to attract, develop, motivate and retain ideal employees. This organizational pillar is in support of the foundation, so-to-speak, so making sure that it is unshakable is necessary. Learn how to gauge talent’s capabilities and prospective performance, assess focal points, use operational intelligence to guard against opposition-risks and how to retain the desired talent.

Not to be confused with employee satisfaction; employee engagement is the level of passion and commitment held by an employee. Extensive employee engagement is both infectious and beneficial – it’s one organizational development you’re going to want to manage consistently and manage well. 

Learn how to increase the drive of employees through L&M’s game changing methods of employee assessment, engaging conversation, physical and mental workplace effects, individual growth and development of both managerial and subordinate relations. Coaxing a healthy level of engagement from your employees will do wonders for productivity and profitability.

Globalization of an organization is no small task – and managing the effects of the integration is no easy feat. Working with many industries in countries across Asia, Europe and the United States of America, L&M knows what it takes to integrate an organization globally and has developed a flexible strategy that you can mold to your needs. Anything as large-scale as globalization demands a well-thought out plan and competent management.

Anticipating a promotion? Planning for the future? Looking for a refresher course for your current position? L&M’s Executive Coaching will give you the skills to ensure your career path stays true and ease the transition along the way. Even if you currently hold an executive position, the business world is ever changing – you should be just as fluid and open to new professional concepts.

Who better to learn from than an esteemed consultancy whose founders bring over half a century of diverse experience to the table with proven strategies and effective knowledge? It’s more than an education, it’s a Landers & Marks Certification.

Not every employee is going to be full-throttle right from the get. In fact, most employees even at their maximum potential won’t be as effective as one would hope; it’s just human nature. However, all managers worth their salt can see that some employees hold vastly superior potential in comparison with their peers. L&M’s High-Potential Employee Development coaching will teach you how to assess your employees’ capabilities and cultivate their budding potential into a blooming powerhouse. From there, you will learn who, what, when, where, why and how to utilize these employees to greatly benefit the rest of the organization.

A professional learning network, or PLN, is a system of informational barter in which a mutual exchange of information occurs using feedback, insights, documentation, contacts, or new business opportunity as a currency. Learning how to build a PLN organization wide will help to keep knowledge and information current, build coworker relationships and trust, and strengthen the weaker links. 

L&M’s Professional Learning Network Development Strategies are masterfully designed to implement a PLN that is effective and beneficial for everyone, from top level positions to the low rungs. The entire organization, ideally, should have some level of involvement in the learning network and with expert coaching from L&M you’ll gain the skills to set up a proper system for knowledge management.

Careers in business can be both an exciting and a daunting prospect. Whatever your aspirations, you have to be receptive to new information and adaptive to change. For most in the business world, their career is a lifelong journey; one that is perpetually changing and ever demanding. A logical method of preparing yourself for your chosen career trajectory is to get a leg-up on industry standards and practices.

L&M facilitators have experience in all organizational backgrounds, so you can rest assured that the resources and guidance are available to suit your individual needs. You will have the ability to join group and solo exercises from which you can take advantage of one on one coaching and elaborate assessments of your unique strength and weakness profile. Begin your professional growth with advanced knowledge that is sure to impress your superiors – Or attain the skills to optimize your current professional wherewithal and methodology.