Change and Thrive with Dr. Wendy L. Heckelman – Details, episodes & analysis

Most companies are reexamining their strategies and making fundamental or incremental changes to their strategic direction, organizational structure, and employee engagement efforts. Executing these changes requires leaders who are ready to lead others through ongoing change. In this month's Podcast episode, special guest, Sheryl Unger joins us once again to discuss Strategic Change and Developing Leadership Agility. During this episode, you'll hear Wendy and Sheryl share insights from nearly thirty years of experience working with hundreds of clients, and how The 5C’s of Transition Leadership® can provide a structured framework to help leaders improve their change execution capabilities and more effectively lead others.

In this this month's Podcast episode, we have special guest Sheryl Unger join us to discuss the Great Resignation, retention-related struggles faced by employers, and provide you with practical tips you can implement.

As the world continues to grow through new pains presented by the pandemic, implementing and managing large-scale change has become even more challenging. The impact on organizations, teams, and individuals has been profound; and while employees may be used to the organizational churn, the past couple of years have taxed leaders far beyond anything we could have ever imagined. In today's Change and Thrive episode, I am pleased to talk to Andrew Moore, General Manager of Pfizer CentreOne, as he shares some insights into navigating large-scale change during these uncertain times.

You can see the disruption in the healthcare marketplace everywhere you turn, but few issues are louder than that of The Great Resignation.

While employees have been able to leverage the surplus of job openings against their employers as bargaining chips for better benefits, compensation, and opportunities, employers still hold a great amount of power in shaping cultural norms and the employee experience. This emerging power imbalance has sparked challenges for employers and employees alike.

The truth is, retaining and motivating high performing talent has become much more complex and challenging. Some of the complexity and challenges stem directly from post-pandemic fatigue and stress. Our clients have diligently worked to reach some level of equilibrium in their human capital strategies to help mitigate chaos and stabilize work environments.

In today’s podcast, I want to share three considerations to help assess your organization’s human capital strategy and how to make talent management a priority for thriving during change.

Agility is no longer an option, it’s a requirement. In the last two years, everything and everyone was disrupted… The level of disruption varied. Most organizations revisited their strategies and made significant changes across the board.  We have seen deep change in the macro environment of pharmaceuticals, biopharma, and life sciences. A global pharmaceutical company reported to have cut its US sales force as meetings with healthcare providers continue to shift to virtual. This is just one high profile case that depicts fundamental go-to-market shifts resulting from the pandemic.  The way work gets done is being reshaped and as we enter this new next normal. Organizations, teams and individuals need to keep flexibility and agility as top priorities in order to thrive.  Today I want to share three tips to help you renew your commitment as a leader so that you can achieve your organizational, team and individual goals.

Culture is created either intentionally or unintentionally. As they enter 2022, many organizations are redesigning their organization and striving to build a more desirable and sustainable culture. Tune in for this week’s podcast as Wendy provides 3 tips to help leaders begin their organizational redesign journeys.

We are in the part of January when those who made New Years’ resolutions struggle to maintain their resolution. That is okay, change is hard! Don’t give up, keep going!  Many leaders are also struggling with their New Year’s resolutions to develop their leadership agility. Many leaders understand the need to be agile because their leadership agility has been put to the test over the last 2 years and they want to adjust how they navigate change, especially when the change is unknown.  In this week’s podcast, Wendy shares 3 tips to help develop leadership agility and builds the business case for leadership agility being the differentiator in today’s professional landscape.  ARE YOU INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT OUR BLENDED SOLUTIONS?  WLH helps organizations, teams, and individuals think, plan, and execute with excellence. Schedule an Exploratory Call to learn more! Visit www.wlhconsulting.com

New year, new me! That is what many organizations are saying as they transition into a full or hybrid virtual environment, or adjust to other large-scale organizational changes. As organizations adjust to large-scale changes that include new leadership, new teams, or new structures, they are presented with new challenges.   Jump starting your team to address and combat these challenges is one of the most effective ways to ensure they are overcome.   In this week’s podcast, Wendy dives into three tips to help jump start your team to align, adjust, and embrace the positive elements of change.   

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Happy New Year! The new year brings great promise and allows for another opportunity to drive your organization forward. As such, opportunities are presented to realign on goals and key business priorities.

As you step into 2022 with your team and begin realigning on goals and key business priorities, take a listen to this week’s podcast where Dr. Wendy Heckelman discusses four tips to realign your team in the new year.

In summary, Wendy discusses the following tips:

1. Align your plan with the organization’s business strategy
2. Revisit your marketplace analysis
3. Assess past performance
4. Focus on accountability

What if I told you there is a way to highlight the strategic account management skills and mindset needed when calling on large, organized customers? Whether it is commercial payers, IDNs, medical groups, government care providers or other models, a different business to business customer engagement strategy is needed to provide value and support better outcomes. In today’s Change and Thrive episode I want to share four tips to improve your skills.