Businesses need to adapt to the economic tides more quickly and efficiently than ever before. Since the beginning of my career, I have been an active change agent where others were slow to adapt. A Harvard Business Review article stuck many chords for me today. Here are some takeaways that can help your organization make significant, actionable, and sustainable changes. Insight One Organizations need “fertile soil” in place before the “seeds” of training interventions can grow. Improvements are greater in units that had already developed a “psychologically safe” climate in which subordinates felt free to speak up. Insight Two If the system does not change, it will set people up to fail. Failure to execute on strategy and change organizational behavior is rooted not in individuals’ deficiencies but, rather, in the policies and practices created by top management. Insight Three Manage internal change like any other project: 1. Define organization values 2. Conduct interviews...

Response to OP : Effective resource management includes planning and task assignment in a collaborative environment.  The best performers are driven by a passion to excel in their field and a transparent "opt in" culture can go a long way towards building trust and buy in. Plus, once you have established a baseline velocity, you are better able to reset delivery expectations with downstream business owners and clients. It is very easy for management to forget that success INCLUDES negotiations rather than despite them.