http://deltapartners.ca en delta@deltapartners.ca Copyright 2009 2009-11-16T16:46:08+00:00 http://deltapartners.ca/en/blog-entry/disaster-planning-are-you-ready/ http://deltapartners.ca/en/site/disaster-planning-are-you-ready/#When:16:46:08Z The Auditor General of Canada, Sheila Fraser, has taken the federal government to task over its lack of preparedness to deal with disasters; she emphasized the need to plan ahead. The problem is that planning for a disaster that no one can predict is problematic, if not futile.  Dealing with a disaster is one thing; how to plan ahead is another issue. Generally, organizations in this situation are often faced with a lack of consensus around how to organize themselves to… Blog 2009-11-16T16:46:08+00:00 http://deltapartners.ca/en/knowledge-center/publications/56/ http://deltapartners.ca/en/site/56/#When:15:23:04Z How would you describe your consulting method or approach? To help in your reflection, I have put some thoughts down in article with the intent of helping you clarify your preferred style and approach along with some challenges when you are contracting with your client. Publications 2009-09-03T15:23:04+00:00 http://deltapartners.ca/en/blog-entry/developing-your-managers/ http://deltapartners.ca/en/site/developing-your-managers/#When:12:39:42Z Managers and supervisors are perhaps the biggest ally and potentially the biggest obstacle in times of change. Are you effectively engaging this group? The Prosci’s Change Management Centre provided five tips for developing managers and supervisors as coaches of change: #1. Get them on board - managers and supervisors have to go through their own change process before supporting their direct reports. #2. Share the role you expect - at both a high-level and a detailed set of actions. #3. Build competencies - appreciate… Blog 2009-08-14T12:39:42+00:00 http://deltapartners.ca/en/knowledge-center/publications/53/ http://deltapartners.ca/en/site/53/#When:02:49:15Z An operation plan is a logical follow-on from strategic planning and therefore is a subset of the strategic work plan. It describes short-term ways of achieving milestones and explains how, or what portion of, a strategic plan will be put into operation during a given operational period, in the case of commercial application, a fiscal year or another given budgetary term.  Publications 2009-08-14T02:49:15+00:00 http://deltapartners.ca/en/knowledge-center/publications/47/ http://deltapartners.ca/en/site/47/#When:12:43:41Z The purpose of Strategic Planning is to help organizations do a better job. Specifically, strategic planning enables an organization to best focus its energy, to ensure that its members are working toward the same goals, and to assess and adjust the organization's direction in response to a changing environment. Publications 2009-07-30T12:43:41+00:00 http://deltapartners.ca/en/knowledge-center/publications/39/ http://deltapartners.ca/en/site/39/#When:11:40:51Z Scenario Planning is typically as a high-level strategic effort, and is used by companies, departments, agencies and organizations in the public and private sectors when the dynamics of the sector they are working in are too complex and too rapidly changing for other types of modeling or forecasting to be useful. Publications 2009-07-20T11:40:51+00:00