Dan Ciampa
Wise counsel & practical change strategies from an experienced adviser
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A Sample List of Dan Ciampa's White Papers


Strategy & Culture

  • Implementation Strategies - Principles & Steps
  • Acceleration Steps for this Era
  • Systems, Processes, Structure, & People - Putting it All Together
  • The Realpolitik of Strategy
  • How to Use Strategic Advisors
  • Getting Your Arms Around the Culture
  • HR & Strategy - The Combination is Key to the Culture you want
  • Integration after Your Acquisition - The Culture Side
  • The Leader's Success at Shaping the Optimal Culture is a Function of Answering Twenty Questions
  • The Power of an Organization-Wide Dedication to Learning
  • Shaping a Culture for the Transition and Beyond
  • Transition & Culture Change

Leadership

  • Becoming a New Director
  • Boards & Succession
  • Ways You Can Be Named to a Board
  • Thinking About Tomorrow As Well As Today...
  • Thinking About Tomorrow ... An Addendum
  • The Biology of Followership
  • Being Presidential

A Sample List of Dan Ciampa's White Papers


Leadership

  • Revealed Posture
  • The Shadow Side - Mastering Political Realities
  • Being in the Middle
  • Leadership Philosophy
  • A Personal Leadership Model, I
  • A Personal Leadership Model, II
  • Leadership Philosophy for a New Era ... Clarifying "The How"
  • Thoughts on Starting
  • Stay-Go Considerations
  • Planning for your New Role
  • Some Transition Principles
  • The Organization's Role in CEO Transitions
  • "The How" of Visions
  • Visions & Visioning
  • Clarifying an Image of the Ideal Organization (aka The Vision)
  • Clarifying Vision ... Options for the "How"
  • Optimal Image - 20 Questions
  • Forming a New Vision
  • The Art of Taking Advice & Using it Wisely

A Sample List of Dan Ciampa's White Papers


Operations Improvement

  • Themes, Fronts, & Key Success Factors
  • Thoughts on the Fuzzy Front End of Product Development
  • Best Practices and Benchmarking
  • A Great HR Function - The Boiler Room
  • Subtleties, Balance & Fine Lines
  • Subtleties, Balance & Fine Lines, II
  • Innovation
  • The Innovation Paradox
  • RASI: The Responsibility-Authority-Support-Inform Process
  • RASI - Where it Came From & How to Use It
  • Successful Change & the Right Staffing System
  • Senior Staff Aide - Notes
  • Need for a New Structure ... Principles & Propositions
  • New Technology Your Strategy Requires
  • Reflections on Technology Change
  • Implementing New Systems - Principles & Steps
  • The Need for Overlap - Transitioning from Old to New Systems

In the More Detail section are sanitized versions of two of Dan's white papers.

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