Good CAARMA improves Merger and Acquisition Outcomes
Posted on: May 14, 2013by Sue Evans Between 50 and 80 percent of mergers and acquisitions fail to reach their projected operational and financial potential[1]. Among the reasons frequently cited is lack of consideration for the human factor in the transaction – e.g., dismissing clashes of culture, or lack of resources committed to engaging … Read More
Culture and Organization Change
Posted on: May 1, 2013By Tip Fallon Organizational Culture: the way things are done around here. Every organization and (group within an organization) has a culture of its own. In my experience though, few make an effort to determine how their culture will affect organizational change efforts. This, in part, makes it difficult for … Read More
Basis of good intervention (and Leadership) from Argyris
Posted on: April 12, 2013by Tip Fallon There is a groundhog-day effect when it comes to change in organizations. That is, a consultant or internal leader tries to champion a change and goes through the meetings, action planning, getting buy-in, and kick-off activities which simply repeat in the same format but things essentially stay the … Read More
Customer Engagement and Healthy Collaboration
Posted on: November 29, 2012by Bob Etris, PMP In a previous post, we talked at length about how to manage the competing requirements of what the customer wants, what the problem demands, and what the organization can sustain. Today, I’d like to discuss more about how to create and sustain the level of engagement … Read More
Trust & Innovation – Partners or Enemies?
Posted on: November 28, 2012by Stephanie Wilcox In our role as advisors, we address both an organizational issue and its impact on people within the organization. As we become more successful in solving problems for our clients, and they in turn become comfortable with our capabilities, our role transitions from advisor to trusted advisor. … Read More
Evans Recognized in SmartCEO Future50 Winners
Posted on: November 13, 2012Washington SmartCEO Announces the 2013 Future 50 Award Winners 50 Greater Washington companies to be recognized for their fast-growth in Washington SmartCEO’s Future 50 Awards program. Lanham, MD (Nov. 12, 2012)— Washington SmartCEO is pleased to announce the winners of the 2013 Future 50 award. The Future 50 Awards program … Read More
Evans Inc Named to 2012 Inc. 500|5000 Fastest-Growing Companies
Posted on: October 24, 2012For second straight year, Evans Incorporated is honored by Inc. magazine’s annual exclusive list, moving up in its ranking from 2112 to 1311 in 2012. Falls Church, Virginia – September 1, 2012 For the second straight year, Evans Incorporated has been named to the Inc. 500|5000 list of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. Inc. magazine ranked … Read More
“Doing more with less”… isn’t it really “Doing less with less?”
Posted on: October 18, 2012by Jack Moore, MBA, PMP In today’s economic environment, we are starting to hear that everyone has to do “more with less.” This is the economics of having to provide more goods or services with a smaller budget. Unfortunately, this paradigm does not equate to what’s really happening, especially for … Read More
Evans CEO in Smart CEO Magazine: Importance of Vision
Posted on: October 2, 2012Evans CEO and founder Sue Evans is featured in the October 2012 issue of SmartCEO magazine and highlights the significance of vision: “I’m sort of a latecomer to the idea of vision. It used to make me kind of cringe. We’ve done a number of employee surveys, and the thing … Read More
CAARMA in the Field
Posted on: October 1, 2012CAARMA in the Field By Jim Wright At Evans Incorporated, all of our employees, and most of our clients, are quite familiar with our home grown methodology for driving organizational change: CAARMA. Examples of the types of challenges CAARMA is engineered to overcome include: Disparate groups of stakeholders with an … Read More