Insights & Inspiration – Riverside Change

Leadership, Organization

Making Sense of Employee Surveys: Three Questions that Change the Conversation

When employee survey results arrive, the temptation is huge to dive straight into the numbers. But doing so can narrow our perspective and even distort the insights. In our consulting projects, we have found that a short “pause for reflection” before interpreting the data makes a big difference. Three simple questions help leaders and teams gain a more balanced, constructive view.

Change, Leadership, Organization

Communication in Consolidations: Traps and Success Factors

Organizational consolidations are on the rise: economic pressure, structural change, and uncertainty drive companies to adapt their setups. While many focus on the “perfect design,” our project experience shows that the biggest risks don’t lie in the org chart. They lie in communication. How leaders talk – or don’t talk – about change can determine whether a consolidation creates clarity and trust, or spirals into rumors and resistance.

HR Excellence

How we at Riverside Change understand HR Excellence

Human Resources is no longer just about managing employee capacity; it's about proactively shaping a future-ready workforce—one that is empowered, supported, and recognized according to its competencies. For this to succeed, a strong HR organization is essential—one that understands its strategic importance for business success and leverages it effectively.

Strategy

Setting focus: The art of an effective strategy meeting

Whether strategy meetings are a waste of time or a wise investment in the future, depends on careful planning, creative execution and, above all, consistent implementation of the defined steps. Overall, upper management plays a decisive role in whether the meeting is a success or not.

Change, Organization

Myths about self-organization

Future-oriented organizations are those that remain able to operate in a dynamic world full of uncertainty. A central aspect of this is giving employees appropriate scope for decision-making and action, which is often associated with the term self-organization. In this insight, we want to clear up common myths about self-organization and show ways to successfully use this open space.

Change, Strategy

The five most common misunderstandings about OKR

Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) is an agile management system for goal-oriented and modern employee management. The benefits are focus and transparency in strategy implementation and leveraging the creative power of teams, that continually bring your organization closer to its vision. However, there are some misunderstandings surrounding OKR. In this insight, we present the five most common misunderstandings and the most important success factors.

Strategy

Strategy work in future-fit companies

In this insight, we have put together which success factors are crucial for effective strategy work, what is important for successful implementation and what advantages the OKR approach offers for strategic management.