Learn Proven Secrets to Successful Restructuring

Business expert shares years of experience in effective organizational turnarounds

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Attleboro, MA (PRWEB) May 24, 2011

Making something more complicated does not necessarily make it better. In point of fact, in business, as with many other endeavors, the simplest solution is often the best solution. This is the first element of the simple mindset outlined in the new book Organizational Turnarounds with a Human Touch (published by Trafford Publishing) by Baldev K. Seekri.
With an apt storytelling style, Seekri outlines a three-prong strategy for organizational turnaround success: simplicity first, complexity last; leadership – a basic human ability; and the theory that there is always a human solution. Seekri applies this logic to the world of business, and shows how this mindset has been applied to real world scenarios with remarkable results.
Business, regardless of what aspect one is focusing on, is all about people. Without people, whether employees, clients, consumers or partners, there can be no business. Therefore, any business plan regardless of its focus, setting or scope, must begin and end with the people involved. Organizational Turnarounds with a Human Touch concentrates on implementing simple solutions that utilize individual talents and attributes and thereby strengthen the whole.
Organizational Turnarounds with a Human Touch is as much a tool about how to utilize one’s human resources as it is a book on restructuring an organization. Using proven methods and systems, real world examples and countless success stories, Organizational Turnarounds with a Human Touch distinguishes itself as an indispensable resource on navigating the rocks and shoals of business restructuring for business professionals, management students and even individuals for self-development.
About the Author
Baldev Seekri was educated in India and the United States. He spent over forty years of his professional life turning around struggling organizations operating in diverse cultures around the globe. He retired from Texas Instruments Inc. in 2005 as general manager and lives with his wife in Attleboro, Mass.
Trafford Publishing, an Author Solutions, Inc. author services imprint, was the first publisher in the world to offer an “on-demand publishing service,” and has led the independent publishing revolution since its establishment in 1995. Trafford was also one of the earliest publishers to utilize the Internet for selling books. More than 10,000 authors from over 120 countries have utilized Trafford’s experience for self publishing their books. For more information about Trafford Publishing, or to publish your book today, call 1-888-232-4444 or visit trafford.com.
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" The power of Trust and Mistrust" by Judy Bardwick

Dear Judy,

Thanks for writing an excellent and an inspiring manifesto on "The power of Trust and Mistrust". While reading this manifesto, I felt like reliving my professional life as it brought back memories of actual witnessing of what you wrote. As most of my professional life was spent in turning around struggling and under-perfrming businesses, I had vividly seen the role of mistrust in self-destruction of those organizations. This was quite evident in their compliance culture with heavy handed policies and practices.



In my book "Organizational Turnarounds with a Human touch", I have talked about three mighty anchors of organizational self-destruction which are Failure Addiction, Aesthetic Blindness and Trust Aversion. Without weakening the grip of these self-created anchors, it is impossible to reverse the path of self.destruction. Out of these three anchors, I had experienced that minimizing/eliminating trust aversion is the most difficult, but, also the most rewarding to improve organizational effectiveness. Moving an organization from Trust Aversion to Trust Propensity is covered in my book (Chapter 8,pages129-133 and137-138).



Judy, by exposing the uplifting power of trust and the devastating cruelty of mistrust to individuals and organizations, we can do our part in making other's lives meaningful and worthwhile. I am glad that you will be writing more on this subject. If I can help,assist or participate in any form on this front or in your other e-books , I will be delighted to do that .



Thanks and best regards,

Baldev Seekri

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Striking similiarities between "Outliers" and "Organizational Turnarounds with a Human Touch"

Hi Baldev,
Couldn't quite get in synch with "Comments" on the blog page.
There does appear to be some striking similarities between Outliers and Organizational Turnarounds,
despite different perspectives.
Outliers looks at primarily individual outlier successes and asks : " How did he get there?".
Answer is: a high degree of latent talent, plus a conducive environment, plus inherited advantages,
plus hard, hard work.
Organizational Turnarounds focuses primarily on a coordinated team and asks: " How do we get there
( forward - looking) ? "  Answer is: a high degree of latent talent ( a basic human ability), plus a
conducive environment ( simple mindset ), plus developed advantages, plus hard, hard work .
The organization in need of a turnaround is often an Outlier, on the wrong tail of the bell curve.
Often possessed of a negative self image of its inherent talent, it's set of cultural assumptions are anything
but a conducive environment.  Organizational Turnarounds addresses " How do we change that set
of factors ?"
As one hopeful sign, the business organization is a smaller, more contained unit than broader society.
Thus, it's more amenable to changing these factors.
In the past week, we've seen how difficult it is to address the latter.
The relatively poor educational system in the US requires ( among other things) "better parents" to
define the child's culture.  The percentage of underweight babies in disadvantaged neighborhoods
remains disproportionately high, even among college-educated mothers, because they often return
to the same culture.
                                                                                      Regards,
                                                                                      Woody