Innovations in Office Design: The Critical Influence Approach to Effective Work Environments - Hardcover

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Diane Stegmeier is president of Stegmeier Consulting Group, Cincinnati. She is a consultant in change management and organizational effectiveness, and has been engaged by clients throughout North America and Western Europe seeking to leverage human capital and pursue performance optimization in the workplace. Her approach to helping clients manage change is defined as the "practice of strategically guiding organizational transformation while maintaining human psychological stability and minimizing business process disruption." Diane is best known for her research exploring the Critical Influence System(TM) affecting behavior in the workplace, in particular, the impact of physical space on human behavior. Her research has examined the key factors fostering a sustainable platform for change, and has revealed the Critical Influences(TM) that can enable--or hinder--the development, execution and outcomes of workplace strategies. Diane Stegmeier holds a bachelor's degree in Business from Baldwin-Wallace College with a concentration in Business Law, and earned an MBA in Leading Organizational Change from Kent State University. She is an associate of The Ivy Faculty Consortium, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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"Diane Stegmeier's landmark findings on workplace behavior in the corporate setting will prove vital in determining workplace strategy over the next ten years."
Prentice Knight, former CEO, CoreNet Global

"The author takes a truly comprehensive approach to understanding the business barriers to the successful implementation of physical space design. The Critical Influence methodology identifies areas of resistance to change and addresses them, enabling the architectural and design firm to do what they do best create the appropriate workplace solution."
From the Foreword by Greg Bendis

"One of the most difficult aspects of facility management is the inability to link environmental improvements with measurable productivity results. Stegmeier's observations in this area are based on hard facts and real research, not just abstract theories. Her work is an essential tool for any professional looking to justify facility improvements that can actually support and advance the mission of the organization."
Heidi Schwartz,Editor/Copublisher, Today's Facility Manager

This definitive book on leadership in driving change through workplace transformation offers vital lessons for architects, designers, facility managers, corporate real estate human resource professionals, and business leaders. Written by an expert on workplace change management, the text reveals findings from more than ten years of research of 140 organizations, in twenty-four diverse industries, on how the workplace environment can be optimized to improve workforce productivity, thus better supporting the achievement of organizational goals.

Based on her research on the fifteen Critical Influences on behavior in the workplace, Stegmeier's practical approach to helping clients manage change is defined as the "practice of strategically guiding organizational transformation while maintaining human psychological stability and minimizing business process disruption."

Innovations in Office Design: The Critical Influence Approach to Effective Work Environments:

• Shatters the myth that the workplace design must bear 100 percent of the burden of transforming the way people work
• Reveals how workplace professionals can be involved earlier in the enterprise's decision making process, and serve as strategic business partners to the organization
• Includes lessons learned from numerous thought leaders in the design of commercial interiors

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"Diane Stegmeier's landmark findings on workplace behavior in the corporate setting will prove vital in determining workplace strategy over the next ten years." - Prentice Knight, CEO, CoreNet Global
 
"The author takes a truly comprehensive approach to understanding the business barriers to the successful implementation of physical space design. the Critical Influence methodology identifies areas of resistance to change and addresses them, enabling the architectural and design firm to do what they do best-create the appropriate workplace solution." - from the Foreword by Greg Bendis
 
"One of the most difficulty aspets of facility management is the inability to link environmental improvements with measurable productivity results. Stegmeier's observations in this area are based on hard facts and real research, not just abstract theories. Her work is an essential tool for any processional looking to justify facility improvements that can actually support and advance the mission of the organization." - Heidi Schwartz, Editor/Copublisher, Today's Facility Manager
 
This definitive book on innovations interior office design offers vital lessons for architects, interior designs, facility managers, and corporate real estate and business professionals. Written by an expert on workplace design, the text reveals findings for more than ten years of research of 140 organizations in twenty-four industries on how the workplace environment can be optimized to improve productivity, thus better supporting organizational goals.
 
Based on her acclaimed research on fifteen critical Influences on behavior in the workplace, Stegmeier's practical approach to helping clients manage change is defined as the "practice of strategically guiding organizational transformation while maintaining human psychological stability and minimizing business process disruption."
 
Innovations in Office Design: the Critical Influence Approach to Effective Work Environments:
* Fully explains the author's research on Critical Influence design
* Reveals how to utilize a company's cultural, environmental, and operational elements in designing that company's office space
* Includes lessons learned from numerous thought leaders in the design of commercial interiors