New Research Shows Organization Change Continues to Rise

(PRLEAP.COM) ANN ARBOR, Mich.– Today, Dr. Theresa M. Welbourne of eePulse, Inc., www.eepulse.com and the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, announced initial results of the September Leadership Pulse. The data indicates that 79% of the firms studied currently report that they are going through high levels of organization change. Also, trend data from 2004 to 2005 show that the amount of change organizations are experiencing continues to steadily climb.

“Given the recent leadership pulse trend data indicating lower energy and confidence levels at the same time of this increase in rate of change, we worry that the high rate of change we’re all experiencing is starting to catch up with leaders,” states Welbourne. “Continuous change is no doubt the wave of the future; however, research indicates that for organizations to thrive in high-change environments, they also must provide employees with an ability to cope with change.”

Study Results
The Leadership Pulse study trends organizational change, leadership energy and confidence data from a sample of over 4,500 executives who participate in short, real-time, eePulse Surveys conducted every two months. The September, 2005 Leadership Pulse results are from a total of 379 worldwide, senior executives. When asked to rate the degree of change their firm is experiencing, respondents indicated the following:

Amount of change from September 2004 to September, 2005:

High levels of change
63% to 79%
Change in % points = +16 points

Medium levels of change
29% to 15%
Change in % points = -14 points

Very low levels of change
8% to 5%
Change in % points = -3 points

Those reporting high levels of change-amounts differed significantly by industry:

95% Communications
89% Web-based technology
87% Biotechnology
84% Health care
83% Manufacturing
76% Consulting
66% Services (other than consulting)
54% Construction
44% Government

In addition, larger firms are now going through the most change with 85% reporting high levels of change (large defined as firms with over $250 million in revenue), and 72% of firms with less than $5 million in revenue report high levels of change.

To learn more about the Leadership Pulse research study, please see http://www.eepulse.com/leadership_reports.html. To participate in the study, visit www.eepulse.com.

About eePulse, Inc.
eePulse, Inc. delivers technology and research-consulting services that support Data and Dialogue Driven Leadership™ processes. Using eePulse’s proprietary, web-based enterprise-wide software suite called Measurecom™ (measurement and communication), organizations and leaders immediately improve their performance. Productivity enhancement comes from action taken in response to real-time stakeholder information. For additional information, please call 877-377-8573 or visit www.eepulse.com.

About Executive Education at the Ross School of Business
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