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Fear During Change
/0 Comments/in Change Management, Communication, Leaders/by adminFear increases when organizations are in transition. Leaders fear failure. Workers fear the unknown. Fear during change is normal but it shouldn’t be ignored. Fear distracts people. Fear drives unproductive behavior and causes poor decision making.
The Impact of Culture on Organizational Change
/0 Comments/in Change Management, Culture, Leaders/by adminYou may have heard it before… “Culture eats Strategy for breakfast.” An organization with the best strategy in the world, but a culture that won’t allow it to make that strategy happen is doomed from the outset. Want to be the first to market with the most innovative products, but live in an organization that […]
Leading the Change and Smiling for the Cameras
/0 Comments/in Change Management, Leaders/by adminLeadership comes in all shapes and sizes. Some of it is innate, some of it is learned; some of it is clearly definable, some of it is more esoteric; some of it is easy to recognize, some of it sneaks up on you. Studies have consistently confirmed that the greatest contributor to successful organizational change […]
Being a Rebel Isn’t all Bad
/0 Comments/in Change Management, Leaders/by adminI always knew that being a rebel had an upside… Are you are Rebel or a Leader? Hopefully both! http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/01/are_you_a_rebel_or_a_leader.html
Mergers… Hold on to Your Hats
/0 Comments/in Change Management, Communication, Leaders/by adminWe have a client that is in the throes of a merger. One of the decisions the new combined leadership team made was the realign all of their offices under a new leadership structure. It makes sense given thier new size and scope of services. Now each location will report to a new boss. In […]
The Eight Constants of Change
/0 Comments/in Change Management, Communication, Leaders, The Change Management 101 Model/by adminIf you are experiencing or leading change in your organization, you should know the Eight Constants of Change. A change manager who doesn’t have a good grasp of these incontrovertible facts about organizational change will face an uphill battle making change happen. The good news is that learning about the Eight Constants is easy – and […]
Build the Management Team, and Propel the Change Forward
/0 Comments/in Communication, Leaders/by adminGroups of management peers with similar titles and similar levels of responsibilities can be hotbeds of dysfunction. These people often competes for resources, promotions and attention. But unfortunately for organizations trying to transform, this group is integral to effectively changing the way an organization works. Management teams need to work together to achieve goals but sometimes the environment […]
A Simple Word – “Thanks”
/0 Comments/in Communication, Leaders/by adminWhen many of us in the US are getting ready to hunker down with family and friends to enjoy our Thanksgiving holiday, it is a great time to think about giving thanks at work. It’s so easy to forget to say thanks. We are all busy. There are a million things going on. We expect […]
Just Treat People with Respect
/0 Comments/in Communication, Leaders/by adminI was in a situation this week with a client where I witnessed a “higher up” treating someone who worked for him in a way that was completely and totally appalling. He was rude, he was condescending, he was just down-right nasty. Sadly, this is not totally new behavior for this guy. I have seen it a […]
The Dalai Lama on…. Organizational Change?
/0 Comments/in Change Management, Communication, Leaders/by adminI had the honor and priveledge to hear the 14th Dalai Lama speak yesterday as he was receiving the 2010 International Freedom Conductor Award. As you can imagine, he had lots of interesting things to say. At one point, he was talking about censorship in China and spoke about how a lack of transparency has […]
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