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7 Signs Your Communication Approach Will Fail
Most leaders and organizations struggle during times of change. I’ve witnessed how Steering Committee Powerpoint slides, code drop deadlines and meticulous budget tracking can suck up an exorbitant...
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My Favorite Change Tools, Part 1: The Roadmap
As a busy consultant, I’m often asked about the tools and techniques that I use when consulting with my clients. So, I’m pulling together a list of my favorites that are the go-to ones I can’t live...
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My Favorite Change Tools, Part 2: Impact Analysis
My second blog about my favorite change tools is about an impact analysis. In any major change effort, what you want people to know or do differently is critical to define – and a good impact analysis...
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How to Make a Case for Change
Persuasion – it’s such a powerful word and such a critical skill for leaders. Most of us are used to tapping into our powers of persuasion every day – convincing our child to eat vegetables, arguing a...
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Dealing with Resistance
Don’t be disappointed when no one hip-hip-hoorays or throws a party for your new initiative or idea. It doesn’t matter that you’ve done everything the books, academic models and consultants told you to...
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4 Self-Management Techniques When Change Is Hard
I’ve always thought of myself as someone who embraces change – I like the idea of learning something new and continuing to strive for something better. I can get bored with the content of my work if...
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Managing Change in Agile Development Environment
If you’ve been around the IT world very much, you’re familiar with the concept of using an Agile methodology to drive system changes. The Agile methodology offers organizations a different way to...
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Are You Growing Change Agents in Your Organization?
There’s a great cartoon that says ‘Who wants change?’ and everyone wildly waves their hands in the air. The next question is ‘Who wants to change?’ and all the hands come down. ‘Nope. Not me.’ Every...
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Why “Why” Matters
I read a great blog today written by one of my clients, the United States Pharmacopeia, which was a thoughtful exposition on why science matters. As I read it, I was struck by the fact that a global...
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Need to Tune Up Your Attitude? Try Reframing
I’m not sure if it’s the summer heat of Texas that’s getting to me (it tends to make me cranky), but I’ve caught myself thinking in ways that suggest I could use “an attitude check.” When this happens...
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Behind Every System is a Person
In the business world, the nonprofit world, academia, you name it, there is something known as “the system.” The system is a set of rules for how things must be done, and how people must conduct...
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5 Ways to Turn Resistance to Change into an Asset
We all know them – the “Resistors” who seem to buck your change effort at every turn. Maybe it’s the key influencer in the department who’s the naysayer, but is pretty spot-on in her assessment of the...
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Managing Ambiguity when Certainty has Left the Building
If you, like me, find yourself facing very ambiguous situations more and more often, you’re not alone. Whether we’re navigating new stages in life or new technologies and advances in our business...
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Your Quick Reference Guide on Change Leadership Training
“Will there be change management training available for our team members in the new fiscal year (which starts in July)?” asked one leader in the workshop last week. “We need change management training...
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Why You Don’t Need a Majority to Start a Change
Big changes are ahead in how you go to market, your organization, or just working differently in an agile environment. But, how do you do it? How do you convince everyone to buy in to make the change...
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How to Keep Pace With Employees When Leading Change
Are you way ahead of your employees when it comes to adopting change? It’s easy to understand why and how this happens. Change leaders typically come on board early, create & confirm the business...
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Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad “Bot”?
While CHANGE has become a constant in most organizations, the pace of change is increasing, and much of that increased pace is due to technology. One key technology trend is the so-called, “robot...
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Year-End Lessons…from the Holiday Baking Championship
On a recent lazy Saturday, I happened to turn my TV channel to the Food Network and found a marathon of the Holiday Baking Championship. For anyone who’s a foodie (like me), loves to cook (like me) but...
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Don’t Set 2019 Goals Without Changing Your System
It’s that time again! Every January we set new goals and resolutions for the new year. Yet, research says that 77 percent of us will stick to our new year’s resolutions in the first week but it drops...
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5 Ways to Get Your Organization Moving in the Same Direction
Remember the expression “herding the cats”? I was reminded of that when watching all the pre-Superbowl hoopla and interviews with the coaches of each team. How hard it must be to take a diverse team of...
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