It's Change O'Clock Somewhere

Category: Making Change Happen

  • If you have a problem with me

    Text me. And if you don’t have my number, you don’t know me well enough to have a problem with me. This applies in your life overall and at work. If you have a problem with someone or something someone is doing, talk to them. And if you don’t even know them, then ease the…

  • Alignment vs Consensus

    Not the same thing. When you’re trying to lead change, you want alignment. Consensus may be a nice to have. Alignment is a must have. Food for thought for all of you non-change practitioners who are leading change in your organization. Keep up the good work. It matters. Have a great long weekend! I love…

  • Are you unreasonable?

    I recently finished the book Unreasonable Hospitality, by Will Guidara. I wrote about it a month or so ago (here) I highly recommend it. While his story centers on life in the restaurant business, so many lessons are valuable for any aspiring leader and change maker. Here are two: Be nicer than you think you…

  • Leaders don’t think about “change”

    I read a post today about the annoyance of “fake” transformations. Lipstick on a pig. My experience has been that senior leaders don’t start by internalizing that we have a “change” to implement. There’s just something very important (critical) that needs to be done. “We need to improve something. Do something new. Go somewhere new.”…

  • The right thing

    Doing the right thing will never be the wrong thing. Have a great week!

  • Nobody knows what they’re doing before they do it

    Do you know someone who exudes so much confidence that it’s sickening? Don’t think of that person. Now, think of someone who shows (in your opinion) the ‘just right’ amount of confidence. What is it about them? Is it the way they carry themselves? Is it what they say? Is it the quality of their…