Changemakers needed.
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It’s not you, it’s me
When buy-in seems slow, or worse, isn’t progressing at all, there can be a tendency to assign blame. This is pretty common so I’m certain many of you have seen this play out. A popular first target is the plan. “What’s wrong with the plan? Something’s wrong with the plan. The plan isn’t working. The…
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Play On
Music gives me a shot of energy. Like my mom, I’m often caught humming a song while I work, play, exercise, and, especially, while I’m trying to create. Growing up, I loved TV and movie theme songs and soundtracks. I still do. I’d be lying if I said the “Welcome Back, Kotter” theme didn’t get…
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Is it too late for Change Management?
“Not really… it’s almost never too late.” That’s what I told my new client just moments into our first meeting in their Manhattan office. A business unit was being spun out of a giant tech firm, as a new company under new ownership. In 90 days, staff in over a dozen countries would transition and…
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Yes, you can.
For changemakers, imposter syndrome can be a real blocker. What if these ideas and plans don’t work? What if I lose people’s trust and faith? What if I’m wrong? I can’t do this. I suck. There are never guarantees with change, but we rely on those willing to try and make things better. People like…
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Mindset
If I could have given my less experienced self one piece of advice, in my early days in this field, it would have been this: “Your mindset will be more important, for making change happen, than your knowledge.” I know some will be skeptical. But my days in the trenches introduced me to many people…
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Five things you can do today to start managing change better
On your first day back after a long weekend, you find yourself, perhaps accidentally, as the one who has been put in charge of “managing” a change in your organization. Maybe you’ve done it before. Maybe not. In case you need it, here are five things that I use as reminders to help ground me…
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