It's Change O'Clock Somewhere

Tag: change management

  • No credential? You’re not alone.

    As I’ve said before, the need for change doesn’t sleep or wait for the perfect time. It also won’t wait for you to be prepared (or ready) to lead. Over the past decade, a lot of people have become certified, completed formal training or obtained a credential specific to the field of change management (myself…

  • Maybe this isn’t for you

    When you think about all of this “leading change” stuff, you may not connect with it. Obviously, I’m all in and I believe that being able to effectively make change happen is one of the most important skill sets for every aspiring leader. But if you’re unsure, here’s a quick self quiz to see where…

  • Stealth mode

    “We’d like to do change management in stealth mode.” A client once said this to me. Not kidding. Their reasoning was that they didn’t want to draw attention to the project “yet.” They were concerned about what other departments might think or say about the significant spend on this initiative, the modernization of a major…

  • New Year. New You?

    Welcome to 2024! Every new year, many of us make resolutions… changes we plan (or hope) to make in our life. Eating better. Drinking less. Exercising more. Reducing stress. Working smarter. In short, we want to make improvements. New year. New you. For resolutions to stick, we have to change our behavior in some way,…

  • The idea is the easy part

    You have a super idea about a way to make things better. That’s a great start. But that’s all it is. Think about all the ideas you’ve had, or that your colleagues or friends have had, that went nowhere. The proof will come when you put your idea into practice and someone is getting value…

  • What is change management?

    If you search “change management” on Google today, you’ll get 145 million results. Not helpful when you’re returning to your office after a meeting, at which someone declared “change management” is critical” and you have no idea what that even means. Let me break it down. For starters, let’s acknowledge that “change” is a pretty…