It's Change O'Clock Somewhere

Tag: change management

  • Perspective: For Employees

    As an employee, it can be easy to fall into the comfort zone of “that’s not my job” or “that’s someone else’s job.” While this mindset doesn’t happen overnight, and isn’t necessarily intentional, it’s also not particularly useful or helpful to your organization. So, as an employee (an individual contributor), what can you do to…

  • The most important thing is to start…

    But when you feel that your knowledge is inadequate or experience is lacking, it can inhibit you from doing anything. This is true in most pursuits, not just in leading change. You don’t want to get it wrong, right? Better to do it once you’ve learned more, right? Wrong, actually. Timing is rarely dictated by…

  • Common goals

    I was at a concert last week. It was a fairly intimate gathering. A smallish theater of about 600 people. On stage were a pianist and a guitarist, husband and wife, each having had their own success in the Canadian music scene. That’s it. No one else. They put on an amazing show. Great music.…

  • Perfect is the enemy of good

    Too often, we become obsessed with developing the perfect strategy and the perfect plan to tackle a new initiative. One of the first tasks after gaining approval to move forward with a new idea is to come back with your plan. There’s a lot of pressure on this plan. If it isn’t reasonable, or too…

  • Change is a team sport

    In early 2020, I was walking down the street one evening and saw this in the shop window of an Adidas store. So true. And although the context of Adidas’ business was different than my client’s, the context really doesn’t matter. Change is a team sport. People need to come together around an idea that…

  • Glimmers

    Lately, I’ve been hearing about glimmers. They’re apparently the opposite of triggers. Click here to learn more. I love that. It’s a change in perspective. Think about how we look at resistance to change. How often do strategies focus on reducing or avoiding triggers? We don’t want to trigger panic, fear, concern or worry so…