Tag: change management
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Simple but not easy
Making change happen is pretty simple when you break it down. Sounds simple enough. No one should expect it to be easy though. It won’t be. It isn’t. Many organizations don’t do this very well. Anyone can help their organization, department, team, and colleagues, by learning how to do it better. Any of these will…
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Ambiguity is your friend
This was the advice given by a wise professor on my first day of grad school over 20 years ago. I had no idea how important this would be or how often I would think of those words over the course of my career and my life. The world is uncertain. Business is too. So…
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The least important work stream…
Until it isn’t. How many times have you felt like your window to prepare folks for a change disappeared? For pretty much everyone trying to drive change, this is reality. For what seems like forever, we’re the last one on the agenda and at each update, the time runs out discussing the ‘more pressing’ items…
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Do you really have a choice?
You’re a leader in 2023. To achieve your goals and put a check next to your OKRs, you have to drive change. That isn’t a question. Without change, you’re standing still. There’s no improvement, growth, or innovation. There’s no next level. But there always seems to be a question about “if” you need change management.…
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Togetherness
That feeling you get when you’re around people with whom you have connection. Today, I’m at a live, in-person conference for the first time since 2019. Finally. Last night, I got together with colleagues I’ve been working with for the past 3 years. It was the first time most of us had met in person,…
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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…
It's Change O'Clock Somewhere 