Tag: change

“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…

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…

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…

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…

“We’re never going to change this slow again.” I heard this from the keynote speaker, Rick Maher (Adaptive Human Capital) at a conference last November. Let that sink in. We’re never going to change this slow again. This sounds like many organizations I’ve worked in. Maybe you feel the same way about your organization. The…