Tag: leadership
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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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Everyone is doing their best
Picking up where I left off last time… The culture of analyzing for root causes often pits us against each other and when we see mistakes, we often make the false assumption that others aren’t working as hard as we are, or that they don’t care enough or care as much as us. I’m sure…
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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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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…
It's Change O'Clock Somewhere 