Bringing Out the Heavy Artillery Do you want to know a secret about change management? Communication and training are important, but their effectiveness pales in comparison to Engagement. Now, I am not talking about engagement, I am talking about Engagement — with a capital E. We will get into [...]
Hello? Are you tired of sending out the same key messages to your workforce? Is your leadership team complaining about over-communicating the same messages without any new information? If this is your situation, then good. You are doing it right. Resist the temptation to hold back, despite desperate pleas [...]
Team: Just Another Four-Letter Word Have you ever wondered why IT projects always fail? Let's be real for a moment. If your definition of success involves wide-based, enthusiastic adoption of an IT solution, then the vast majority of IT projects are complete failures. There have been studies after studies, [...]
A Force to be Reckoned With The unseen force your organization's culture puts on your transformation is often the insidious assassin that ultimately cuts its throat. Dramatic? Maybe. But, in the decades that I have been helping leaders deploy significant change in their organizations, culture always seems to be [...]
The Future Remains to Be Seen What will you look like in five years? Have you thought hard about that? What will you be doing? Who will your friends be? How will you be different in five years than you are today? If you are like most, you will [...]
It's Your Fault, Again Improper leadership is the number one cause of large, failed efforts. I bet this is not the first time you have heard that, and yet large efforts continue to fail, and the culprit is always the leader (or leaders) in charge. There is no question [...]
Burning Bridges In life and relationships, I eschew burning bridges. However, with organizations, sometimes that is the difficult call leaders must make. The provenance of our often-used phrase, “burning a bridge,” likely comes from military strategy. If a leader wanted their troops fully-committed to the end goal, they would [...]
A Pivotal Moment in Time Have you ever lost something (or someone) that was very important to you? How did that make you feel? What was your mental state? How did you behave during that time? Experiences like this are never pleasant to recall, but they are defining. Whether [...]
Part 2: The Scope of Change Management As more clarity is given in regard to change management to clients and organizations it speaks to improving how change resources are leveraged and increases the likelihood of success. That is crucial in regard to the implementation of the remaining elements of [...]
Change Management is not meant to be a closely guarded secret, yet few understand the full extent of its application and impact. This two-part blog series is aimed at clarifying the role of change management and how to recognize and understand the best applications for a multitude of situations, [...]