Is your Brand Promise important to you? (Huh?) Is it important to preserve a stellar customer experience during change? As you make changes throughout your organization do you … [Read more...] about Is your Brand Promise on the Change Train?
- People Change Management
Resistance: “it is easier to ‘change’ someone else than to change ourselves”
In Change Management Communities of Practice, project professionals often discuss what to do about resistance. It often quickly comes down to how to re-direct, re-assign or even … [Read more...] about Resistance: “it is easier to ‘change’ someone else than to change ourselves”
“New normal”: adaptation required
All of us – Leaders, Managers, Employees – must think differently about our roles in this “new normal”. However, this will not come naturally. The new mindsets must be adopted at … [Read more...] about “New normal”: adaptation required
Crack or Chasm between Project Management and Change Management?
Recently there seems to be an increase job ads that bundle some Change Management capabilities in with Project Management. Many experienced Change Management specialists have … [Read more...] about Crack or Chasm between Project Management and Change Management?
Fatal assumptions and setting projects up for success
"If we always do what we always did, we'll always get what we always got" - True and so what? Well, often (usually) we need to move ourselves and our people out of comfortable … [Read more...] about Fatal assumptions and setting projects up for success
Top 5 Questions for Leaders responsible for Strategic Change results
We ask these questions because leading and managing change is the economic imperative of our generation. It's not enough to know what to change - organizations must deliver ... and … [Read more...] about Top 5 Questions for Leaders responsible for Strategic Change results
Counterintuitive tips for creating traction for change
Every change is different. Every person is different. Having said that there are some sneaky, simple tricks for getting started. Don't believe them? Give them a try. 1. "Begin … [Read more...] about Counterintuitive tips for creating traction for change
“Best Practice”: Sprint or Marathon? The Change Culture
The destination mirage: We seem to have a developed a reverence for "best practice" which suggests that it is a destination – a single change that moves us from mediocre Point A … [Read more...] about “Best Practice”: Sprint or Marathon? The Change Culture
“What’s Missing in Organizational Change Theory and/or Practice?”
Question posted on LI by Rick Maurer, author and consultant. My answer, skewed towards realization of change: 1. The Business Case for CM. Wait, hear me out. Firstly, we speak … [Read more...] about “What’s Missing in Organizational Change Theory and/or Practice?”
Where should Change Management reside in an Org Structure?
This excellent question was posed on LinkedIn today. Of course there is no single answer – it must be custom. Key factors include: How much change is your organization facing in … [Read more...] about Where should Change Management reside in an Org Structure?