Jan 1st 2010. Toronto, Ontario. Wonderful. There is nothing like a blank slate at the beginning of the year. No mistakes, yet, to regret and 365 days of promise ahead. New … [Read more...] about New Year’s Resolutions 2010 – tips
New Year’s resolutions 2010 – Dec 31st – do deadlines work?
Dec 31, Toronto, Ontario: D-day. Have you completed all or some of your 2009 resolutions? Have you made progress? And perhaps a back-door: do you allow yourself to carry them … [Read more...] about New Year’s resolutions 2010 – Dec 31st – do deadlines work?
New Year’s Resolutions – to change? why? do they stick?
Dec 29, Toronto, Ontario: For the past several years I have challenged myself with New Year's Resolutions. True, this game is not for everyone. Currently I am running a poll on my … [Read more...] about New Year’s Resolutions – to change? why? do they stick?
Top 10 lists of 2009 – what will change our worlds?
There is a commonly referenced quote in Change Management circles “People don’t resist change they resist being changed” (Peter Senge) to explain why so many organizational change … [Read more...] about Top 10 lists of 2009 – what will change our worlds?
“How related are Project Management and Change Management?”
This question was posed on the LinkedIn Group “Chaotic Change” by Joe Rafter, AVP, Change Management at Yellowbook and since it was such a good one I thought it warranted … [Read more...] about “How related are Project Management and Change Management?”
Part 3: Re-inventing your career using Change Management Best Practices – Overcoming the barriers
Okay, so now we understand the emotional roller coaster of change (Part 1), and we put together a Change Plan (Part 2) to get us energized. That sounded great. So what holds us … [Read more...] about Part 3: Re-inventing your career using Change Management Best Practices – Overcoming the barriers
Part 2: Re-inventing your career using Change Management Best Practices – Energizing the Plan
Okay, we understand the emotional roller coaster of change (Part 1) and now we need a plan for our transformational change – our next career transition. We need to get energized … [Read more...] about Part 2: Re-inventing your career using Change Management Best Practices – Energizing the Plan
Part 1: Re-inventing your career using Change Management Best Practices – The Journey
What larger transformation do we face than changing what we do 40-50-60 hours a week? Yet it is common knowledge that most of us will all change careers between 4 and 7 times in … [Read more...] about Part 1: Re-inventing your career using Change Management Best Practices – The Journey
Beyond the “burning platform” – advancements in Change Management
Thought leadership continues to advance the discipline. And occasionally, we dare to challenge the ‘sacred cows’ of our own discipline. In this post we look at the “burning … [Read more...] about Beyond the “burning platform” – advancements in Change Management
‘A ha’ moments – Making change produce the results envisioned in the Business Plan
Inside the world of committed change specialists there exists an angst: ‘How can we make this transformation stick?’. Not just in the limited sense of getting people to adopt the … [Read more...] about ‘A ha’ moments – Making change produce the results envisioned in the Business Plan