We are occasionally asked about mistakes that we see companies make related to organizational change management. In reflecting back over several years and many client engagements, below are the most common mistakes that we have seen. Short-Cutting the Change Process Change is a process, not a single event. Organizational change does not happen instantaneously as […]
Conscientious leaders know that using team building strategy can be a powerful way to enhance team performance. Team building promotes trust, loyalty, and growth — when combined these elements create an environment where employees feel they are being challenged to perform to the very best of their abilities as individuals and collectively as a team. […]
In a work place where all employees are engaged and committed to the company, conflicts and disagreements are inevitable. Culture, ideas, and other personal issues might clash that will result to undesirable employ conflicts. No matter how much we try to avoid this, the scenario is really unavoidable. When this arises, productivity and team work […]
Previously, we addressed how to create a powerful future vision. Equally important is how that vision gets communicated to your people. This is where the art and skill of storytelling becomes very important. Done well, storytelling can be a powerful catalyst for driving transformational change. Effective leaders tell stories that position them and their organizations […]
In previous blog posts we addressed the importance of creating a sense of urgency for your organizational change initiative (e.g., Use Heart and Mind Appeal to Create a Sense of Urgency). Establishing a proper sense of urgency for change is often a skipped step or it is assumed that the sense of urgency is already […]
Most change leaders I work with have a complicated relationship with office politics. They know their initiatives live or die in it. They also know they are supposed to be above it. So they try to win on the merits: send the well-reasoned memo, schedule the all-hands, walk the deck through three layers of review, […]
Every transformation deck I have ever opened has a vision statement on slide three. Most of them are forgettable inside a week. By the time the program is six months in, the people closest to the work could not paraphrase the vision if you asked them. The slide still gets shown. It just no longer […]
Marketing guru and best-selling author Seth Godin recently published a blog post about the warning signs of defending the status quo. When confronted with new ideas, these “defenders” are adept at emphasizing the negative aspects of change and highlighting the positive aspects of the current state. For example they: Highlight the pain to a few […]
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