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Leading Change
By Evolving Strategies Dated: Jul 23, 2010 Sandy Schwan is an entrepreneur who has helped others successfully navigate change, Schwan recently returned to her alma mater, seven years after earning her MSLOC, to empower other graduate students to tackle challenges and overcome obstacles. CHICAGO, IL—Sandy Schwan had already achieved success in her career when she enrolled in Northwestern University’s master of science program in Learning and Organizational Change (LOC) in 2003. An entrepreneur who has helped others successfully navigate change, Schwan recently returned to her alma mater, seven years after earning her MSLOC, to empower other graduate students to...
Read MoreSpeaking of Halloween, here is a great disguise to try…Genius
All successful people have had their share of 'failures' before experiencing success. Setbacks will appear along the way, so how do we press on to get ahead of roadblocks and focus on the future in organizational changes. Use these 5 ideas and 5 steps to help you and your team develop perseverance.
Read MoreLemons Can Bring Lemonade, and Struggle Can Bring Learning
Leaders can help employees identify learning opportunities in the midst of struggles. But how do we play such a role in our teams? Read about how you can lead by example to successfully handle organizational change together.
Read MoreNavigate change successfully: 6 short-and-sweet reminders for leaders
As I prepare for an upcoming speaking engagement, I am coming across a number of short-and-sweet reminders on leadership lessons learned on navigating change successfully. Enjoy this recent Forbes post on this topic.
Read MoreHave You Smiled in a While? The Role of Optimism in Organizational and Team Performance
We know that optimism and pessimism may produce either victory or defeat, respectively. But do you know that optimism can be taught – on a personal and team level? Read this action plan for a shift in paradigm and performance.
Read MoreStruggle Can Bring Ingenuity and Inventiveness
There is a silver lining, you just have to seek it out whether changing at the personal, team, organizational, country, sector, or world level. Make an explicit effort to explore out of the box thinking and welcome struggle.
Read MoreYesterday? Nah. Tomorrow? Nope. Today? Let Us Begin!
Organizational change is not just about the macro changes. At the individual level, what does it entail? Read this story about what you can do today, not tomorrow, and definitely not yesterday since it has past.
Read MoreThe Importance of Being On Time…But According to Whom?
Time perception plays a large role in the nonverbal communication process across cultures. Have you noticed how the use of time affect daily agendas, speed of speech, even how long people are willing to listen? These 3 pointers help you respond to the pace of transformation (e.g. mergers, team forming).
Read MoreMeasure Twice. Ask a Few Questions. Measure Again. Cut Once.
When was the last time you and your team rallied around a solution, invested time and effort to develop a solution, but did not solve the problem? Why? Question these 4 assumptions that may lock everyone in confirmation bias.
Read More2008 U.S. City of the Year: Chicago
Here’s to my city, Chicago, a city of constant change, just named Fast Company’s 2008 U.S. City of the Year.
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