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Wanna Change? Don’t Forget to Plan
In the case of managing and leading change, the mantra could be: Change your work and work your change; or Plan your change and plan to change your plan!
Read MoreCan you last longer than 17 seconds? Bite your tongue!
How do you resist the urge to speak? Read about the qualitative measures you can achieve by just practicing this tactic of being quiet for 17 seconds.
Read MoreCourage, Cowboys, Chunking, Changing
Organizational or personal change can be extremely daunting. What else can we do to face the challenge, rather than throw in the towel? Read about Chunking, a flexible learning style to apply to : your time, task or conversations. Model this behavior to encourage your team too.
Read MoreStruggle and Beauty
"One day in retrospect the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful."Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), Austrian psychoanalyst More later. For now, welcome Sienna...
Read MoreSurrounding Yourself With The Best – The Northern Trust Corporation
Kudos to one of my clients, The Northern Trust Corporation, for being named one of America’s 500 best companies by Barron’s. I am quite proud to serve and partner with such an esteemed organization! http://webreprints.djreprints.com/1946660711156.html
Read MoreDo as I Do and as I Say
As a leader, how do you introduce new behaviors during organizational change? Model it first! Its payoff includes increased respect for you.
Read MoreDoes Change Represent Difficulty or Opportunity? You Decide. Really.
Change is difficult for almost everyone. What would you say to finding opportunity in its difficulty? Read how you can do just that, even raise the quality of your opportunities!
Read MoreThoreau on Change
"Things do not change; we change" - Henry David Thoreau. But if that "thing" is a situation, a process, a strategy, then it definitely changes. Either way, the ball is on our court to adapt.
Read MorePressure – when is it needed in organizational change?
Leading change is both a science and an art. Sometimes a heavy hand is needed to progress organizational change. Other times, a gentle guiding.
Read MoreDoes difficulty mean opportunity or opportunity mean difficulty to you?
You would very likely have faced situations in organizational change which could be an opportunity or a difficulty. Read how you can face 'difficult opportunities'.
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