Power in Acknowledging Others
Posted on01 May 2014
Tagsrelationship building techniques, engagement, children, Hart & Risely Study, public speaking, Meaningful Differences, Todd Risley, Betty Hart, using names, University of Kansas, The Economist, relationships, management, intelligence, employees, conversation techniques, change management, acknowledgement
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An executive reviews observations about an employee with a manager and concludes, “Tom, you need to support him by doing X, Y... Read More
Change Management, The Secret (Pt 2): Minority Power
In Part 1, we learned relationships are the secret to change. If we ponder all the one-on-one relationships we must leverage to... Read More
Change Management, The Secret
The secret to change management is relationships. In his article, Slow Ideas (New Yorker, July 29, 2013 edition), Atul Gawande describes change... Read More
Power of Context on Intoxication
Posted on22 Jul 2013
Tagsemotions, context, conditionality, change management, body, Influence, management, objective, Personality, pigeonholing, positioning, psychology, University of Liverpool, Pavlovian conditioning, Shepard Siegal, McMaster University, Alice Young, Andrew Goudie, Texas Tech University, alcohol, intoxication
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Context dramatically influences us. As the article, “Various Ways You Might Accidentally Get Drunk” (The Atlantic, May 2013 edition) by James Hamblin,... Read More
Change Management Strategy #6: Company Life Cycle
The better we anticipate change the better we can position and implement it. Understanding a company’s life cycle helps us anticipate change.... Read More
Change Management Strategy #5: Two Pictures of Change
For any change management strategy, it’s important to identify how we and the culture we’re impacting conceptually picture change. This helps us... Read More
Change Management Strategy #4: Change Jobs, Reduce Tenure
Posted on11 Apr 2013
Tagsadaptability, change management, coaching, decisions, executive, experience, Harvard Business Review, incentives, Job, knowledge, management, perspective, resistance to change, risk, strategy, Change Management Strategy Series, Xueming Luo, Vamsi Kanuri, Michelle Andrews, tenure
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As we acquire knowledge and experience, we tend to become wedded to the status quo. Tenure compounds this effect as Xueming Luo,... Read More
Stories as Inhibitors of Change, Innovation
Posted on11 Mar 2013
Tagsadaptability, change, change management, dissent, facts, history, ideas, Influence, innovation, Northwestern University, opinions, question, rationale, storytelling, The New Yorker, thinking process, think outside the box, George Packer, Dan McAdams
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Stories galvanize people, helping them to learn, to coalesce around ideas. If we look at this galvanization as solidification, we can also... Read More
Best Sun Tzu Quote: Pinnacle of Skill
Posted on18 Feb 2013
Tagsapproaches, change, change management, coaching, employees, fear, fun, ignorance, inertia, Influence, leadership, management, management by walking around, military, problem solving, resistance to change, training, uncertainty, warfare, Sun Tzu, The Art of War, Sun Tzu Top 7 Quotes Series
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Before his writings became a business management guide, I had read Sun Tzu’s The Art of War back in the early eighties.... Read More