Change Management – Tactic #8: Management by Walking Around
No matter how detailed and passionate someone describes his vacation to you, nothing compares to being there. The same holds true for... Read More
Four Major Objections to Change
Posted on13 Aug 2012
Tagschange, change management, fear, management by walking around, patience, prioritization, relationships, resistance to change, teachable moment, training
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When we encourage people to adopt change, we must anticipate and prepare to overcome four major objections with each person: No Good:... Read More
Why More Information And Education Don’t Solve Problems
More information and education often don’t solve problems alone. Yet, people often think they do. It’s common. It shows up whenever one... Read More
The Strategy Of Organizing For Successful Change Management
Posted on17 May 2012
Tagschange, change management, group, interpersonal, Jens Krause, leadership, Leeds University, organization, reorganization, team building
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The strategy behind organizing for successful change management taps the power in a committed minority. It does not take many people to... Read More
Real-time Personality Assessment: Freedom-Order Duality
The Freedom-Order duality expresses a dimension of our personality involved in interpreting how we balance freedom and order. It can help us... Read More
YinYang as Problem-solving Methodology
Posted on09 Feb 2012
Tagsarbitrariness, best practices, change, conditionality, differentiation, flexibility, focus, glass, investment, negative reinforcement, positive reinforcement, problem solving, process, profitability, resistance to change, situational awareness, symbolism, Taijitu, YinYang
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YinYang, as expressed by the Taijitu symbol, has helped me solve many problems. The two major components represent the two major opposing... Read More
Change Technique: Personification
Posted on23 Jan 2012
Tagsmanagement, advertising, change, change management, decisions, Ernest Dichter, Sigmund Freud, marketing, merchandising, Personality, personification, Retail Therapy, subconscious, Techniques
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In a previous post, I discussed the rebirth of Freud and the idea that most (if not all) of our decisions are... Read More
Leadership is an Affect
Posted on19 Jan 2012
Tagshumanistic, baseball, change, change management, chess, emotions, feelings, group, humans, leadership, movies, Pied Piper, plays, process, relationships
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One can read endlessly about leadership. However, if plays play on a stage, if baseball plays on a diamond, movies on a... Read More
Placebo Management (Pt 2): Tapping Emotions
Posted on09 Jan 2012
Tagsapproaches, change, change management, effective, effectiveness, expectations, feelings, Harvard Medical School, information, initiatives, management, Michael Specter, objectivity, Performance, placebo, Placebo Management Series, Power of Nothing, relationships, Ted Kaptchuk, The New Yorker
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Previously I had indicated that placebo management could impact performance. I recently read Michael Specter’s article, “The Power of Nothing,” in the... Read More
Strategic Complimenting (Pt 2): Six Expectations
Linda Hill and Kent Lineback write in their April 5, 2011 HBR Blog Network post, “Why Does Criticism Seem More Effective than... Read More
