Untold View of Fearing Change
There is much on why we fear change. There is an untold view of fearing change though. It exists even if change... Read More
How to Motivate Employees with Words
Posted on15 Dec 2014
Tagsleadership, advertising, change management, compliments, employees, fear, follow up, habits, Harvard Business Review, motivation, repetition, resistance to change, words, Jeffrey Rayport
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In advertising we learn how to motivate consumers with words. In leadership we need to know how to motivate employees with words.... Read More
Leveraging Relationships, Manipulation or Influence?
The techniques in this series sometimes have people asking, “Mike, isn’t this manipulation?” My response is, “Yes, it is, but remember manipulation... Read More
How Psychopaths Become CEO’s (Pt 3) – Preferred Trends
Posted on12 Aug 2013
Tagschange, competition, discipline, economics, emotions, event, power, procedure, process, psychopaths, relationships, resistance to change, rules, Stalin, Anatomy of an Event, flow, Psychopath in Workplace Series, Lenin, Trotsky, Russian Revolution, fiscal discipline, operational discipline
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Psychopaths often become CEO’s because we ask them to do so. We usually do so unknowingly, but circumstances around events encourage 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
Change Management Strategy #3: Keywords
Setting the mood – by talking about change before we announce it – is a change management tactic. Behind this though is... Read More
Change Management Strategy #2: Celebrate Anniversaries
When we strategize about change on a large scale, as with more tactical changes it’s important to pick the right moment. There... 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
Creative Innovation (Pt 8): Guidelines over Rules
The culture we develop greatly influences employees. An innovative culture will encourage employees to be innovative. All right, how do we do... 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
