The Goal isn’t Culture Change!
Sometimes, organizational culture can be like a cow path — worn into a groove whether it’s the best way to get where you’re going or not.
Posts By Nina Kern
Your IT Transformation Is Like a Heart Transplant — And Here’s Why
Replacing your current IT system with a new one is similar to preparing for and recovering from a heart transplant. And in their different ways, both scenarios can lead to life-changing results.
Current State Assessment Ahead? Get Ready to Rock the Boat!
Assessments of the “current state” are an important element of a change initiative. Here are five tips to make these assessments effective, positive experiences.
Share What You Know – It’s Part of Leading Change
These days leaders are on the hook to be more transparent — because in many ways they don’t have a choice. The best advice, then: be intentional about how you are being transparent.
Life as an “Acting” Leader: Managing Stopgap Leadership Change
Stopgap staffing is by definition done so quickly that there often is little attention given to its organizational impacts — and there are many.
When Resistance Meets Resistance – the Change Leader Trap
Feedback about a new approach isn’t always resistance — but resistance is always feedback.
One Way to Mitigate Resistance to Change? Ask, Don’t Tell!
One of the most powerful and inexpensive ways to mitigate resistance to change is by getting stakeholder input early on, and often. Listen to people who will be most affected.
The Importance of Looking Up
Effective change leaders look up often and share what they see “out there” with their teams to inspire a culture of insight and innovation.
Anatomy of a Message … or: What to Say During Times of Change?
Change can be difficult for leaders at all levels to discuss with their teams. What helps? Clear, honest conversations about what will happen, why, who the change affects, and how.
Caution, Change Leaders! Beware of Catch Phrases
What’s consistently proven to be untrue? That to create change in an organization, leaders must “get buy-in” and “overcome resistance” in order to “drive adoption.”