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.
Posts Tagged: Change Management
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.”
Change Is Hard — Which Is Why We Need to Find Better Ways to Solve Problems
We can’t always plan for change when a crisis occurs. A crisis acts a motivator, and we look for ways to promote the change forward.
Cultivating Change Resilience Within Government Teams: Strategies and Implementation
Change resilience is the ability to adapt to new circumstances, to bounce back from adversities or setbacks in new environments. Here are strategies to make government employees more change resilient.
Habit #4: Make Good Choices
Sometimes what’s intended to improve productivity slows things down instead. Here’s how to avoid those mistakes and make changes that really help.
Navigating the Era of Emerging Technologies: a Roadmap for Government Technology Leaders
New AI technologies are bound to be disruptive, even as they bring new capabilities. Here’s how to plan for them.
Why Modernization Means More Than You Think
To be successful, any modernization project must address not just the technology but the processes and people.
Pittsburgh Learns How to Govern Its Data
When Pittsburg failed to get certification from Bloomberg Philanthropies’ What Works Cities Certification Program, the city dusted itself off and worked hard to change its entire data mindset. Here’s how they did it.