Transformation Comes in Many Flavors
If you are a change practitioner, transformation is a word that most likely permeates more and more of your conversations, more and more of your assignments, and more and more [...]
A Change Lesson from Game of Thrones
Carmine Gallo knows a lot about communication. Among other things, he is the author of Five Stars: The Communication Secrets to Get from Good to Great and Talk Like TED, [...]
Are You Ready to Leave Your Plateau?
Research has shown that for most people, performance plateaus after a couple of years. This is true whether you are looking at job performance, performance as a parent or partner, [...]
Three Steps to Avoid Working Harder Than Your Sponsor
One of the first pieces of advice I heard as a change agent was “don’t work harder than your sponsor.” Whenever I’ve shared this, the main responses I get are [...]
The “Last Mile”: Making Organizational Change Personal
Change happens one person at a time. While change planning emphasizes engaging and communicating with various constituencies and stakeholder groups, we ultimately need to ensure that each individual moves successfully [...]
Do More. Do Smarter. Chuck the “To Do” List.
How many items are on your “To Do” list? How many of these lists do you keep? It may be time to tear them up, or delete the digital versions. [...]
What Type of Change Leader Are You Serving?
In his book Leading at the Edge of Chaos, Daryl Conner offers a set of change leadership archetypes. The Anti-Change Leader: Recognizing the disruption that change causes within an organization, [...]
A New Application of an Old Model
In this TED talk Martin Danoesastro asks, “What are you willing to give up to change the way we work?” He begins with a video of a flock of hundreds [...]
Change and the Three Brains
As a change practitioner, how often do you listen to your three brains? Neuroscience research has shown that we each have three fully functioning brains. Our head (cephalic) brain is [...]
Put People First
TED has compiled seven talks associated with structural changes and change success. While each has something to contribute, reviewing them all would be too much for this article. Here is [...]
