Time and gain people tell me that it is not designing and developing change that is hard. It is the implementation! Recently I had the pleasure of reconnecting with a great team of leaders who I worked with 15 years ago. After we had our Zoom meeting, I sent round the photo of the group to everyone with a [...]
With the first month of 2021 behind us and some challenging times ahead – how can we continue to be motivated and move towards our goals?. Last week I had the pleasure of attending two awards ceremonies (Congratulations to: Nicole Sierra Rolet, Simon Hirst Paul Clewlow Louise Phillips Nathalie Huther, Samantha Perona James Zhang Sue Davenport) and both were inspiring. [...]
Do you want to create change – and motivate others to make it happen? As a leader in a constantly evolving business environment, with many immediate priorities, it’s hard to know the best way to define and implement change, and bring everyone along with you. This book spells out the eight success factors that will enable you, as a leader of [...]
Welcome to the summer of 2021. It has been quite a few months. Who would have thought a year ago that it would take so long to evolve into the new normal that we longed for in the spring of 2020? Since a vaccine for Covid-19 was developed, a worldwide programme to immunise everyone has gathered pace. We are tracking and managing [...]
It now seems a lifetime ago, but it’s less than 5 months since Larraine Solomon and I held our first World Cafe Event with the Change Management Institute. On a cold January evening, the ‘paradoxes of change’ were discussed and debated in an insightful and high-energy conversation. We considered why people choose to change in their personal lives but often resist [...]
Our world is rapidly changing and often we are swept along by many different priorities and demands coming from all angles. Sometimes we are immobilized because we are overwhelmed by many waves of change. Sometimes we are reluctant to change because we recognise that upcoming changes might mean that whatever we do today might not be relevant in tomorrow’s world. [...]
As a leader we want our plans to be implemented, but sometimes it just doesn't happen in the way we would like. Why is that? Could one of the reasons be our role as a sponsor of the change? Sometimes it's hard to resolve the paradoxes of change that we encounter as leaders in driving for success. For example, as [...]
As many organisations enter the final quarter of the year there is increased activity as the end of the year gets closer. The goals that were set at the beginning of the year with Quarter 4 completion dates are now becoming very real. The tendency is to rush to complete these activities as annual performance is reviewed. This additional layer [...]
A question of perspective It’s something we’ve all been involved with, either as a leader who has to talk to their team or department, or as a recipient hearing news that will impact us. In any change scenario there can be a mixture of positive and negative consequences depending on individuals’ situations. What you think is good news may be [...]
What does it really mean to be strategic? Early in my career I heard that “In order to succeed you have to be strategic”. Think strategically and that's how you will advance. And then I had a performance appraisal. “Doing really well in all areas – projects are great, you deliver on everything that's expected.” But, (you know that “but” in performance [...]
