Advice for how to navigate and lead the human, emotional transitions necessary to make any organizational change successful.
“Let discernment be your trustee, and mistakes your teacher.” – T.F. Hodge Welcome back to our City of Lights, where every role plays a part in illuminating the vast corporate landscape. After exploring the inquisitive minds of Wonderers and the creative thinking of Inventors, it’s time to shine a spotlight …
“Customers will never love a company until the employees love it first.” – Simon Sinek Imagine navigating simple directions to the corner store with a map that details every blade of grass and crack in the sidewalk, as well as information on where each dog lives (yes, I would like …
“Meetings are indispensable when you don’t want to do anything.” – John Kenneth Galbraith Imagine you’re trapped in a room; the only escape is through a door marked “Effective Use of Time”. You look around; there are too many people, too much noise, and not enough air. That’s what it …
“Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.” – Walter Elliot Today I’m pondering the emotional, mental, and physical stress so many of my clients and their teams face in what William Bridges called The Neutral Zone or second stage of change. He …
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela Imagine you’re an amateur trapeze artist suspended in mid-air. You’ve just let go of one rung and are stretching your hand out to grab the next one swinging toward you. That moment of uncertainty and fear can be compared to …
“Change is hard because people overestimate the value of what they have — and underestimate the value of what they may gain by giving that up.” – James Belasco and Ralph Stayer, organizational change experts Change, especially in organizations, is like riding a dragon — not just any dragon, but …
