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How to Build Support for Change During the 11th Hour

This post is an unproofed work in progress. I welcome your input. How to Build Support for Change During the 11th Hour You may find yourself months into a project and realize that this major change is slowing to a …

Leading Change: How to prepare your team for change

How to prepare your team for change – what are the common challenges/issues that your team will encounter and how can they get beyond them I am preparing to work with a couple of teams that are facing a year …

20 Signs of an Unhappy Workforce

20 Signs of an Unhappy Workforce Interesting post in the ASSIEM blog of 20 signs that signal unhappy workers. I wouldn’t take the list at face value (see my reply to that post below) but it sure is a good …

How to Get Rid of Wasted Effort, Scope Creep, and Lukewarm Productivity in 2012

How to Get Rid of Wasted Effort, Scope Creep, and Lukewarm Productivity in 2012 My prediction for the new year: Your organization will initiate many major changes with considerable hope and fanfare. But, by the end of the year, most …

What Doesn’t Motivate People

An article in Inc. 9 Things That Motivate Employees More Than Money got me riled up. Sounded like the writer once worked for a boss who was really good with people, but some of the lessons learned were baffling. Here …

Don’t Shoot – Lessons on Leading Change

Don’t Shoot: One Man, A Street Fellowship, and the End of Violence in Inner-City America (David Kennedy. Bloomsbury USA. 2011) is a powerful and important book. Harvard researcher, David Kennedy wondered why our approaches to dealing with gang violence were …

It’s the Wisdom of Individuals First (not Groups)

I just read a helpful reminder about the limitations of groups on decision making. (Why Brainstorming Doesn’t Always Work. Jena McGregor. The Washington Post 11/6/11) It’s pretty common for a group to meet and someone asks, “Any ideas on how …

How can smaller companies utilize change management to help the business grow?

How can smaller companies utilize change management to help the business grow? The discipline of sound change management can be an important tool for small companies that want to grow. But, sadly, many smaller businesses act like the big kids …

What’s Your Communication Plan About the Change Initiative?

What’s Your Communication Plan About the Change Initiative? Late breaking news: communication requires giving – and receiving – information. The “and receiving” part of communications plans is often missing. Corporate communications departments salivate at the thought that they can create …

How to Prepare the Message You Want to Communicate Around Change

Note: This is a companion post to What’s Your Communication Plan About the Change Initiative?), I discuss the range of things that need to be covered as well as the need to make certain that communication is a conversation …

Getting Started on the Right Foot

We take change without migraines™ seriously. We truly know that it is possible to lead change without all those headaches. Here are a number of articles and assessment tools that focus on change management and resistance to change. We believe these tools for managing organizational change can help you support new initiatives. We encourage you to make copies and use them in your organization.

5-5 Stakeholder Analysis

This is a simple tool you can use to determine who needs to support you, what level of support you need, and what level of support you are likely to get. Can be eye opening. (Download 5-5 Stakeholder Analysis — 2 pages, 9k Acrobat pdf file)