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6 Ways to Build Trust During Organizational Change

Lead Change Blog

Research from The Ken Blanchard Companies shows that people have predictable stages of concern when faced with a change. Employees will not embrace taking risks or innovating in new ways if they are fearful of being punished, criticized, or looked down upon for making mistakes. Involve others in planning and implementation.

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Are You a Culture Change Skeptic?

Great Leadership By Dan

The way “into skeptical hearts” is to listen and understand their point of view, share your plan, and let the results – over time – speak for themselves. If they don’t create a work culture that supports efficiency, innovation, high performance, and employee engagement, they won’t satisfy that triumvirate.

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4 Strategies to Remove Fear from Your Leadership

Leading with Trust

Ken Blanchard and I address this topic in our book, Simple Truths of Leadership: 52 Ways to Be a Servant Leader and Build Trust. His treatment of mistakes as learning opportunities transformed what was once a fearful, risk-averse culture into one of innovation, trust, and safety. So, what’s the antidote to fear? Click here to join.

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The 1 Thing Leaders Agree is Critically Important for Success, Yet Few Have a Plan to Achieve It

Leading with Trust

You would guess the vast majority of leaders would have a plan in place to deal with such a widely accepted, high-priority business issue, right? The number of leaders who have a defined plan to address this issue? No wonder only a third of leaders have a defined plan for building and maintaining trust in their organization.

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6 Ways Leaders Build Trust During Change

Leading with Trust

Address people’s concerns – Research from The Ken Blanchard Companies shows that people have predictable stages of concern when faced with a change. Make it safe – Employees will not embrace taking risks or innovating in new ways if they are fearful of being punished, criticized, or looked down upon for making mistakes.

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6 Principles to Consider Before Electronically Monitoring Remote Employees

Leading with Trust

As I share in my recent book with Ken Blanchard, Simple Truths of Leadership: 52 Ways to Be a Servant Leader and Build Trust , the very nature of trust requires one party to take a risk and extend trust to another. How do you quantify innovation and collaboration? Extending our trust to someone makes us vulnerable to their actions.

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The 4 Mindsets of High Performance Teams

Leading with Trust

In 2017, The Ken Blanchard Companies, in partnership with Training Magazine , surveyed 1,300 people about teams and team leadership. The top obstacles for teams identified in our research included d isorganization, lack of clear roles and decision rights, poor leadership, and poor or no planning.

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