Tanveer Naseer

JUNE 27, 2017

And what we’ve learned over the last twenty-five years of implementing change projects is that the work doesn’t end when you’ve reached your goal. Validate Project Readiness Complete an all-systems check to determine which areas or stakeholders need more focus. We like to use our Baker’s Dozen of Project Readiness questions.

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Long-term Resistance Project Benchmarking 245

Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Resist the temptation to start with words like, “I know how lazy this dude is…” Instead, use this as an opportunity to make the conversation about you and how you can best help (without taking on too much, see #5 below). . My plate is already full, but I also want to ensure our team meets our goals.

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Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 29, 2020

When you describe what you are looking for, you can use the feelings and expressions of resistance and cooperation to highlight or spotlight progress steps to control and see patterns. Currently, overloaded with work projects, and I can’t move forward in work projects.” I’m not your therapist.

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Cooper Resistance Self-aware Learning-by-Doing 174

Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

When confronted with opposition or resistance from their followers: Leaders must be able to stand firm and take action when moving people forward. When faced with a limited amount of time or resources: Leaders must be able to prioritize and make decisions about how to best use these resources to achieve the group’s goals.

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Power Leadership Storytelling Uncertainty 213

HR Digest

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Link Performance to Goals It might be easier to convey a perspective with fixed start and end points in mind. While listing the things to say in a performance review, try to link it to a fixed goal so employees can visualize how they are currently measuring up to it without feeling cornered by your phrasing.

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Performance Review Review Project Positioning 98

Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Guest post from August Turak : The main reason why transformation fails is because organizations are very resistant to change, especially in organizations where powerful executives have their own interests and territory. My company sold software and resistance to change was our biggest objection. How do you overcome that?

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Contingency Plans Resistance Consensus Software 251

Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2022

Rumelt argues that leaders become effective strategists when they focus on challenges rather than goals, pinpointing the “crux” of their pivotal challenge—the aspect that is both surmountable and promises the greatest progress—and taking decisive, coherent action to overcome it. But, these are ambitions, not actions. Richard Rumelt.

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Film Licensing Long-term Strategy 110

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2011

Moving the goal posts by arbitrarily raising and lowering expectations creates confusion, and is often an intellectually dishonest exercise. Resist making verbal commitments : Most misunderstandings occur as a result of improper interpretation of oral communications.

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Leadership Commitment Competitive Advantage Resistance 411

Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

The typical inside-out view, by contrast, measures work according to whether we have completed our tasks and goals, regardless of whether they produce any benefits.” Getting other people on board takes more than just explaining the merits of your project. Enlist others to help move your project forward. Hunt for value.

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Learning-by-Doing Commitment Participative Performance Review 205

Lead Change Blog

JULY 25, 2018

Opposition and resistance make it easy for the leader to get stuck while leading a change initiative. The leader’s self-discipline and follow-through ensure progress toward her goals. Leading change is more challenging than managing a project that has defined beginning and end points. Action Plans. Encouragement.

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Executive Coaching Execution Brainstorming Self-aware 193

HR Digest

APRIL 10, 2023

HR plays a critical role in managing the people’s side of change , boosting employee engagement, and ensuring that employees are equipped to navigate change successfully and that the organization can achieve its goals. The team should include HR professionals, project managers, and other key stakeholders.

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Management Trends Training Strategy 69

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Circulating Business Goals throughout the Company Many organizations leave employees and HR teams out of the business goals and lose out on any form of coordination with them and insight from them. Other departments might look at the HR presence as an intrusion and resist allowing them to oversee discussions and decisions.

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Strategic Planning Reputation Long-term Human Resources 98

Lead Change Blog

JUNE 5, 2018

Sean summarizes, “ An inspirational song can motivate your team and provide that extra boost of emotion that you might need to finish your project successfully… If you want to put together something that will boost your team morale and performance, consider using one or more of these inspirational songs to motivate your team! .

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 24, 2024

Look for the goals, initiatives and projects which sit at the intersection of both contribution and passion and you’ll get an additional positive boost in performance, energy, and satisfaction. It’s important to build a strong network of support and surround yourself with other people to help achieve big goals.

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Safe Harbor How To Self-aware Energy 97

Lead Change Blog

JULY 21, 2015

A while back, I was given a project that would ultimately lead to improved processes, produce less waste, and create a utopian working environment envious. My teammates did not share my enthusiasm on this project and in fact their enthusiasm had left the building. Rarely is a person credited with completing a project singlehandedly.

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Banking Project Covey Objective 150

Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Resist the urge to fix everything. Acknowledge conflicting goals and competing priorities. Provide special projects and stretch assignments. Stop stupidity: Every fast-moving project contains elements of stupid (e.g. When you need a quick turnaround, I recommend following this Winning Well F.A.S.T. Prioritize.

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QAspire

JULY 1, 2012

Yes, there are issues in this team, processes are not optimized and there is some resistance. Or, they ignore resistance. Resistance is negative energy, but energy nevertheless. Two things you should never do: ignore the resistance and overpower it. Both will boost levels of resistance.

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Mike Cardus

AUGUST 9, 2013

Resistance to Change and Learning Anxiety. Management must be OK with the team changing the steps, as long as the change goal is met you cannot micromanage the process. The district managers operated under a control and command system and asking them to switch to coaching & feedback was met with great resistance.

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Resistance Franchising Power Management 141

Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 28, 2018

Guest post by Brant Menswar and Jim Trick: While on the surface, you would think the goal of any songwriter is to write a song that dominates the airwaves, flies up the charts, sells millions of records and wins a coveted Grammy Award. As humans, we love to punish ourselves for not being committed enough to reach our goals and aspirations.

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Leadership Simon Uncertainty Commitment 247

Nathan Magnuson

AUGUST 7, 2017

Resist solving the problem on your own. Planning – If your employee will be leading a project or initiative, coach through the planning process. Instead, take the time to understand their career and development goals and ask for their development goals first. Start with their ideas first before giving yours.

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Brainstorming eBook Resistance Learning-by-Doing 122

QAspire

MAY 2, 2012

They avoid confrontations and often resist change. Here is what works for me: When you encounter an ego situation, quiz your goals. In teams and projects, doing what is right (and actually doing it) is more important than proving who is right. End result? Things don’t move and progress stalls.

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Team Middle Management Project Resistance 184

Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 31, 2014

What can I do this year to achieve my goals? . People openly resist being persuaded. Good communication may not make a risky project sound safe, but poor communication may fail to convey the benefits of a good project or good deal. At the same time, more and more people are trying to break through with a message.

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Succession Strategic Planning Open-book Resistance 146

The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 21, 2021

“Preventing climate change cannot be the only goal of decarbonisation policies,” the researchers say. “Unless low-carbon policies are fair, affordable and economically competitive, they will struggle to secure public support – and further delays in decarbonisation could be disastrous for the planet.”

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Short-term Policies Cost Energy 78

Leading Blog

JULY 30, 2012

This complete analysis is critical for selling ideas or proposals, gaining backing for projects, neutralizing resistance, or otherwise making a difference. It’s a matter of “joining with” not just “reporting to” and taking responsibility for developing the partnership. To do that you need a clear understanding of your boss’s world.

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Influence Cooper Proposal Power 282

Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Most teams have a fake or polished view of how work gets done, to see this in action look at the project updates to management vs. the actual way the team works. From the steps above you and the team can review your documented goals (possibly on your project charter) and what is getting done. what are we supposed to be doing?

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Team Development Document Cooper 110

Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Ultimately, managing people is always an individual project, but those within organizations… As you move away from clear lines of authority, you increasingly encounter others who can resist, ignore, or sabotage your leadership. That’s a lot harder than when everyone is obligated to work toward the same goals in the same way.

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Mark Sanborn

JANUARY 11, 2021

The long terms goals get achieved task by task until they are simply achieved goals. Few like to struggle, but to understand its importance, remember: resistance builds muscle (physical, mental and spiritual) and can make us stronger. The goal is to do the right things well to minimize the struggle.

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Learning-by-Doing Energy Long-term Goal 140

Change Starts Here

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

When you find yourself responsible for managing a change project at work, you might wonder what you’ve gotten yourself into. To determine what needs to be done to implement the change, first understand the current state of the organization and what the organization will look like when the project has been implemented.

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Management Resistance Project Constraint 60

RapidStart Leadership

JULY 27, 2017

She worked on the project diligently, giving it her best effort. If you corner him he will resist, fight back. Is fear and resentment the goal? . – Sun Tzu, Art of War. How do you grow loyalty? Consider this story. A marketing specialist was given her first major assignment to test market a new product. He has nothing to lose.

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Loyalty Resistance Report Marketing 121

HR Digest

JUNE 30, 2023

Additionally, hiring temporary workers for short-term projects can help manage workload fluctuations without the long-term commitment of permanent employees. By involving employees in the decision-making process and addressing their concerns, you can gain buy-in and minimize resistance to change.

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Cost Real Estate Budgeting Long-term 105

Mike Cardus

MAY 3, 2013

When consulting and working on long-term projects with teams, the initial meeting is used to determine: Where is the team right now? Trying hard to place some QQT/R metrics on that goal. What is one current barrier that we know of to achieving our goal(s)? Often using the 7 Steps to High Performance Teams Model. And by when?

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Team Company Team Building Executive Coaching 141

Change Starts Here

JANUARY 12, 2017

His approach was to convince a senior leader to make the goal and the path to achieving it mandatory. Not only does required change not create commitment, it also generates resistance. Involve others in developing the goal and a strategy to achieve it. See a pattern here? The act of choosing creates commitment.

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Resistance Learning-by-Doing Commitment Project 60

Change Starts Here

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Sometimes you can get so caught up in implementing the initiative that the implementation becomes the end goal, instead of creating an actual change. Overcoming Resistance. What we often call resistance – procrastination, stonewalling, ignoring, etc. – Aiming For the Change Instead of the Vision. Allowing Excuses.

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Resistance Influence Follow-up Budgeting 122

HR Digest

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Consider Goals and Alternatives Before rushing the implementation of your return-to-office policies, consider why you’re making the move. Explore why you feel your organization in particular must switch away from remote work and have clear goals in mind for what you want to achieve by bringing employees back.

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Policies Strategy Learning-by-Doing Learning Curve 52

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

They need to be able to communicate goals and plans to employees, understand feedback and requests from employees, resolve conflict between parties, communicate achievements to senior management, conduct employee reviews constructively, and innumerable other things. Let’s take a look at what makes a good manager.

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Quality Management Delegation Skills 52

Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

You find out you’ve been a part of a research project or case study and didn’t give your consent. You’ve tried to “break up” with your coach, but the coach is aggressively resisting – you feel trapped. At the end of the day, you’re not making sufficient progress towards your development goals. Your coach is hitting on you.

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Executive Coaching Execution Ethics Licensing 228

Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 27, 2013

If you consistently overload your best people with “important projects” three things might happen. Achieving Goals While Improving the Work. Resistance to Change. 7 Principles of Leadership Development: Strategy for Leadership Development. Management and Team Leadership Is Telling People What To Do. Results vs. Process.

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Team Building Workshop Team Leadership 127