Lead Change Blog

JULY 8, 2019

Bottom-up commitment. The early majority eventually want to hook up with the new idea, but want some proof that it works before committing. The laggards resist any form of change for as long as possible—they’d rather do things “ like we used to.” Daily attention on a conscious level. Top-down facilitation.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 5, 2018

He threw a rock in a way that it skimmed the surface of the water, skipping several times before sinking to the bottom of the stream. Skipping stones was mesmerizing fun for me (and still is); but lately, I’ve been connecting this silly pastime to leadership. Bring a chair to one leadership shoreline at a time and sit back.

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Talent Anarchy 1

AUGUST 15, 2017

Running an organization requires the management of certain functions. Take financial management, for example—no one gets a pass on that. Culture is a part of every organization (like finance), and there is increasing agreement that it has a direct and powerful impact on competitiveness, performance, and bottom-line results.

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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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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 11, 2019

His employer went through substantial changes during the year—new ownership, new management team, new way of leading—and now wants leaders who are multi-dimensional. In these right-versus-wrong-hurry-up-and-get-things-done days, curiosity has fallen into disuse. Use curiosity to temper judgmental tendencies. That takes emotion.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

David asked Becky, “How come no one ever talks about love as a leadership competency?&# While l ove and leadership are certainly two words you don’t often hear in the same sentence, I can assure you that rarely does great leadership exist without love being present and practiced. I think it’s a great question.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

Resist the temptation to just advance a broad number of disparate initiatives, and alternatively focus your efforts on the completion of a few high impact objectives. The simple reality is that if you continue to add new responsibilities to an already full plate, all of your obligations will suffer as a result.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 22, 2023

That’s a decision for the higher-ups.” Although these clichés might serve short-term management objectives, they often hinder long-term innovation, suppress employee morale, and foster a culture of compliance over mutual growth. Clichés such as ‘We’ve always done it this way’ stem from a historical resistance to change.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Whatever your leadership style, the nature of your organization, etc., That is why the change needs to be lived top-down, not bottom up. A last tip: punishing old behavior is likely to lead to resistance. What makes a leader successful? In essence, it’s all about influence. Nudging works far better.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Once you’ve made your one or two-sentence statement of what you’re going to talk about and why, shut up. If you’re a manager in North America, that will probably be very hard for you. When you get to the conversation stage, you’ll be tempted to wrap things up sooner than you need to. Resist the temptation. Bottom Line.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

Whether you are new to studying leadership or have practiced and studied it for many years, I am sure you will benefit and enjoy the leadership lessons today’s post provides. One of your first leadership lessons is “A subordinate’s trust in their leader is the most important factor in the success of any organization.”

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Skip Prichard

JULY 17, 2022

got drowned out because managers and team members were just too busy keeping up. When you combine this with people’s innate desire to connect to a compelling purpose, you get the Swirl, because people end up feeling trapped and unsure how to proceed. Why is it a mistake to put up with “toxic rock stars ”?

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Once you’ve made your one or two-sentence statement of what you’re going to talk about and why, shut up. If you’re a manager in North America, that will probably be very hard for you. When you get to the conversation stage, you’ll be tempted to wrap things up sooner than you need to. Resist the temptation. Bottom Line.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Episode 38a – Overcoming Resistance to Change, part 1 of 2 explores the three different types of resistance frequently encountered when implementing a business change, how to recognize each type, and the actions change leaders can take to overcome each of these objections.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Once you’ve made your one or two-sentence statement of what you’re going to talk about and why, shut up. If you’re a manager in North America, that will probably be very hard for you. When you get to the conversation stage, you’ll be tempted to wrap things up sooner than you need to. Resist the temptation. Bottom Line.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 6, 2017

Guest post from Kathy Kolbe: “I’m a strategist,” Hank tells his management team. We’ve worked with four-star generals who describe their leadership method this way: “I give my people the bottom line of what’s gotta happen. He also knew when and how to count on the traditionalists on his management team.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 23, 2011

Change is inevitable and so is the resistance to change. People are often not welcoming of change unless it is implemented by leadership correctly. Although Toyota’s leadership style promotes employee involvement, the working environment of one of their factory sites was not motivating its front-line workers. By Kaity Nakagoshi.

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Experience to Lead

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The bottom line is, organizational change can only happen if you have high-performing leaders willing to set an example and get the rest of the organization on the same page. Finally, we look at how to grow your personal leadership competencies with learning and development. What Exactly Does Leading Change Management Mean?

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Continually I see a ideas hap-hazardly put into organizational practice and managerial-leadership ONLY to make matters worse. They do this while unknowingly increasing the skepticism, dis-engagement and change resistance of the employees. We need more leaders and less managers ”. Below are some examples that I have come across.

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Experience to Lead

MARCH 29, 2021

USA Archery Training and Education Manager Richard “Guy” Krueger specializes in encouraging athletes and coaches alike to be uncomfortable and grow. He shared his insights, tips and stories of leadership. Guy Krueger’s kids sometimes wake up in the middle of the night screaming in pain. Coaches often have a wall up.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 14, 2014

We end up with the worst of both worlds; no job and no business. Also compassionately remember that the people you are relying on to implement a new product, service, or management model may not have all the power you give them credit for. Instead they will be responding to a bottom up groundswell. ” are gone.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 24, 2011

Today’s piece is a guest post by Mike Figliuolo , the founder and Managing Director of thoughtLEADERS, LLC. Mikes writes about leadership on the The thoughtLEADERS Blog and has an upcoming book on leadership that is slated to be released later this year. Chunk up the information into manageable bites. Threes work.

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HR Digest

APRIL 11, 2019

Sixty percent of employees believe their managers excessively scrutinize work and constantly check in, according to a State of the American Workplace report. Yes, because managers don't have time to take up multiple jobs or direct their subordinate on every move. One common explanation is the prevalence of micromanagement.

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CO2

OCTOBER 23, 2013

They can mislead themselves and others in the process, and the results can be extremely damaging to their reputations and bottom lines. They wound up having to explain to a high-profile client why his jet had no engine and would, therefore, not be able to take him on his three-week vacation. Reduce Inventory at all Costs.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

It’s HR’s Job: While HR certainly plays a significant role in the development and management of policies that can help or hurt culture, it’s the responsibility of everyone inside the organization to create and maintain a thriving culture. Senior executives should be accessible and responsive, as opposed to keeping the C-Suite drawbridge up.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 19, 2019

b) I resist and almost resent “five minute” requests since that almost never happens. Feedback: the mere mention of the word can make our blood pressure rise and our defenses go up. How we experience feedback today gets in the way of people showing up and doing their best work. Why Feedback Matters.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 22, 2014

We asked Roxi Hewertson about the 8 overarching leadership insights that kick off her new book Lead Like it Matters…Because it Does hitting the stores in just a few weeks. Susan Scott, author of Fierce Conversations , sums it up well. Mastering leadership skills is not rocket science. This is Part 3 of 4.

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In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

Leadership. by John • November 20, 2011 • Branding , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 4 Comments. These beverages plus snacks and other acquisitions substantially added to PepsiCo’s bottom line and market cap. The rationale for wishy-washy strategic management is less brand mentoring by seasoned strategists.

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QAspire

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Because change is hard and most of the times, we are resistant to change. He observed that people who constantly focus on the pain when exercising give up sooner. with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL My gym instructor recently shared a very good insight. Because the latter often tends to be more painful.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

When employees get injured at work, this affects their ability to take home a paycheck and it negatively impacts the employers’ bottom line. Provide ongoing training to make sure all employees are up to date. Additionally, this leads to added responsibilities for other employees.

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The Practical Leader

MARCH 14, 2012

Our Linked 2 Leadership group on LinkedIn (connect with me at [link] ) is having a lively and insightful discussion on the question, “What are the top reasons why cultural transformations fail?” ” “A huge factor is engaging managers and frontline workers before changes are implemented.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Moreover if they decide to develop the application should this be done internally with existing staff, or outsourced, and if outsourced will it be done domestically or offshore and who will manage the process. Oh, and what about development methodology?

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Kindness – not a word historically associated with corporations, those bastions of male verve – is now being equated with the bottom line. And yet we continue assuming the bottom line is about minimizing costs and maximizing profit. How Kindness Can Effect Our Bottom Line. Bottom line decreasing due to competition?

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Leadership requires a great deal of reflection in order to improve and change; yet we resist the idea of doing something that feels stagnant. we resist reflecting. Even that can be done in 15 minutes (see the link at the bottom of this post). In a way, when we reflect, we fold back upon ourselves. We move forward.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2016

Leadership development and change management tend to be top priorities for many organizations. One major reason organizations struggle is because they treat both leadership development and change management as separate rather than interrelated challenges. We recommend an approach that is both top-down and bottom-up.

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Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

The item “provides effective coaching when needed” consistently scores in the “bottom 10″ of all items when direct reports evaluate their executives. One reason is that executives manage knowledge workers. Executives may end up saying, “Now that I have heard your ideas, let me change my suggestions.

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Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 26, 2014

The higher we move up the organizational ladder, the more our employees let us know how wonderful we are! Why We Resist Change. The bear was about to clamp on an unsuspecting salmon jumping up stream. They must have us mixed up with someone who truly does need to change. I behave this way. I am successful.

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