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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Terry Starbucker

MAY 31, 2018

Leadership. It’s been a journey to the heart of leadership and a tribute to the power of just writing it all down. For those who have read them all already, you have my eternal thanks and I hoped they helped you on your leadership journey. The more human kind. The day-to-day stuff will just get handled. Let them lead.”

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leaderCommunicator

JANUARY 21, 2022

Welcome to my round-up of the best-of-the-best recent leadership and communication blog posts. This Round-Up of Leadership and Communication Blogs: 10 Failproof Employee Engagement Ideas By Roxi Bahar Hewertson via SHRM ( @SHRM ) Employee engagement should be top of mind for every leader and communicator.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 4, 2019

Do you typically warm up to this season like a crackling fire, or weather it like an annual head cold? If left unchecked by leaders, winter will take an unwelcome toll on inspiration, team dynamics, motivation, productivity, customer relations, the bottom line, and overall organizational culture. Where have you been the past 12 months?

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 5, 2021

Facing the reality of strong employee resistance and even turnover, we have seen Google recently backtrack from its plan to force all employees to return back to the office. What about the specific challenges these resistant leaders brought up related to working from home, ranging from burnout to deteriorating culture and so on?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 24, 2012

It doesn’t matter whether you’re in a senior leadership position, a middle manager, or an administrative staff member, the sad reality is political high-jinks are likely part of your world whether you like it or not. Avoid office politics where you can, resist being political, but do everything you can to become politically savvy.

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Leading with Trust

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The Leadership Development Carnival, sponsored by Weaving Influence and the Lead Change Group , is a monthly publication of thought leadership from some of the brightest minds in the field of leadership. Check out Top Gun Rules and follow Wally Bock of Three Star Leadership. Want a good training model? Team Building.

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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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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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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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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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Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 26, 2017

A Reel Leadership Article I can hardly believe Transformers 5 released this past weekend. I sat awed sitting in the second row staring up at the screen. I also some saw important leadership lessons in Transformers: The Last Knight. And I want to share those leadership lessons with you. She chose to step up.

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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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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. Bottom line…success equals focus. It is through the accomplishment of current objectives that the victories are won and success is born.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 22, 2023

That’s a decision for the higher-ups.” Clichés such as ‘We’ve always done it this way’ stem from a historical resistance to change. Quick, Impactful Actions against Stagnation In environments resistant to change, swift, targeted actions can create ripples that lead to significant transformation. “Don’t rock the boat.” “It

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 11, 2019

In these right-versus-wrong-hurry-up-and-get-things-done days, curiosity has fallen into disuse. Aware of Darryl’s strong preference for what has always been, his boss encouraged him to envision a tree when faced with something that triggers skepticism and resistance. Use curiosity to temper judgmental tendencies.

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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. When you get to the conversation stage, you’ll be tempted to wrap things up sooner than you need to. Resist the temptation. Write Up Your Agreement. Bottom Line. The Really Hard Part. Don’t talk.

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CO2

JUNE 14, 2023

Learn how to break out of the mental mold and tap into the 75% of questions you are not asking with our leadership guidance. He paused for a moment and then said, “ Oh, we could buy at the bottom — we can take over debt from people who don ’ t want to keep working for another ten years. ” Unlock your true potential with us. “

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CO2

JUNE 14, 2023

Learn how to break out of the mental mold and tap into the 75% of questions you are not asking with our leadership guidance. He paused for a moment and then said, “ Oh, we could buy at the bottom — we can take over debt from people who don ’ t want to keep working for another ten years. ” Unlock your true potential with us. “

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Welch Restructuring CEO Bottom-up 78

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 8, 2023

The scale of the challenge was emphasized by a study from Yale School of Public Health, which estimated that the cost of ageism could reach up to $63 billion, just in terms of health costs in the United States alone. As western societies age at a rapid pace, any kind of bias against older people is likely to have severe consequences.

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Tactics Bottom-up Resistance Cost 104

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. When you get to the conversation stage, you’ll be tempted to wrap things up sooner than you need to. Resist the temptation. Write Up Your Agreement. Bottom Line. The Really Hard Part. Don’t talk.

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How To Bottom-up Follow-up eBook 223

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. When you get to the conversation stage, you’ll be tempted to wrap things up sooner than you need to. Resist the temptation. Write Up Your Agreement. Bottom Line. The Really Hard Part. Don’t talk.

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How To Bottom-up Follow-up eBook 204

Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 6, 2017

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. They’re on the ground, in the midst of the action, and are best at coming up with their own strategies for how to accomplish those goals.” But his stereotyping of generals is not accurate.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 10, 2022

The early days of a leadership position are perhaps the most important in shaping the future success of the leader. In fact, a huge part of my coaching/consulting deals with transitions in leadership, because I know the importance of starting well. Therefore, I have some simple advice for new leaders attempting change.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 17, 2022

got drowned out because managers and team members were just too busy keeping up. Today my definition of the Swirl is “an absorbing state of inertia in an organization” that causes people to experience a busy purposelessness in their jobs and keeps leaders up at night feeling ill-equipped to resolve the social Swirl around business decisions.

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Maslow Construction Resistance Environment 118

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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Kaizen Leadership Styles Leadership Motivation 162

Ron Edmondson

JUNE 20, 2018

Here are four random leadership observations I’ve learned the hard way. I have consistently relied on a board of advisors in leadership – whether formal to the organization or informally gathered by me. Bottom line: Rarely make decisions alone, which impact people in major way. Bottom line: Don’t ignore the little things.

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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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Organization Strategy Succession Long-term 52

HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

Tasha Eurich, a luminary in organizational psychology and bestselling author, unveils the profound impact of self-awareness in leadership in an exclusive interview with The HR Digest. Join us as Tasha Eurich charts a course for shatterproof leadership, leaving an indelible mark on organizational psychology. The bottom line?

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Anese Cavanaugh

JULY 9, 2012

The spouters of such wisdom being hailed as gurus, wise sages, and teachers pointing us to that bottom line truth within us that we know to be true, but so easily forget or too often override. Yes, I added it up.) ” Those feelings of angst, that feeling in your chest of resistance, the prick on the back of your neck?

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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. Ensure role filling, from top to bottom, with individuals with capability that matches each role.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 13, 2015

It’s vital to show up confident and strong. One exec I know stayed up late every night the week before her presentation to the senior team, doing deep research and getting the presentation just right. Show up strong. Spice up your data with a strategic story , metaphors, or illuminating statistics with powerful comparisons.

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Tips Bottom-up Audience Execution 150

Experience to Lead

MARCH 29, 2021

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. Similarly, you can leverage his tips and stories of leadership to manage change, develop resilience and grow as a leader. Coaches often have a wall up. They have growing pains.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 24, 2011

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. When you chunk your ideas up into groups of three, it’s manageable, understandable, and memorable. The Bottom Line.

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Talent Anarchy 1

AUGUST 15, 2017

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. You’re not going to truly understand your culture by going to an off-site and drafting up some core values. Understand.

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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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