Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 5, 2017

The potential for change increases with our participation in the process. Don’t start with the all capital change, because you’ll probably encounter quite a bit of resistance. Rebecca Henderson owns Strategic Priorities Consulting, specializing in strategic planning, organizational design and development, and leadership implementation.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 29, 2020

Last year researchers from the University of Cambridge developed a game designed to help us spot fake news online. “Taking that pause likely helped participants consult their prior knowledge and realize that the false headlines were incorrect,” the researchers say.

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Eric Jacobson

APRIL 22, 2024

Develop healing connections to keep burnout at bay. At the time, I was a management consultant and, like most people who experience high stress at work, I felt like burnout was an inevitable part of my success – something I would eventually need to go through to achieve my professional goals.

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QAspire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Develop the gratitude muscle. Participation is the antidote of withdrawal and mental depression. Talk is a means to participate, engage and stay healthy. If people would only realize that PRESSURE creates RESISTANCE, how much more pleasantly, justly and successfully, differences could be resolved.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Whether they’re developed in-house or brought in by outside strategy firms, many strategy methodologies are of little value if they don’t keep up with the times. Clearly, it’s time to reconsider how your organization goes about developing and executing strategy at all levels. But in the realm of strategy just the opposite is true.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 26, 2015

Jeff Miller of The Faithful Pacesetters shares that it is sometimes a challenge to start something new, especially when you are met with resistance. This blog offers practical guidance for developing your leadership skills and making an impact in the world. New participants welcome. Follow Jeff. Follow Artika.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 2, 2020

Welcome to the June 2020 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. New ideas are resisted and decisions delayed. Communication.

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QAspire

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Opportunities came in all sizes – from small help requests to large scale consulting assignments and everything in between. I had so many reasons to resist this change, and yet, I just went in head first. In 2014, I got plenty of opportunities to make a positive difference to individuals and businesses. My big lesson? My big lesson?

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Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Michael Lee Stallard presents Develop the Heart of a Champion posted at Michael Lee Stallard. posted at Business Wisdom: Words to Manage By , saying, “Part of executive development is recognizing the development that has already occurred.” William Matthies presents Instead, How About. There is no do, only be.

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Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Understand and commit to the personal development process. An outside consultant? For Help in Developing Feedback Loops . However, your coach should help you develop the skills needed to create relationships in which you can ask for honest feedback on an ongoing basis from your peers at work. Broaden your perspectives.

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CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

Effective followership plays such an important role in the development of future leadership skills that freshman at all the United States service academies (the Air Force Academy, West Point, Annapolis, and the Coast Guard and Merchant Marine Academies) spend their first year in formal follower roles.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2018

Based on my 25 years of experience consulting with organizations and teams about how to lead effective meetings, here is what I’d suggest. Here are some ways to broaden the participation: When you open the meeting: Let the group know that you want broad participation and that everyone has a chance to contribute on each topic.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 19, 2021

When I ask this question at my leadership seminars, participants inevitably reply with a host of answers – one-on-one meetings, social events, email, and so on – all of which, by the way, are absolutely correct! Leadership is about showing common courtesies, caring and encouraging the growth and development of those whom you lead.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

MARCH 1, 2009

So, if you are preparing to make a change in your company or department and you want the folks to not only accept it but participate in it, check out where they are in terms of focus, commitment and capability. My wife has some great ideas in these areas, but has met the usual resistance.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Do you participate in it? Encouraging the development of relationships among people who work together on a daily basis can build strength and a sense of common purpose. Seek balanced two-way conversations that give each participant the opportunity to take part. Do you encourage it?

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 21, 2015

Melissa Lamson of Lamson Consulting admits there are still times when men have difficulty finding common ground with their female colleagues. John Manning of Map Consulting says, “I’m busy. Robert Kennedy of RobertKennedy3.com Follow Robert. Follow Scott. You’re busy. Here are some tips how.” Follow Nikki.

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Skip Prichard

APRIL 19, 2021

That’s where Oleg Konovalov, business educator, consultant, coach, and a top global thinker on leadership wants to help. What are some of the major mistakes people make when developing a vision? How do aspiring leaders develop this leadership skill? Not to mention that it must be future-ready, shock-resistant, and idiot-proof.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Regina Walton, a social media and community manager, told me that she, too, hates talking on the phone, a habit she developed after years of living abroad; email is almost always better for her, as “I can respond when I have time and usually am very fast to reply.” In the end, that’s a hard message to resist. Force others to prepare.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2013

Is it possible to develop an authentic commitment to executive coaching through sheer willpower alone? But what you can do is develop a mindset — i.e. new "automatic" cognitive messages — that will help you counter your own resistance to change. Learn the difference between participation and commitment.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Discussions about process improvement failures sprang up recently on two different LinkedIn groups I participate in, and most members cited a lack of leadership from the top as the primary reason. Why do cultures resist change? People resist change that is imposed on them. Six Sigma or Lean) the right way.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

The benefits of the front-line driving improvements include pride of ownership that sustains the changes, less worry for managers about whether the changes will be adopted, and reduced costs for outside consultants. But most CEOs will strenuously resist making a qualified job guarantee like Art Byrne.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2011

Many people add to this the fear of what the change might mean to them personally, which can create actual resistance to the change. The continuous and integrated approach of change readiness requires the coordinated participation of everyone in the company, not just a few change agents or change leaders.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 17, 2015

I invited a fellow consultant to assist me with a long term client’s group of senior executives. This is the best work I have ever done in my life,” said a colleague who had just completed a very difficult consulting project. She had heard me repeatedly rave about the CEO of this high-tech company. Real Leaders Care about Spirit.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2015

For instance, in a study conducted in 2003 , ambivalent relationship experts Julianne Holt-Lunstad from Brigham Young University and Bert Uchino from the University of Utah, together with a larger research team, asked 102 participants to wear blood pressure monitors for three days. Turn your enemies into frenemies.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

The benefits of the front-line driving improvements include pride of ownership that sustains the changes, less worry for managers about whether the changes will be adopted, and reduced costs for outside consultants. But most CEOs will strenuously resist making a qualified job guarantee like Art Byrne.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2012

As part of our research, we partnered with the World Bank to offer manufacturers in Tarapur, India, the opportunity to participate in an experiment. Fourteen plants got free, high-quality advice from consultants, who taught them about three management fundamentals: setting targets, establishing incentives, and monitoring performance.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

All too often companies misunderstand the value of their cybersecurity teams and underfund their development. Before joining Facebook as a security engineer in 2015, I worked in industries from consulting to manufacturing to retail. This enables developers to quickly and effectively write code that is more secure from the start.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

The typical reaction is resistance. Ideas should progress through stages of a lab (develop and test in a simulated environment), to pilot (a small test in the real world to prove and evolve the concept), to rollout ("global" implementation). Brad Power is a consultant and researcher in process innovation.

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Joseph Lalonde

MARCH 14, 2018

Hiring my trainer made all the difference, and pretty soon I was reaping the rewards of resistance training again. Yengyee Lor of Faithful Consulting. ” He is an entrepreneur, consultant, and public speaker. Dickson Tang is a leadership author, speaker, and consultant at DicksonLeader.com. Michael Hyatt.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

Remember that connections are not the same thing as relationships, but that connections can develop into relationships with the proper effort on your part. I would also suggest resisting the temptation to have all your communications be self-serving. Do this and you’ll be viewed as just another sales broadcast.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 25, 2016

Marketing and commercial decision makers often complain that customer analytic tools developed to improve their productivity actually make them less effective. The bank started out working with a small number of account managers and clients to identify developments that would improve the business. Empower, don’t automate.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Business development. None of the limbs and twigs on each branch (staff-consultants) provide all nourishment required to breed a healthy tree (company). These keep the branches, limbs and twigs (divisions, consultants and vendors) on a growth curve. Running the business. Body of Knowledge. The Big Picture. In 1999, the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2016

This question is a focus of my research as an organizational scientist, executive coach, and leadership development consultant. Participants were asked to choose the 15 most important leadership competencies from a list of 74. Demonstrates strong ethics and provides a sense of safety.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 31, 2011

Strategy development requires the mining the gold within any organization and seeking new outcomes via creative applications of ideas. Business development. None of the limbs and twigs on each branch (staff-consultants) provide all nourishment required to breed a healthy tree (company). Running the business. Body of Knowledge.

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Tim Milburn

MARCH 29, 2012

Yet, he continued to refine his skills, importing ideas from the Eskimos and developing an integrated set of competencies — skiing, dog-handling, clothing, and carefully-planned diet, pace, and rest — for polar travel. Scott and Shackleton, however, were surprisingly resistant to the use of novel methods. Margaret P.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2015

Both Malhotra and Jeff Weiss, a partner at Vantage Partners, a consultancy specializing in corporate negotiations, and author of the HBR Guide to Negotiating , point to research that suggests that there is great benefit to making the opening offer in a negotiation. tuition reimbursement, participating in training).

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Some high-value services are not reimbursed at all, such as follow-up telephone contact after hospitalizations or “virtual” or informal consultations that avert the need for an office visit. No participant in the system has good information about patient outcomes and the cost of care. Flying blind is dangerous.

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