Lead Change Blog
OCTOBER 13, 2020
Below is a summary of how I helped five startups, three middle-market companies, and a business unit of a Fortune 300 company pivot for pandemic-influenced business settings. Apparently, operations managers were suddenly being pressured by accounting heads to justify the ROI for purchases. . Operations Day.
CO2
MAY 6, 2014
Typically, when you operate inside of your comfort zone, you don’t experience risk nor do you develop the ability to evaluate risk when it is presented. Today, RIM (the maker of the BlackBerry) is suffering in the marketplace because Apple (and their iDevices) and Google (with the Android operating system) innovated by taking risks.
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Skip Prichard
JUNE 1, 2020
If you’re operating as a know-it-all, you have an underlying belief that that any new stuff really isn’t of much value. Empathy is a uniquely human skill. In fact, it’s the most human skill. With this increased influence, you’ll reap the benefits of increased commitment and loyalty. The second cost is ego.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 16, 2017
A second universal source of resistance is the human need for respect, which frequently heightens during periods of change. This is especially true of employees who have been with an organization for a long time or have held a good deal of influence at some point in the past (and believe they still do).
Strategy Driven
MAY 25, 2011
Feeling safe is a primal human need. When that need isn’t met, our natural response is to focus energy toward a showdown with the perceived threat. They know this does not threaten their power, but, rather, increases their influence. No matter how tempted you are, don’t bullsh*t your employees.
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 3, 2011
For example, a Towers Perrin study conducted in 2007-2008 among 90,000 employees in 18 countries found that companies with the most engaged employees had a 19 percent increase in operating income during the previous year, while those with the lowest levels had a 32 percent decline. So what most influences employee engagement?
Strategy Driven
MAY 25, 2011
Feeling safe is a primal human need. When that need isn’t met, our natural response is to focus energy toward a showdown with the perceived threat. They know this does not threaten their power, but, rather, increases their influence. No matter how tempted you are, don’t bullsh*t your employees.
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