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Leadership and Resistance

Lead Change Blog

Using resistance to lead effectively. If you truly understand resistance, you seldom need to deal with it: You manage its cause before it even manifests itself! Understanding resistance. The leader understands the source of resistance and deals with it adequately. There is a tendency in all nature to resist change.

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The Changing Landscape of C-Suite Executive Tenures: Insights and Implications

N2Growth Blog

The traditional model of long-serving executives has shifted, giving way to a more dynamic environment where factors like performance, industry disruptions, and stakeholder expectations play significant roles. One risk of a long CEO tenure is the potential for performance to plateau. years in 2022.

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4 Disciplines For Long-Term Sustainability Of Change

Tanveer Naseer

Has resistance been dealt with openly? Author Lee Colan suggests managing timelines versus deadlines as one approach to accountability. Establish Learning and Renewal It may seem like a luxury to capture learning and celebrate successes, but it’s as critical to long-term success as any substantial accomplishment might be.

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How Leaders Can Effectively Manage Conflict By Building Their Conflict Capacity

Tanveer Naseer

Marlene is an expert on identifying and stopping workplace drama, and she’s worked with leaders to help them build drama-free workplace cultures that drive growth and long term success. That’s the perspective of conflict expert Marlene Chism, my guest for this episode of “ Leadership Biz Cafe ”.

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The Long Game with Dorie Clark

Let's Grow Leaders

How can you break out of this endless cycle and create the kind of interesting, meaningful life that focuses on what matters most – in the long run? It’s not an overnight process, but the long-term payoff is immense: to finally break out of the frenetic day-to-day routine and transform your life, leadership, and your career.

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Leading Thoughts for February 22, 2024

Leading Blog

When there is a good match, the worker is likely to be engaged with the job and happy, energetic, confident, and ready to commit to a productive long-term relationship. Source: The Burnout Challenge: Managing People’s Relationships with Their Jobs II. Indeed, your personal situation might be quite good.

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Consultants: Resistance Is Futile

N2Growth Blog

Resistance is Futile”, pretty much sums it up. At this point she stopped listening to Scott and those familiar words popped into her head, Resistance is Futile. Dr. Evil, err, Ron stands up in front of the room and warmly announces the start of a long partnership. Susan’s mind starts to drift. This is all too familiar.