All, Change Management, Leadership
✅ Communicate a clear vision that energizes the organization✅ Build a strong capable cross-functional team to lead the change initiative✅ Get your hands dirty and do any job necessary to help guide the organization through the change✅ Listen to the people impacted by...
All, Change Management, Leadership
Setting a vision helps others understand the eventual destination. It helps to set expectations. It creates the opportunity of a shared vision and better collaboration to get to that future state.Not sure how to share the vision? How about telling a story?First, talk...
All, Change Management, Leadership
A change manager can help you accomplish this, in the following ways:1. Identify who will be impacted. Upstream/Downstream. Direct/Indirect. Small/Large. All impacts.2. Create a Stakeholder Map to visually show how everyone will be impacted.3. Assess the impact....
All, Leadership, Meetings, Teams, Tools
The tool I want to share on this Toolbox Tuesday is Lean Coffee.Lean Coffee is great to have in your toolbox for meetings where others are bringing topics to discuss and you don’t have all day. But you want to talk about the most important things and come out with...
All, Change Management, Leadership
Yes, we need to actually engage the people doing the impacted work. Not their supervisor or manager speaking for them, who may miss the important nuances and details of how the work is done.Not just about the changes that have been decided upon. That’s sometimes TOO...
All, Leadership, Meetings, Projects, Teams, Tools
The Sailboat exercise is a great way to capture better feedback than simply asking people what they think or feel.It uses structured questions and a metaphor that helps people think deeper about the topic at hand.Here’s how it works:1. Draw a sailboat on your physical...
