Have you ever noticed that many change agents get into a rut when it comes to how they help others drive change? Let that irony sink in. I know you’ve seen it happen. You catch the Six Sigma Black Belt, Lean Leader, Theory of Constraints Jonah, or fill-in-your-favorite-method-here-person once again running a group through their […]
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Do you have to wait for your organization’s values to change before you can live yours? No. If you believe that wasteful processes must be redesigned, then redesign them. If you know that team start-up can move faster, then create a faster start-up method. If you trust in people, then give them the freedom to
It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent.” – Clara Barton, American teacher, nurse and humanitarian
Lately I’ve become almost militant in my opposition to surveys. “Why such a strong anti-survey stance?” you ask. (Thank you for asking by the way.) Because too often I see people trying to find the picture of reality within the survey, but then never doing anything with the reality they find. Huh? Let me explain
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I’ve been storing up a tank full of great finds. Enjoy! Seth hits one out of the park again with the post, Denying Facts You Don’t Like. Here’s a great Cognitive Edge old blog post on safe-to-fail probes and here’s the link to an article library that will keep any learner busy for a while.
Don’t assume a door is closed; push on it. Do not assume if it was closed yesterday that it was closed today.” – Marian Wright Edelman, American activist
What stops someone from collaborating with someone else these days? Is it physical barriers like locked doors and barred windows, disconnected phone lines or lost internet connections? Or is it most often a barrier lurking between your ears? You didn’t call the other person before you sent them a tasking because you say, “That’s not
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I talked all day. From 7:20 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. I talked. It was the first of two #GCDrive make-up sessions. We crammed three days of content into one day and found it cheerfully compacted but still coherent. I say we, speaking for myself and the seven others, because we all seemed to be nodding
“Management is about coping with complexity.” – John Kotter Coping is a great word to use. It’s neither triumphant nor defeatist. It’s neutral plus a slight tweak toward good. Fight the complexity and you’ll collapse. Ignore the complexity and you’ll die. Cope with the complexity and you have a fighting chance at creating something amazing
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Do you want to be led or do you want to be told? Leaders set examples. Followers model the example to others. Dictators bark orders. Serfs obey. Are you a leader, a follower, a dictator or a serf? What do you want to be?
