This is a post for all the Guiding Coalition alumni. I’m pleased to announce the launch of John Kotter’s newest book, Accelerate. Accelerate is our book. It tells our story. This is a book about pioneers, for pioneers.” – John Kotter, Accelerate That is the first line of the book and it says a lot. […]
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 read a story today that touched me. It read: After World War II, a group of humanitarians placed orphan boys in tent cities to care for them. Though they were well cared for, the boys would wake up at night with nightmares. A psychiatrist surmised that their fear was because they had such an
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Check out this link at Vimeo to see a video of the first five minutes of my presentation at the Theory of Constraints International Certification Organization (TOCICO) conference in New York in June. I hope the five minute tease will be enough to motivate you to buy the DVD with the full one hour presentation
It’s always wonderful to watch a group of people passionate about making their organization better come together to choose the course for their change. Today was that day for my local Guiding Coalition, our annual off-site event. Now, pointed toward their new course, they can begin to create the changes they want to see. The
People driving change accomplish a lot but often receive little personal acclaim for their work. Tonight, the acclaim was monumental. It was my honor to be among a group of six Guiding Coalition alumni recognized as Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal’s 40 Under Forty. These six were recognized for much more than just their Guiding Coalition
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Tomorrow we wrap up an 18-month run of a 36 member Guiding Coalition. I’m in a state of contented bliss. In my work, I watch people drive successful change and I watch them learn how to drive change anywhere in their lives. It has been an honor to work with all of them, watch them
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This blog is filled with my stories, but today I had the opportunity to post two other people’s stories about working with our Guiding Coalition. We’re now taking applications for our next cycle and I’d asked them to share what they’ve learned, experienced and gained from their time with the Guiding Coalition. Cheerfully, as I
Want to see what this Guiding Coalition I’ve been mentioning is all about? Check out the five-part video posted at this link on the PSNS & IMF On the Waterfront Facebook fan page.
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This article went out in the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) news wire today: MAR25-06: Leadership Icon Visits Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & IMF From Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Public Affairs BREMERTON, Wash.- Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF), a Naval Sea Systems Command field activity,
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