Want to study up on how to lead change? Check out the new Kotter International site. I recommend you start with the 8-steps to Leading Change. (Hint: This is the link for all of you who tell me you don’t have enough time to read the book Leading Change)
For years I’ve carried, on a little card in my day planner, John Kotter’s lists of emotions that drive change and emotions that stall change. I mentioned this card before, but didn’t list the emotions. Do what you can to live the emotions that drive change, and though those around you are mired in the
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Some authors say at least 60% of change efforts fail to achieve lasting results. In “Why Process Improvement Projects Go Wrong,” Professor Satya Chokravorty shares how and why a majority of Six Sigma implementations fail. Professor Chokravorty found: …that when confronted with increasing stress over time, these programs react in much the same way a
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Are you looking for ways to get more done without working longer hours? What if you could multiply one hour of work into 10, 100 or even 1,000 or more? If you’ve ever read a blog (since you’re reading this I think it’s safe to assume you have), or read a book, or watched a
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In my non-free time I run a Guiding Coalition. It’s a group of 35 people, from all levels of the organization, committed to bringing about the future of the organization through our own initiative. Those 35 people form four teams with 13 sub-teams, made up of more than 250 members. The Guiding Coalition is based
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The Heath brothers (Chip and Dan) will soon have a new book out, Switch (due out February 16). Here’s a quick, new years resolution-themed look at their new book. I’m still working my way through their last book, Made to Stick.
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Seth Godin shares the: Evolution of every medium Technicians who invented it, run it Technicians with taste, leverage it Artists take over from the technicians MBAs take over from the artists Bureaucrats drive the medium to banality While I agree this evolution is typical, it isn’t the end. I’ve seen an evolution go the other
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You’ve got to love someone out encouraging others to drive change. Enjoy “Without Them” and “Welcome to the Frustration Decade (and the Decade of Change)”.
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I’m typically an impatient person. But tell me a good story about an incredible (or even a mildly interesting) journey and I will sit in rapt attention. For example, I never get bored reading, watching or listening to anything about Lewis and Clark’s journey to the Pacific ocean. I think my fascination with any journey
