To do a job effectively, one must set priorities. Too many people let their ‘in’ basket set the priorities. On any given day, unimportant but interesting trivia pass through an office; one must not permit these to monopolize his time. The human tendency is to while away time with unimportant matters that do not require […]
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Thanks to the ten people who joined me for the first world-wide Linchpin meet-up day. We had a simple, enjoyable time relaxing over pizza and beverages. I meant to take photos and forgot. Now that I’ve got a taste for how easy it is to put a meet-up together, I may just have to make
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Tomorrow Professor John Kotter visits my workplace, to see how successful we’ve become at using his model to create real, lasting change. (link to the press release) Today I found Rogue Polymath’s post about what reading Leading Change did for him, and his post prompted me to write “My Leading Change Story.” I can’t remember
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For years I’ve carried around a business card with John Kotter’s emotions that work for and against change written on the back of it. Pulling out the card and reading it helped me build a habit of recognizing when I was adding to or robbing from the change I was trying to drive. Because of
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