Opportunities are those moments when you are presented with a choice, subtle or not, and you can 1) choose to take the opportunity, 2) choose to not take the opportunity, or 3) not choose and lose the opportunity. In Andrea Shapiro’s Tipping Point model, contact with advocates (e.g., the number and quality of times when […]
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“The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.” — John Wooden A colleague recounted an experience implementing a company-wide quality initiative in a multi-national manufacturing firm. The initiative required employees to make significant changes not only in how they did their jobs, but also in their attitudes toward their responsibilities and the
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On Wednesday I’m off for my first vacation in a very, very long time. For all my Input strength readers (and all the rest), I couldn’t leave you without any delicious new content to devour, so I’ve made arrangements. I’m pleased to welcome Dr. Andrea Shapiro, author of Creating Contagious Commitment, as the first Engine
Today I’m excited to post my review of Andrea Shapiro’s second edition of Creating Contagious Commitment. In 2005 I started my journey through organizational change, with the first edition of Andrea Shapiro’s Creating Contagious Commitment: Applying the Tipping Point to Organizational Change as my implementer’s guide to successful change. Since 2005 I’ve learned a lot of
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Seth Godin says, It’s easier to teach compliance than initiative. Compliance is simple to measure, simple to test for and simple to teach. Punish non-compliance, reward obedience and repeat. Initiative is very difficult to teach to 28 students in a quiet classroom. It’s difficult to brag about in a school board meeting. And it’s a
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