Timothy Grayson

Timothy Grayson

Succeed at Bottom-up Change Without Sponsors… LOL!

Sponsor management is, for my money, the single-most important part of change leadership. Maybe not for change management, which is mostly focused on doing all the necessary and right things, but definitely for the leadership of change. Effective sponsors can…...

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Overcome Resistance to Change with the 3-Ps of Overcoming Resistance to Change

The 3-Ps of Overcoming Resistance to Change(tm) are simple, easy, and essential.

Resistance to change is the single-biggest challenge, problem, issue, risk… for the typical change manager. Even for experienced pros, it’s right up there. Except, pros understand resistance isn’t something to be eliminated: it’s the essence of the job. What would…...

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Change management: why so hard?

Yes, change is hard. It has to be. Usually I answer this question glibly anticipating one interpretation of the question. But there are many, so let’s consider some ways the question could be being asked. It’s very possible by untangling…...

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CHANGE MANAGEMENT: YES! CHANGE MANAGERS: …?

Change management, mainly by certification, has spawned departments, roles, and jobs. Its rationale is rock solid: according to Prosci, failure to effectively deal with “the people side of change” is a leading cause of failure to realize project benefits. So,…...

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Change Management should be “manageable”

What we’ve found in our travels through clients’ change management efforts is that there are still a lot of organizations that—despite training—find change management hard to deal with. There is no really good reason for this, and a part of…...

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