Introduction      Organizational change, with grand promises of innovation, growth, and increased efficiency, often fails to deliver the desired outcomes. That’s just fact. Amidst the chaos and uncertainty, though, certain......

No. 3 in a series about Change Resistance      Resistance to organizational change is what makes change managers and change leaders necessary. Dealing with resistance is the essence of the......

     Every change leader and change manager struggles with stakeholders not paying attention to change communications.[1] It is a problem no matter how you slice it. Oh, you get the...

     Resistance to organizational change is what makes change managers and change leaders necessary. For all intents and purposes, dealing with resistance is the essence of the job.      That......

Sponsor engagement is critical to driving successful organizational change. Yet it is typically overlooked or—worse—misguidedly expected to just happen. Sponsors are key stakeholders with the authority, influence, and resources to...

No. 2 in a series about Stories and Storytelling Storytelling makes the world go round. At its simplest, a story is a coherent set of events that move the listener...

No. 1 in an exploration of change fatigue      Change fatigue and change saturation, and dealing with them is a Frequently Asked Question—of Google, anyway. Apparently, a lot of people......

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......