Winners and Losers: Changing Perceptions of Change Risk
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......
People Resist Change That Affects Their Self-Identity
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......
Get reluctant people to pay attention to change communications
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: THE no. 1 success differentiator
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......
Overcome Resistance to Change with the 3-Ps of Overcoming Resistance to Change
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......