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Change

Resolving stuck conversations…..

25 June 2007

I have posted before on the importance of conversation in leadership (here and here). Meaningful strategic conversation is an emotionally draining and difficult leadership task. However without meaningful conversation, buy-in and commitment remains elusive, as was observed by Steven Covey “no involvement, no commitment“. Meaning conversation creates involvement……. which generates the commitment …… and…… it’s commitment that ensures aligned action and an effective end [...]

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How to diagnose your organisation’s readiness for change…..

14 June 2007

Initiating and leading change is one of the greatest leadership challenges. Many change programmes fail long before they’re ever started. I’ve seen many change programmes fail simply because the organisation and it’s people were not ready for the change being thrust upon them. The typical scenario is that the leader is introducing a change the organisation cannot assimilate, [...]

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Your product may be good, but will it spark a conversation?

2 June 2007

Heath and Dan Heath, authors of “Made to Stick“, ask a very interesting question in their article in Fast Company,  ”Give ‘em Something to Talk About” discusses a very interesting question… “Your product may be good, but will it spark a conversation?” Conversation creates and emotional connection with your product and increases a persons connection with [...]

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Constructive conflict is essential for creating commitment to decisions

15 May 2007

An article from HBS Working Knowledge “Don’t Listen to ‘Yes’“ where Martha Lagace,talks with Professor Michael Roberto, author of the new book Why Great Leaders Don’t Take Yes for an Answer on why it’s essential for leaders to spark conflict in their organizations, as long as it is constructive. If people smile, nod, and say “yes” at your [...]

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The content and process of organisational change

1 May 2007

“Content of organization change is one thing; process is another. The former, the what, provides vision and overall direction. The latter, the how, concerns implementation and adoption. Content is about purpose, mission, strategy, and values. Process is about how the content is planned, launched, more fully implemented, and sustained.” – W. Warner Burke, Organization Change [...]

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There’s a Hole in my Sidewalk

31 January 2007

This is one of my favourite poems about life, it’s titled “There’s a Hole in my Sidewalk“, by Portia Nelson Chapter 1. I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in. I am lost… I am helpless. It isn’t my fault. It takes forever to find a way [...]

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Leadership is about creating new realities…

19 November 2006

“Leadership is about creating a domain in which human beings continually deepen their understanding of reality and become more capable of participating in the unfolding world. Ultimately, leadership is about creating new realities.” – Peter Senge The Leadership Insight Leaders need to have a clear grasp of current reality, but most leaders seem to have [...]

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The rules of change management

5 November 2006

Christopher Koch writes about the rules of change management that have been proven through scientific research, which are as follows: Stay on message. The brain needs repetition to move a concept from the prefrontal cortex, which handles unfamiliar concepts and complex decisions, to the basal ganglia, where habits are stored. For new concepts to become [...]

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Book Review: Martin Luther King Jr. on Leadership

30 October 2006

Martin Luther King, Jr., on Leadership: Inspiration and Wisdom for Challenging Times is written by Donald T. Phillips, a well known author that writes leadership biographies highlighting leadership principles and practices, some of his other books include “Lincoln on Leadership: Executive Strategies for Tough Times” and “The Founding Fathers on Leadership: Classic Teamwork in Changing [...]

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Eight principles that support a collaborative system

23 October 2006

In an article The Philosophy Behind Our Systems by Emily and Dick Axelrod they propose that: Systems succeed or fail, based upon the philosophy behind them. I think that this as true of leadership, here are some of the philosophies that The Axelrod Group build into the collaborative systems they design. Principle 1: A compelling [...]

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