I have never known anyone who can implement sustainable change without showing respect to the people going through the …
Archives for 2010
99 Ways to Influence Change, #95: Design choices
According to Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein, authors of Nudge:Â Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and …
99 Ways to Influence Change, #94: Incorporate into identity
When the change is truly accomplished, a necessary caveat is that the person who has gone through the change has in …
99 Ways to Influence Change, #93: Entertain
If you are an organizational change agent, think of yourself as the host of the change. Like the host of an event, …
99 Ways to Influence Change, #92: Set clear goals
A change initiative must have clear goals in order to succeed - otherwise, how would you know? Goals serve several …
99 Ways to Influence Change, #91: Foster resilience
Resilience is the ability to bounce back after change. It is the speed with which things return to normal after a …
99 Ways to Influence Change, #90: Establish deadlines
Tasks that are left open-ended have a tendency to be postponed indefinitely, especially when people are busy doing other …
99 Ways to Influence Change, #89: Reduce risk
The hesitation to change behaviors or participate in new activities is often caused by fear. Fear is the emotion …
99 Ways to Influence Change, #88: Share in the design
Often, when we think of change management, we think of top-down driven initiatives. Someone decides where to take the …