Every organizational change initiative needs a leader. (Actually, lots of leaders.) When we think of a leader, …
Influence
Treading water without adequate leadership support?
If you are trying to influence change without authority - whether you are in project management, process improvement, …
99 Ways to Influence Change, #66: Respect resistance
Anyone who tries to implement change in an organization experiences resistance. While it shows up as overt challenges …
99 Ways to Influence Change, #65: Induce guilt
As behavior modification goes, guilt and its partner shame are effective - albeit demoralizing - tactics for getting …
99 Ways to Influence Change, #64: Hold them accountable
Change often requires that a number of people agree to take on tasks that they will perform on their own. The odds are …
99 Ways to Influence Change, #63: Adjust the environment
I once worked in a building where the official name of the wall color was Touch of Gray. It was stark raving neutral …
99 Ways to Influence Change, #62: Share what works
The road to change is rife with obstacles and underlying issues that can seem overwhelming when you think of trying to …
99 Ways to Influence Change, #61: Keep it simple
Many of my clients in the Office of Strategy Management Executive Working Group at Balanced Scorecard Collaborative, all …
99 Ways to Influence Change, #60: Identify key behaviors
I've heard it said that leaders should only point people in the direction they want them to go, and leave them to their …