I recently had a conversation with an Organization Development professional who was frustrated by her organization's …
Change Management
The Four Layers of Change
One of the difficult parts of implementing change is that what really needs to change is not as it appears on the …
Gaining traction
I'm sitting at the auto care place, waiting to get the tires changed on my car, which has me thinking about traction. …
Avoid a False Start for Your Change Initiative
When you are responsible for implementing change, it can be tempting to dream about where you want to go and then to …
Three options for dealing with organizational culture
Change always happens in the context of organizational culture, or "the way we do things around here."Â Much of …
Stuck.
Today is the fifth "snow day" in a row here in Atlanta. Â After snowing 6 inches on Monday, plus another 1/2 inch of …
The trouble with sunshine and roses
In a recent client workshop designed to clarify an enterprise-wide initiative, the participants listed "employees are …
Interview: Beyond the Wall of Resistance
This morning on The Change Agent's Dilemma, I interviewed Rick Maurer, author of Beyond the Wall of Resistance. …
Change Management’s Missing Piece
If you read enough books or attend enough training on leadership and change management, you start to realize they all …