Comments for Enclaria: Influence Change at Work

Comment on The Secret of Change (Don’t Listen to Socrates) by mack

mack — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 06:26:30 +0000

The way I understood the quote is that, you don’t put energy to fight the old but you mainly focus on the building the new. Which means, you don’t necessarily ignore the old, you just don’t put too much of your energy on fighting it, because what’s done is done. You gotta focus your energy on creating habits and thoughts on building the new. I don’t know about you but I like this quote because to me it makes sense and it worked on some aspects of my life. It really just depend on how you understood it. I would not go as far as say it’s wrong. But like any other things in life, you take it with a grain of salt.

Comment on Seven Essential Traits of a Change Agent by Denise Mason

Denise Mason — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 03:25:52 +0000

Iâ€™d add intuition, common sense and story teller. Some of these skills require having exact timing ,exercising use of common sense along with adding a colorful story to soften the effects of change on people.

Comment on Six Roles of a Leader During Change by Sonwabo Shibane

Sonwabo Shibane — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 10:01:12 +0000

It is a very interesting topic and sounds easy until one is done. I would suggest the topic to be why change initiatives fail in many institutions. I have my views for such.

Comment on The Secret of Change (Don’t Listen to Socrates) by Shashank B

Shashank B — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 01:27:44 +0000

Good one! Since Socrates never wrote anything we only have Platos Republic to tell us something about it. But as one of our saints (saint Dnyaneswara) said in his quote, â€œyou should add something where I am short to do it, while reduce if I oversell it, but apply your mind thatâ€™s my only requestâ€

Comment on The Four Stages of Change Management by Phindile

Phindile — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 13:25:08 +0000

great metaphor, easy to follow

Comment on Two Types of Behavior to Influence for Change to Happen by Jenni Thynne

Jenni Thynne — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 15:16:40 +0000

Found this useful, thanks. And yes, normally participating in UAT is a great way for people who will be at the sharp end to get familiar with the new system, but on this programme we’ve decided NOT to do UAT. Aaaarrrghhh!

Comment on The Intersection of Change Management and Design Thinking by John Deel

John Deel — Wed, 12 May 2021 22:01:33 +0000

Heather – This is awesome – great work

Comment on Adding Change Management to an Existing Project by Jonelle Hilleary

Jonelle Hilleary — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 15:57:01 +0000

Working in the U.S. Public Sector, we get this scenario (the project implementation train has left the station) more often than being able to come in at the beginning of a project.
If the techniques mentioned in the post run into barriers, we have found success in standing up what might be thought of as a parallel change program, shadowing the “train” so to speak.
We work with the program manager to get that timeline down, then have group meetings with the impacted supervisors and leaders to share tactics they can use, and tips to help understand the important why/WIIFM, to minimize resistance/ develop champions as they implement the PM’s actions.
We find we get more collaboration when we aren’t seen as adding to the PMs list of things to manage or that are holding up the pace of implementation. We are a value add by alleviating a source of confusion, resistance, or overwhelm in supervisors.

Comment on The Secret of Change (Don’t Listen to Socrates) by A

Sat, 27 Mar 2021 14:42:59 +0000

The mind is a very complicated thing.I find this quote very helpful. I have spent many years fighting with the past.i never realised how it became a habit. I suffered a lot because of that. Maybe for some people it doesn’t find any meaning but it is very helpful for many others. If someone don’t find it helpful then it’s ok. Maybe that is not their need. But today the mental health is major issue. And this quote is so helpful. It uses the correct use of words which can change the pattern of thinking of a person and help come out of negativity. this is clearly related to personal change . it can be and should be shared wherever necessary because many people can find it helpful. Regardless of who has written it.

Comment on Change Projects vs. Organizational Change by Tim Fairman

Tim Fairman — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 15:36:38 +0000

Great article Heather! I especially love this line: “Organizational change lays the foundation to implement similar projects down the road.” My dream is to help my organization have change readiness in our DNA.