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99 Ways to Influence Change, #92: Set clear goals

Heather Stagl — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:34:01 +0000

A change initiative must have clear goals in order to succeed – otherwise, how would you know?Â Goals serve several purposes:Â They provide direction and alignment, so people know collectively …

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99 Ways to Influence Change, #71: Measure progress

Heather Stagl — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:47:26 +0000

If you got to the end of your change initiative and then looked to see if you made it to the intended destination, you would probably be disappointed.Â Although truthfully, …

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Interview: Change Evaluation – Is Your Initiative Working?

Heather Stagl — Tue, 11 May 2010 16:33:09 +0000

This morning on The Change Agent’s Dilemma radio show, I interviewed Maria Gajewski, Chief Assistant to World Savers at Changing River Consulting. As an evaluator for nonprofits, Maria is an …

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Make Measures Work

Heather Stagl — Thu, 06 May 2010 15:05:51 +0000

It’s been said, “What gets measured gets done.”Â Taken at face value, the statement means that if you want something done, then simply measure it.Â Anyone who has tried to …

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Four criteria for strategic measures

Heather Stagl — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:54:03 +0000

Yesterday I went to a meeting of the Association for Strategic Planning Atlanta, where some members of a team at Deloitte presented their process for strategic measure selection.Â One step …

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Use logic modeling to check your assumptions

Heather Stagl — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:49:13 +0000

Yesterday I attended a meeting of the Association for Strategic Planning Atlanta chapter.Â The presenter was Tom Chapel, Chief Evaluation Officer for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Â His …

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Case Study: A Fizzled Balanced Scorecard Implementation

Heather Stagl — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:59:40 +0000

In the history of Balanced Scorecard implementations and organizational change in general, stories of projects falling by the wayside are numerous. Even organizations that have had great success and demonstrated …

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Shampoo lather and other leading indicators

Heather Stagl — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:33:47 +0000

My friend Candace said to me one day, “Did you know that shampoo doesn’t need to lather in order to do its job?” She told me that when she was …

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