by admin | Feb 1, 2016 | Blog (All Categories), Facilitation, Latest Updates, Leading Change, Organizational Change, Organizational Consulting, Organizational Culture
Have you ever gotten in your car, driven to work, found a parking spot, sat at your desk, and wondered: How did I get here? If you ever experienced this, you were probably on automatic pilot, unconscious of what you were doing because you do it so often. Now let’s say...
by admin | May 18, 2015 | Emotional Intelligence, Latest Updates, Leading Change, Organizational Change
Last week I learned a lesson about leading change that I won’t soon forget. And it came from… an invoice… For 17 years I’ve used the same process after finishing a project: I staple expense receipts to pieces of paper, open a Word document that summarizes fees and...
by admin | Sep 22, 2014 | Facilitation, Leadership Skills, Leading Change, Organizational Change, Organizational Culture
One of my favorite New Yorker cartoons depicts two excited executives sitting in a meeting. One says to the other, “Let’s keep things here exactly the way they are.” The other responds, “Yeah, let’s not change anything!” Many of us want to change our organizations so...
by admin | Apr 21, 2014 | Blog (All Categories), Latest Updates, Leadership Skills, Leading Change, Organizational Change
In the historical, yet fictional movie The Mutiny on the Bounty Spencer Christian and crew cast out the autocratic Captain Bligh and commandeered the ship. Bligh is then punished for his appalling leadership while Christian and his cronies end their days cavorting...
by admin | Aug 26, 2013 | Blog (All Categories), Facilitation, Organizational Change
Motivational speakers used to turn me off. As a facilitator of leadership and team development processes, I viewed these gigs mostly as ‘edu-tainment:’ sentimental yarns or heroic exploits that rarely left a trace. But then I had the experience…...
by admin | Jul 30, 2013 | Blog (All Categories), Facilitation, Leadership Teams, Organizational Change
Silence often makes people uncomfortable. But remarkably, leaders can also use silence to generate breakthroughs in performance. Let me explore: I recently facilitated a two-day strategy retreat with 10 senior leaders of a company that had been reorganized. One...
