This month I’m sharing tips and tools to overcome the “spinny,” distracted energy of seasonal change. When you grow up in Ohio, spring means tornadoes. When the warning siren goes off, that’s your signal to head to the basement. But, not every home or...
This month I’m sharing tips and tools to overcome the “spinny,” distracted energy of seasonal change. When you grow up in Ohio, spring means tornado drills. When the siren goes off, that’s your signal to head to the basement. We practice this over and over in school...
Traditional change management theory teaches us that organizational change is linear, logical and predictable. If you just know the phases and have the right checklists, you can implement change successfully. Well…in my experience, that theory overlooks one critical...
“Instability is chronic; uncertainty is permanent; change is accelerating; disruption is common, and we can neither predict nor govern events. We believe there will be no ‘new normal.’ There will only be a continuous series of ‘not normal’ times.” Jim Collins, Great...
“My voice feels tiny and I’m sure so does yours. Put us all together make a mighty roar!” I love those lines from Rising Appalachia’s song, “Resilient.” “Resilient” is a word that got thrown around a lot in the last couple years. So...
Obstacles. Objections. Resistance. Obstacles show us we’re on the right path and getting closer to our goal. Objections are gifts. They show us what others care about and give us the exact language we must incorporate in our communication. Resistance is a necessary...