Posts Tagged ‘Change’
What Zebras, Gazelles, and Wildebeests Understand About Change That Leaders Don’t!
One of the best lessons on change comes from Africa’s most vulnerable animals.
Read MoreIdea Quota for Innovative and Creative Solutions
How to Involve Your Team in Problem Solving Resolving problems in organizations often requires managers to take off their usual supervision hat (telling their employees what to do) and put on their facilitation hat (asking their employees what to do). As these managers have learned, seeking the input of their employees who do the work…
Read MoreFour Solutions for Creative and Innovative Problem Solving
We are all creative, but by the time we are three or four years old someone has knocked creativity out of us. Some people shut up the kids who start to tell stories. Kids dance in their cribs, but someone will insist they sit still. By the time the creative people are ten or twelve,…
Read MoreLeading Change (Step 7) – Consolidate Gains and Implement More Change
Sometimes change efforts run out of gas and success is doomed. Step 7 shows how to avoid this fate.
Read MorePeople Skills: Not More Of That “Touchy-Feely” Stuff!
Organizational development efforts that involve improving people skills often bring resistance. The raised eyebrows, folded arms, stiff half smile or other skeptical body language of doubting managers say the following: Not more of that touchy-feely stuff! Resistance and skepticism come with the territory, however. HR professionals, consultants and trainers frequently have to address this resistance before meaningful…
Read MoreObservation for Innovative and Creative Problem Solving
How to Improve Innovation Let’s face it busy operational managers and senior leaders need solutions! They recognize that today ordinary, quick-fix solutions have limited benefit in an environment where constant change is routine. These managers and leaders want innovative solutions to the problems they face in the workplace. In working with business professionals, I often…
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