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If You Can't Answer These Two Questions Clearly and Quickly, You're Not Ready for Change
Image AI generated I was recently in a meeting with a division leader at a major biotech company, surrounded by her executive team. We were deep in conversation about a significant change they were about to embark on. Naturally, I posed the question: "Are you ready to manage through this change?" And what followed was a beautiful, synchronized symphony of head nods and enthusiastic "yeses." It was almost poetic, really. A chorus of confidence. But here's the thing about that
Think You Have Leadership Consensus? Ask These Two Questions.
One of the biggest misconceptions I see is that leadership teams believe consensus means everyone must agree on every detail before moving forward. It doesn’t. In effective leadership teams, consensus means something much simpler: We’re committed to the same direction. We’ll support the decision publicly. We won’t undermine it after we leave the room. People don’t have to think the decision is perfect. They simply need to believe it’s the right decision for the organization a
Tell The Story
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Creating A Culture of Change
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Company Turnaround
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Avoiding A Prolonged Productivity Slump
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Now This Is How You Announce Your Next Change Initiative: A Lesson from an IG Influencer
An IG influencer I follow announced yesterday that the thing she built her platform on, is going away. She’s changed, and the “thing” no...
How Are You?
I use this change curve with clients to help employees ID where they are emotionally. I’m curious to see how you're feeling after eight...
