Ever wonder what happened to the unused ideas germinated on the way to finding the solution to your project? Where did they go? Did anyone save them? Because experience shows there could be gold in those ideas. Keeping those unused ideas is the leader’s job. While a team is focused on narrowing down the number and scope of ideas in …
Getting Past Loggerheads
Ever found yourself in a standoff? You’re at loggerheads. Neither you nor your colleague will budge. There seems to be no way forward. Think of the issue as a straight line and the standoff puts you at one end and your colleague at the other. It seems like the only way forward is compromise, that is, to meet somewhere in …
You’re Only As Good As The People In The Room
You’re only as good as the people in the room and they’re only as good as what they know. I repeat it so often it’s become a mantra. So often in working with teams or groups, there is enormous opportunity for vision, commitment and planning to do something bigger, better, more courageous, more all encompassing. There’s opportunity to take the …
To Know Millennials Is To Know What They Want
TO KNOW WHAT THEY WANT IS TO KNOW HOW TO DEVELOP AND KEEP THEM. How time flies! The older you get, the faster it flies. Here’s a milestone that whizzed by virtually unnoticed – especially by some more senior leaders. In 2015, a year ago, Millennials, people born between about 1980 and 1996, outnumbered Baby Boomers, who were born from …
Who Really Matters in Your Company, Organization
Who REALLY matters, what REALLY matters in your company or organization? Do customers come first? Or employees? Are values the centerpiece? Or open communication, or support for entrepreneurialism, or collaborative leadership. Now, be honest. The answer may be none of the above. Unless your company or organization is an exception, it’s the CEO who comes first, followed by his lieutenants. …
Why Change Projects in Organizations Fail
Urgency about the need to get things done… some faces of microlending in Honduras… The Grove Consultant International’s strategic visioning workshop in Dallas on Sept. 9-11, 2009 at Southern Methodist University. All are items in this letter. Stop a minute to ponder why change projects in organizations fail. And the long-term consequences of those failed efforts. Lots of stats and …
Bettering The Odds For Successful Change
Results for change projects are dismal. Only 20-plus percent of change projects succeed. The rest fail. Why? It’s important for clients to know. It’s important for change practitioners to know. Especially since so many more people are showing up inside and out of companies and other organizations seeking to help with change. There is truth to the notion that change …