The latest buzzword bandied about town these days is “transformation” - and for once, we think this is a good one. This episode explores what is generally meant by the new term and points out some important distinctions it underscores - distinctions that are important for implementation professionals.
Business professionals faced with change challenges often turn to templates for answers. In this episode, we explore what a template is… and is not, what your expectations should be, and how to use templates in your own change situations most effectively.
Often the specific answers that people want can only be found by drawing on a very profound understanding of an area of knowledge. Problems can occur when someone who understands the desired specific answer - the “Reader’s Digest Version” - thinks he has mastered the entire body of knowledge from which it comes. Increasingly, this is becoming a problem. Every area of study is becoming deeper and deeper at the same time our fast-paced world demands answers faster and faster.
This episode explores how business people, technical experts, and change professionals all fall victim to this common pitfall.
We all know how confusing it can be when you use jargon that someone else doesn’t know. What’s more confusing, though, is when two people are using the same term to describe two very different things. Often both parties leave the conversation with only a vague sense that something is not right, but convinced that their interpretation is valid.
The world of change is filled with common examples that keep business people and even change professionals from understanding one another. This episode some of the most troublesome terms.
Change implementation is profoundly impacted by who is around. Nothing can impact the politics of your initiative more than the untimely exit of a key supporter or the entry of a new player whose attitude toward your efforts are at best unknown. In this podcast, we explore the notion of an executive’s tour of duty and the implications this might have on change agents.
Business organizations need different three distinct types of leadership to be effective at change. This episode explores what they are, how they interact, and how they contribute to the change process. Some organizations suffer when some of the pieces are missing. We discuss how change agents can diagnose these kinds of problems and adjust their approaches to be more successful.
In this episode, change guru Dutch Holland shares a new perspective on change. A common-sense approach that calls into question much of what passes for common wisdom, his simple metaphor will change the way you understand change implementation… for the better.
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