Gardening, like leading change, is hard work. If you’re not bending over to till the soil and remove stones, you’re on your knees caring for seedlings or removing weeds. From this position, it’s really easy to lose sight of the big picture. That’s why a key change leadership action involves getting on the ladder! […]
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What is the secret to sustainable growth? What does it take to navigate and lead your organization through a change process successfully? In my previous email, I introduced you to the RCA Seasons of Growth™ framework, which we have spent years honing and using to successfully guide a myriad of organizations through the process of change and
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We all have them. They are all around us. We are talking about… stakeholders! And if they will be impacted by your change initiative – for good or bad – then you need to take time to understand them! While the work of identifying and assessing stakeholders can be done on an ongoing basis
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Welcome to the “Change and Growth” Newsletter! This is the very first edition of the new communication from the team at Randel Consulting Associates, and we will be using it to share resources about leading change and growth with you. We’re excited to offer you this newsletter as a way to communicate insights from our work with
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What does growth in an organization look like? It isn’t unusual to imagine this as a never-ending upward trajectory, like a rocket fired into space. You quickly realize though, that this isn’t realistic or sustainable. Once the initial momentum fizzles out, things can quickly go off course. Or even come to a grinding halt. Searching
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There’s a very good chance that the project or change initiative for which you are responsible will fail. I’m sorry to be the one bringing this unfortunate news. However, if it is helpful for you, your project is unlikely to fail catastrophically. Instead, like many other initiatives, it will fail by falling short of expectations:
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Raise your hand if you have made a plan for your team’s work. Or if you are following a plan at the moment, guiding the implementation of your project. Now read what General Dwight Eisenhower said when he was responsible for the preparations for the D-Day invasion of Occupied France in 1944…. Remember to stay
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Louis Pasteur, the French scientist, is best known for his breakthroughs on vaccination and on – well, pasteurization, the process of stopping the contamination of milk. 💬 He also famously said “In the field of observation, chance favors only the prepared mind.” 💬 Updating this statement for today, I offer the idea that “Chance
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Platinum Award for Impactful Facilitation! Each year, the International Association of Facilitators (IAF) identifies the best examples from around the world of facilitated projects that have made a measurable difference. We were delighted to hear that our work with the S.D. Bechtel Jr. Foundation is recognized as belonging in this group, and even more thrilled to learn
One of the issues that comes up in almost every change initiative is that of Resistance. How will people respond to the planned changes? Will they be resistant? What can we do to address resistance to change? Thanks to my training in Gestalt approaches to change and development, I’ve come to discover that we can
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RCA’s work is recognized by a leading research journal We were delighted when we heard that our work was described in The Foundation Review, a leading peer-reviewed journal that researches the philanthropic sector. The article “How to Encourage Sustainable Change” was written by Allison Dymnicki (American Institutes for Research) and Alex Hooker and Rebecca Goldberg
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I thought you might be interested in this short video that looks at the origins of Kurt Lewin’s famous 3 stage model of change (Unfreezing – Changing – Refreezing). [vcex_spacing size=”30px”] I was intrigued to find out that Lewin did not actually summarize his thinking about change in such simplistic terms (my respect for him
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