Michael Randel, Author at Randel Consulting

Does Facilitation Make a Difference? The research says “Yes.”

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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Facilitation, Impact

What did Lewin really say about change?

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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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Change, Gestalt

Using Managerial Transitions to Build Stronger Teams – Part 4

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This blog series looks at how you, as a manager transitioning into a new department or team, can use the opportunity of the transition to foster stronger teams. The first post served as an introduction to why having stronger teams will help you be more effective as a manager. We promote the idea of real teams that

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Change, Leaders, Teams, Transition

Using Managerial Transitions to Build Stronger Teams – Part 3

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Using Managerial Transitions to Build Stronger Teams – Part 2

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Using Managerial Transitions to Build Stronger Teams – Part 1

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Congratulations – you’re now managing the team! Perhaps you are a new manager, or maybe you’ve taken on a different managerial role, and you find yourself facing a group – only they are your group, your people, your team… and they expect you to be their leader. So if management really is about achieving things

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Change, Leaders, Teams, Transition

Michael Randel named as a Top 100 Global Thought Leader in Trustworthy Business

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Michael Randel, founder and Director of Randel Consulting Associates, has been identified as a “Top 100 Thought Leader in Trustworthy Business” following a global process run by Trust Across America – Trust Around the World This list of Thought Leaders recognizes leaders and organizations whose efforts are helping create trustworthy organizations. Michael was named to

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Insights into Change – from the Open Source Software movement

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I’ve been thinking about innovation, and how we can support and encourage fresh thinking in our organizations. Some of this comes from my interest in trying to better understand how organizations can renew themselves when their current business model is no longer supporting them in providing value to their stakeholders (see my recent posts on

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Renewal, Innovation and the Sigmoid Curve

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My recent posts have explored the theme of how organizations develop and, inevitably, decline. Almost all organizations end up closing their doors – some do this in a planned and graceful manner, some do it through managed mergers and acquisitions, and some do it abruptly and without much notice. While the end of an organization

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Change, Growth, Leaders

Companies can expect to die – unless they innovate!

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I commented in my last post about the ways in which organizations are like living systems, and how it can be helpful to anticipate these natural of and change in our organizational life. However, I was taken by surprise by some validation of this from an unexpected source… I was watching a TED Talk called

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Change, Growth, Innovation