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Team Retrospective – a tool to learn at the end of an organizational change initiative

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What happens at the end of an organizational change initiative? If you search online or through books and articles on managing change, there are surprisingly few resources to guide change leaders. organizational change leadership However, the ending phase of change (the Harvesting phase in the RCA Seasons of Growth framework) plays an important role in […]

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Lessons on Change from Miami Beach

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Have you ever visited Miami Beach’s Art Deco Historic District ? Gone people-watching on Ocean Drive? Strolled amongst the architectural delights of South Beach? If so, you are part of a very large global community! There are over 6 million visitors to Miami Beach each year, and they contribute over $1 billion to the local

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Adaptive Leadership, Change, Change Management, Impact, Innovation, Leadership

Smooth Handovers Enable Continued Success

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The end is in sight! The finish line is close! At last, you can declare success and bring this change initiative to an end! Or can you? What might happen to all of the hard work that you and the team have put into this project? We’re in the final phase of a change process, the

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Change Management, Communication, Growth, Inclusion, Organizational Growth, Stakeholders

Communicating When Change Is About To Take Place

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“Here’s what’s happening, and here’s what you can expect.” examples of organizational change With these words, the pilot on a recent flight let us know that there was going to be a delay. She explained why (storms on our flight path), how long we could expect to be delayed (90 minutes!), and that we,

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Podcast Adventures! Sharing Lessons in Leading Change

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I’m doing something quite new for me—using guest appearances on several podcasts to offer lessons to a wider audience about leading change! organizational change examples Yes, the rumors are true! You can now listen to me as I tell stories and share insights about what works in organizational change. I started doing this a few

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Change, Change Management, Effective Teams, Growth, Leaders, Leadership, Organizational Growth, Sustaining Change

Avoid These Five Critical Mistakes In Leading Change!

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Leading an organizational change initiative is something that, more likely than not, you will take on as a leader. It could impact your team, your department, or even the whole organization. You might have come across a statistic which claims that 70% of organizational change efforts fail. This might lead you to have second thoughts

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Change, Change Management, Leaders, Leadership, Organizational Growth, Plans, Resistance, Stakeholders

Avoid these 5 mistakes in leading change!

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Implementing organizational change doesn’t have to be challenging. If you’re a leader interested in how to do this well, I’ve got 5 insider tips to share with you. Change is the only constant, the old adage goes. Organizations need to change to meet new demands, and an evolving marketplace. When navigated successfully, change encourages innovation,

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Adaptive Leadership, Change Management, Effective Teams, Leadership, Resistance

Seasons of Growth – a gardener’s approach to nonprofit expansion

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What can we learn from gardeners about organizational change and leadership? Actually, quite a lot! Gardeners are stewards of the land. And good leaders recognize that they are stewards of their teams and organizations. (Even if they are founders, they will most likely pass it on to someone else at a future time.) Gardeners have

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Change, Change Management, Growth, Leaders, Organizational Growth

Choppy Waters Ahead!

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Being a leader means that you will always be facing uncertainty. There are so many variables that can impact on your organization and the work that you do that it is – frankly – impossible to anticipate and manage all of them. One thing is certain – there will be choppy waters ahead! This nautical

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Adaptive Leadership, Change Management, Growth, Impact, Leaders, Leadership, Organizational Growth, Sustaining Change

The Surprising Gift of Resistance

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“Why am I getting all this pushback on our new organizational change?” Have you had to ask yourself this question? You’re not alone in doing so, unfortunately. Because change work is hard! It upsets the status quo. It disrupts established relationships. It challenges secure identities. It’s also hard because it asks people to accept something

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Adaptive Leadership, Change, Change Management, Effective Teams, Resistance, Sustaining Change

Change Leaders – Are You Missing This Crucial Step? Unlocking the Power of Stakeholder Mapping

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Are you encountering unexpected pushback during your change initiative? You launched the change with great expectations and high hopes for success. You were responding to a shared pain with a promise to improve things. It felt like everyone with whom you spoke supported the need for change. So why this resistance? And why is some

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Change Management, Growth, Leaders, Stakeholders

Five Steps to Make the Most of a Windfall!

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Will a Mackenzie Scott grant to your nonprofit make you MORE or LESS attractive to other donors? Ever since Mackenzie Scott began making unexpected Transformational Gifts to nonprofits in 2019/2020 (a total of about $16 billion so far), some have had a concern that these gifts will somehow ‘chase away’ other donors. As they will

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Change, Change Management, Funding, Growth, Impact, Leaders