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“Looking Both Ways: The Janus principle for leaders navigating year-end transitions”

Dear Change Leader, Janus, the Roman god of doorways and transitions, possessed something most gods lacked: two faces, looking in opposite directions. One gazed backward, at the path traveled. The other looked forward, toward the road ahead. The Romans weren’t being whimsical. They understood something essential about transitions: you can’t move forward well without […]

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Adaptive Leadership, Change, Change Management, Communication, Drivers of Sustained Change, Effective Teams, Engagement Paradox, Focus, Habits, holiday, influencing others, Leadership, levers for change, Pathfinder, Plans, Psychological Safety, strategic thinking, Sustaining Change, Teams, Transition

Building Team Alignment for the New Year

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Most teams start January with renewed energy and all the best intentions to make positive changes for the year ahead. By February, the momentum inevitably stalls. By March, people have reverted to their usual ways of working. Successful teams invest time upfront to align on what work matters most for them to achieve their shared

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

Leadership In Action: Priority Anchors

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When Everything Is a Priority, Nothing Is You have too much on your plate. You’re wearing yourself out by trying to attend to everything you believe you have to do. What’s worse, you are not leaving yourself any ‘strategic slack’ to either deal with unexpected developments nor prepare for the future. I’ll be frank––you

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Adaptive Leadership, Change, Coaching, Drivers of Sustained Change, Effective Teams, Focus, Habits, Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Trends, levers for change, strategic thinking, Sustaining Change, Teams

The Leadership Trap That Creates Tomorrow’s Crises

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Dear Change Leader, In 1972, a small team at Royal Dutch Shell gathered to do something that seemed almost absurd: imagine a future in which oil prices would skyrocket. At the time, oil had been cheap and stable for decades. The entire industry operated on the assumption that this would continue. Planning for anything else

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Adaptive Leadership, Belonging, Capable People, Change, Change Management, Effective Teams, Leadership, Pathfinder, Plans, Sustaining Change, Teams

When Your Team’s Spirit Feels Broken

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How leaders can reignite purpose and hope when teams are running on empty Dear Change Leader, “I look around the room and see people who used to light up when we talked about our work,” Stefan shared with me last week. “Now they just look… tired. Really tired.” As Executive Director of a community

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Adaptive Leadership, Belonging, Capable People, Change, Change Management, Effective Teams, Leaders, Leadership, Pathfinder, Sustaining Change, Teams

Leadership In Action: Team Perseverance

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Addressing Collective Exhaustion Without Trying to Fix the Unfixable Your team is exhausted. This is a reality that is not discussed much. This is not simply the exhaustion that follows long hours or challenging projects. This is the bone-deep weariness arising from months, perhaps even years, of operating in stress mode. They’ve survived layoffs

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Adaptive Leadership, Change, Effective Teams, Habits, influencing others, Leaders, Leadership, Teams

Stop Fixing the Wrong Team Problems: Why the GRPI Model Changes Everything

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You know the feeling. Your team is struggling—meetings feel unproductive, deadlines slip, and there’s an undercurrent of tension you can’t quite put your finger on. So you do what most leaders do: you focus on the people problems. You organize team-building exercises, facilitate difficult conversations, or bring in consultants to work on communication and

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Change, Change Management, Communication, Effective Teams, Inclusion, Leaders, Leadership, levers for change, Teams

Building Psychological Safety in Nonprofit Organizations

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Michael joins Carol Hamilton to explore how psychological safety—often dismissed as a “soft” concept—plays a critical role in team performance, learning, and innovation. Listen

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Adaptive Leadership, Change, Change Management, Effective Teams, Funding, Growth, Organizational Growth, Transition

Appreciating The Clearing: Finding Perspective in the Midst of the Journey

Newsletter

Dear Change Leader, I’m writing this newsletter shortly after the summer solstice, almost at the midpoint of the year, as people traditionally prepare for their summer holidays. Given this transition point, I’d like to explore the benefit of pausing in the midst of what continues to be a hectic year. Imagine that you are

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Adaptive Leadership, Capable People, Change, Change Management, Drivers of Sustained Change, Effective Teams, Habits, Innovation, Leaders, Leadership, levers for change, Organizational Growth, Pathfinder, strategic thinking, Summer, Sustaining Change, Transition

When Dinosaurs Learn to Fly : Transforming Your Organization’s Strengths in Disruptive Times

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Dear Change Leader, Picture this: A small dinosaur stands at the edge of a cliff, its body covered in what we now know were primitive feathers—originally evolved for warmth and display, not flight. Below stretches an unfamiliar landscape, changed by shifting climates and new predators. The old hunting grounds have dried up. The familiar food

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Adaptive Leadership, Capable People, Change, Change Management, Drivers of Sustained Change, Effective Teams, Innovation, Leaders, Leadership, levers for change, Organizational Growth, Pathfinder, strategic thinking, Transition