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

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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Change, Change Management, Effective Teams, Facilitation, Stakeholders, Sustaining Change

The Change Leader’s Pit Stop: Refuel, Realign, Resume with Confidence!

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Did you ever take a long summer road trip as a kid? Didn’t those journeys feel like they would take forever? I remember some of the trips I took with my family when I was growing up. Three teenagers in the back seat. No air conditioning. Only one radio/tape deck for the car, with my

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Adaptive Leadership, Capable People, Communication, Effective Teams, Focus, Growth, Impact, Inclusion, Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Trends, Organizational Growth, Plans, strategic thinking, Teams, Transition, Trends

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 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

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

Use Team Charters to set a team up for success

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“A team is a small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, performance goals, and approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable.” Katzenbach and Smith (2015) The Wisdom of Teams I find this such a helpful description of a team! It is simple, clear, and explicit about what distinguishes

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Effective Teams, Leaders, Leadership, Teams

From Overwhelmed to Focused – Three Questions to Energize You

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In today’s fast-paced world, leadership isn’t simply about decision-making and delegation; it’s also about guiding teams through the uncertainty and complexity that characterizes our work environments. Picture this… You’re a leader in your organization, responsible for steering your team towards its goals. Each day brings a new set of challenges and a new list of

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Adaptive Leadership, Capable People, Effective Teams, Impact, Leaders, Leadership, Teams

Preparing Your Organization for Growth

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Do you want your organization to grow and improve? What sort of growth are you looking for? After all, growth can be quantitative, like increased revenue, or qualitative, like improved efficiency and productivity. However, growth won’t just happen on its own. The right conditions need to be in place before it will happen. Many necessary

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Adaptive Leadership, Change, Change Management, Effective Teams, Growth, Impact, Organizational Growth, Sustaining Change

The Levers for Sustaining Change: Adaptive Leadership

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This newsletter series has introduced the RCA Levers for Sustaining Change, a framework consisting of five interlocking elements that enable and support the momentum for change in teams and organizations, as well as ‘sustaining’ the resulting benefits. Earlier newsletters have introduced the first four elements: Effective Teams, Capable People, Empowering Culture, andHybrid Mastery (Click each element

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Adaptive Leadership, Capable People, Change, Change Management, Effective Teams, Leaders, levers for change, Sustaining Change, Teams

The Levers for Sustaining Change: Hybrid Mastery

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The last few years have seen a transformation for organizations worldwide – the explosion of remote and hybrid work. Looking into 2024, it’s clear that hybrid work has become the default mode of engagement for many companies. While some have embraced fully remote work, others have settled into a mix of in-office and remote days.

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Change, Effective Teams, Hybrid Mastery, Impact, Leaders, levers for change, Sustaining Change, Teams, Transition