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Building Personal Resilience: Simple Practices for Challenging Times

In a recent newsletter, I introduced the concept of “personal resilience” as a foundational element for organizational strength. This post is part of a series exploring more concrete ways to develop this critical capacity. As leaders, we often focus on organizational systems while neglecting the foundation upon which they all depend: our own ability […]

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Change, Habits, Leaders, Leadership, Pathfinder, Resilience

The Pathfinder Approach: Leading When You Can’t See the Full Trail

Newsletter

Dear Change Leader, “How are you doing?” I asked a leader recently. “I’m taking it one day at a time, and I’m okay with that,” he replied, a note of celebration in his voice. You see, until we connected in a CEO Roundtable I was hosting, he had been worried that his ability

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Adaptive Leadership, Change, Change Management, Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Trends, levers for change, Pathfinder, Plans

The Prepared Organization with Michael Randel

Podcast

Michael has a timely discussion with Mickey Desai on the critical importance of creating clarity on an organization’s Identity and Purpose – and how this enables nimble and adaptive change (such as when a crisis hits you!) Listen

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

Five Critical Mistakes with Michael Randel

Podcast

Michael’s wide-ranging discussion with Mickey Desai covers 5 critical mistakes leaders make in change, and the myth that 70% of organizational change efforts fail. Listen

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

Navigating Uncertainty: Leadership in Tumultuous Times

Newsletter

Dear Change Leader, What do you do when you can no longer take anything for granted? When familiar patterns and relationships are disrupted? When routines and well-established processes are no longer sufficient to meet the needs of the moment? I believe we’re facing exactly such a moment today. The political and regulatory environment is unstable.

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Adaptive Leadership, Change, Change Management, Communication, Focus, Impact, Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Trends, Organizational Growth, strategic thinking, Trust

Leading Through Complexity: Embracing the Messy Middle

Newsletter

Dear Change Leader, Have you ever found yourself in a meeting where half the agenda items feel like routine business, while the other half discuss existential threats to your organization? This cognitive whiplash isn’t just common in leadership today—it’s the defining feature. Consider what might be on your plate this week: Your finance team needs

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Adaptive Leadership, Change, Change Management, Communication, Culture, Innovation, Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Trends, strategic thinking

The Power of Pushback

Podcast

Michael joins Cecilia Sepp in a lively conversation about The Power of Pushback and Why Resistance Drives Transformation. Listen

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

Rebuilding from the Ground Up – Coaching Impact

Blog

Have you heard our clients describe what happens when they work with us? Rebuilding from the Ground Up: Revitalizing an Academic Department When James accepted the interim chair position at a prestigious university department, he inherited what many would consider a leadership vacuum—the department had lost not only its previous chair but most of

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Capable People, Case Story, Change, Change Management, clients, Coaching, Effective Teams, Impact, Leadership

When the World Goes Through the Shredder: A Change Leader’s Guide to Navigating Fundamental Disruption

Newsletter

Dear Change Leader, Let’s be honest — this is a challenging time. The last few weeks have brought more than their fair share of disruptions, affecting us at personal, team, organizational, and community levels. That’s a lot, isn’t it? And you’re not going to be comforted when I share with you an assessment recently made

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Change, Change Management, Leaders, Leadership, Trends

“The Fatal Flaw of ‘Ready, Fire, Aim’” How Smart Change Leaders Prepare Before They Launch

Newsletter

Dear Change Leader, Ready. Fire. Aim. Sound familiar? If you’re wincing right now, you’re not alone. This all-too-common approach to change initiatives might be the most expensive three-word sequence in business. As one veteran change leader noted in Bent Flyvbjerg’s “How Big Things Get Done”: “Change Projects, not only do they often

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Adaptive Leadership, Change, Change Management, Drivers of Sustained Change, Effective Teams, Facilitation, Growth, Impact, Leaders, Leadership, levers for change, Plans, Psychological Safety, Stakeholders, Sustaining Change, Teams