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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

Why Your Team Watches Your Calm, Not Your Answers

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Leading with presence when you don’t have all the solutions Dear Change Leader, “I need to have the answer before I can talk to my team,” Jennifer said during a recent call. As a senior leader, she’d been dealing with shifting customer demands and three rounds of budget revisions in the past six months.

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Adaptive Leadership, Change, Change Management, Communication, Engagement Paradox, influencing others, Leadership, levers for change, Psychological Safety, Sustaining Change, Teams

The Transparency Paradox Every Leader Faces

What Leaders Fear to Say (But Teams Need to Hear)

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The Transparency Paradox Every Leader Faces Dear Change Leader, “I can’t tell them the whole truth,” Marcus said quietly. As Executive Director of a regional nonprofit, he’d been carrying difficult news for three months—uncertain funding, potential program and staff cuts, strategic questions about the organization’s future. “If my team knows how serious this is, they’ll

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Adaptive Leadership, Change, Change Management, Communication, Culture, Engagement Paradox, influencing others, Leadership, levers for change, Pathfinder, Psychological Safety, Sustaining Change, Teams

The Bonds That Rebuild: Cultivating Team Resilience

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Dear Change Leader, When a storm strikes, it’s not the strongest tree that necessarily survives—it’s the grove with intertwined root systems supporting each other through the gale. As we continue exploring resilience, let’s focus on what might be the most powerful dimension: relational resilience—the unique strength that emerges when teams bond through disruption. The

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Adaptive Leadership, Capable People, Change, Change Management, Culture, Effective Teams, Growth, Impact, Innovation, Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Trends, Pathfinder, Psychological Safety, Teams

Finding Renewal in Disruption: The Forest Fire Principle of Resilience

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Dear Change Leader, Imagine this scene with me… It’s a windy day in the forest. Trees sway dramatically as gusts intensify, their rustling growing louder in your ears. Suddenly, one tree—its roots perhaps not as deeply anchored as others—topples onto a power line. An electrical arc sends sparks flying in all directions. In these

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Adaptive Leadership, Change, Change Management, Growth, Innovation, Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Trends, Organizational Growth, Pathfinder, Psychological Safety

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

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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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Resources for Psychological Safety

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“Psychological safety is the belief that in a group you’re a part of you can ask a question, make a mistake, take a risk, ask for help without fear of embarrassment, exclusion, or retribution.” The Psychological Safety Playbook Interested to learn more about Psychological Safety and the different it makes in the workplace? I’ve curated on this page a

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Adaptive Leadership, Belonging, Change, Communication, Culture, Effective Teams, Inclusion, Psychological Safety, Teams

“Would You Fly This Airline?” Rethinking What We Consider ‘Essential’ in Organizational Performance

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Dear Change Leader, Would you fly on this airline? “We will no longer perform regular maintenance on our aircraft.” “Due to our hiring freeze, there will only be one pilot on the flight deck.” Imagine an airline making these announcements in the name of cost-cutting. Your reaction would likely be a mix

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Adaptive Leadership, Belonging, Capable People, Change Management, Communication, Culture, Drivers of Sustained Change, Effective Teams, Equity, Hybrid Mastery, Impact, Inclusion, Innovation, Leaders, Leadership, Psychological Safety, Sustaining Change, Teams, Trust

When Leaders (Over) React: The Hidden Cost of Unmanaged Emotions

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Dear Change Leader, Has anyone ever spoken to you like this? “Don’t you dare challenge me again.” “That’s a stupid idea” “Who asked you?” Ouch. That hurts. Think back to a time when you heard words like these. Notice how, even now, just remembering might make you feel unsettled. There’s a reason for that: emotions

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Communication, Culture, Drivers of Sustained Change, Effective Teams, Habits, Inclusion, influencing others, Innovation, Leaders, Leadership, Psychological Safety, Teams, Trust

The Hidden Cost of Success: Why Your Company is Losing Employee Buy-In Harnessing Psychological Safety to Reignite Workplace Passion

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In a world where company growth and success should fuel employee satisfaction, 67% of staff are not positively engaged. Here’s why, and what you can do about it. The Engagement Paradox I recently heard from an executive-level leader at a growing company. This company was good at what it did, it had a sterling reputation,

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Adaptive Leadership, Capable People, Change, Change Management, Communication, Culture, Effective Teams, Engagement Paradox, Growth, Impact, Leaders, Leadership, Organizational Growth, Psych, Psychological Safety, Sustaining Change, Teams, Transition