I was doing some reading on successful ways to make change in an organization. Engaging with influential peers and non-leaders is a great place to start. According to an article from Training & Development Magazine (April 2011, by author, Phaedra Brotherton) employees are often skeptical of proposed changes, and downright distrusting of firm leadership until…
Look up and out and learn about other business – the best medicine for being more comfortable with change. “It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” Charles Darwin Time and again, I have witnessed resistance to corporate changes. Is it human…
Younger workers value a highly skilled “master” who is capable of mentoring instead of “someone who simply keeps track of what they do.
If you are thinking of solving a problem in an organization, beware the blanket solution that puts a new procedure in place because a few outliers cannot be confronted. Here’s what I mean by this. Recall the person who comes to the office in an inappropriate outfit and rather than speak to the person, a…
I am still in brain mode. “Switching off” in order to focus. Turn off your email, your phone or your iPad while working on a project. Not all day – but have a period of time to focus. The author of the book Your Brain at Work, which I referred to in my last two blogs,…