change management Archives

How to Help People Change When It Isn’t Their Idea

Before taking on a new coaching client, I asked his boss if she thought he really wanted to change. I told her I wasn’t interested in working with him unless he was willing to change... Continue reading

Advice in Six Steps to Help You Handle the Challenge of Behavior Change

Leaders often find that it’s harder than they expected to get people to change their behavior—not only to ask them to change, but also to explain how to make the actual change. Many execs are... Continue reading

Why It Makes Sense to Shift from Change Management to Leading with Love

During a Zoom call the other day, a colleague asked if my consulting practice includes change management. “I don’t call it that,” I said. “I help people and organizations make practical shifts that are grounded... Continue reading

How to Engage Your People in Making Genuine Change

Why is it sometimes so difficult to make significant organizational or operational change? No matter how great the ideas may have been, employees can resist doing things differently from the ways they’re used to, or... Continue reading

In Forbes: 4 Reasons To Ignore Ageist Stereotypes And Value Older Workers

This post originally appeared on Forbes. It’s so hard to find and keep competent, productive employees these days. And yet most organizations tend to discount a major source of both continuing and new employment: encouraging... Continue reading

In Forbes: Six Important Leadership Lessons Come Out Of The Pandemic’s Assault

This post originally appeared on Forbes. The pandemic has been a great teacher of organizational lessons—and nowhere has that been clearer than in the medical field. Michael J. Dowling, president and CEO of Northwell Health, New York's... Continue reading