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Execution: Organizational Change Management in Practice
In order to be successful, organizational change efforts are not exercises in democracy but rather military deployments. This article builds further on that military metaphor to clarify my point.
One, Two, Three, Seven?!
Every time I introduce something new into my team, my project or the organization I am working for I am reminded of how well I can count. Let me explain: it’s all about buy-in. The below text is quoted from Marshall Goldsmith’s book What Got You Here Won’t Get You There. It describes exactly the […]
The Talking Stick
Last week I was involved in a discussion on a very hot topic in a group of more than 45 people and almost the same diversity of national cultures. About every individual in the room had a firm opinion on the topic and the debate was on: a lot of intelligent people making their point […]
Good Lemonade
Don’t abuse change management activities to repackage and advertise bad lemonade. If the lemonade is bad, be straight about it. Work on the lemonade instead of accusing the buyers. Use change management activities to bring about involvement and participation that triggers an invisible hand.
Virginia, To Thee I Pray
Over the past months I have been shaking up the realities of a team that is supposed to deliver IT services to my team.
“Wellness”… My Ass!
Last week I was a few minutes early on the steering committee of a huge SAP implementation. As we were joking around we came to the subject of ‘change management’. One person mentioned that some consulting companies abbreviate it as ‘CMS’, which alternatively translates as “Chicks Making Slides”. I had no evidence to prove him wrong. So […]
Shut up!! (The Best Management Advice Ever)
This is one of those articles which is as much meant for myself as it could be helpful to you – dear reader.
Some Mails are Better Never Sent
I tend to believe that the best consulting work is done with the heart breaking or overflowing. Sometimes people tell me not to get so emotionally involved and to adopt a rational outsider perspective.
FYI: slides, slides, slides!
I have added some more slides lately to the ‘Luc’s Slides’ section. They come in pdf format, which makes it easier to grab the speaker notes that I attached to each slide. The following slideshows are available: 1. Change Management Cooking Class (46 slides)A ten step introduction into organizational change management from a project perspective. […]
Spaghetti Sauce and Organizational Change
In this presentation Malcolm Gladwell introduces us to a man named Howard Moskowitz. In the seventies, Pepsi wanted Moskowitz to figure out the perfect amount of sweetener for a can of Diet Pepsi. Moskowitz looked for the concentration that people liked the most. But the data were a mess—there wasn’t a pattern—and one day, sitting […]
