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Change Leadership Secret – 97 – Unfreeze the Status Quo
Change Leadership — Secret # 97 Unfreeze the Status Quo The time is always right to do what is right. —Martin Luther King, Jr. What I Need to Know The second stage of the change process is to unfreeze the current state. Dying The person must let his dream and desire to keep forever the […]
Change Leadership Secret – 96 – Recognize the Status Quo
Change Leadership — Secret # 96 Recognize the Status Quo Choose always the way that seems best, however rough it may be; custom will soon render it easy and agreeable. —Pythagoras What I Need to Know According to the Tannenbaum & Hanna model, the change process begins with the current state—the way things are now—the […]
Change Leadership Secret – 95 – Drive Change Awareness
Change Leadership — Secret # 95 Drive Change Awareness The first step toward change is awareness. —Nathaniel Branden What I Need to Know Change actuation begins with awareness. In Forceful Selling, I described five stages of change awareness: 1. Unrecognized. Either the person or organization has not recognized the need for a change, or is […]
Change Leadership Secret – 94 – Be the Skeptic Who Always Believes
Change Leadership — Secret # 94 Be the Skeptic Who Always Believes The clearest sign of wisdom is continued cheerfulness. —Michel Eyquem de Montaigne What I Need to Know In assessing and convincing stakeholders what is achievable, the change agent needs almost to have two personalities. One personality should be the promoter who inspires everyone […]
Change Leadership Secret – 93 – Maintain Positive Momentum
Change Leadership — Secret # 93 Maintain Positive Momentum A word once let out of the cage cannot be whistled back again. —Horace (1st century B.C.) What I Need to Know One of the most powerful “forces” acting on a change initiative is the force of momentum. Momentum is technically not a force. But it […]
Change Leadership Secret – 92– Where There Is Change, There Is Conflict
Change Leadership — Secret # 92 Where There Is Change, There Is Conflict A diamond is a chunk of coal that made good under pressure. —Anonymous What I Need to Know Business is war. Or at least, there are those who think it is. As a change agent, you are often at the front line […]
Change Leadership Secret – 91– Leverage Critics
Change Leadership — Secret # 91 Leverage Critics Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one. —Lyndon B. Johnson What I Need to Know If there is a risk of enthusiastic clients over-estimating what is achievable, there is an even bigger risk that there will be a […]
Change Leadership Secret – 90 – Version 1.0 Is Junk
Change Leadership — Secret # 90 Version 1.0 Is Junk Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose your ability to learn new things and move forward with your life. —David M. Burns What I Need to Know Let’s face it. Version 1.0 is a […]
Change Leadership Secret – 89 – Plan Ahead, But Deliver Version 1.0
Change Leadership — Secret # 89 Plan Ahead, But Deliver Version 1.0 Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. —Albert Einstein What I Need to Know People seem always to have “champagne tastes and beer budgets.” They always want more than they are prepared to pay for. That’s why we need […]
Change Leadership Secret – 88 – There’s No Free Lunch
Change Leadership — Secret # 88 There’s No Free Lunch Those who plow the sea do not carry the winds in their hands. —Publilius Syrus What I Need to Know Nobel Prize–winning economist Milton Friedman is associated with the famous phrase, “There is no such thing as a free lunch.” Even if the lunch is […]
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