Change

Many leaders don’t like the word vulnerability, because society has tended to equate vulnerability with weakness. This weekend I attended an event in New York City to listen to Brené Brown, one of my favorite researchers on vulnerability. Today I'm going to share with you what I have learned about vulnerability as the key that opens creativity, innovation, and change. Continue reading »

Spring and Easter remind us of new possibilities. Although many leaders proclaim they like and want new ideas, new methods, new understandings, new interpretations, new strategies. . . in reality, very few back up their words with action.

Today I offer a few simple suggestions for those who want to be ready to embrace the new. Continue reading »

One common mistake I have observed in organizations that feel the need for change is a confusion about what kind of change is needed. In the last couple of years I have seen change efforts fail because leaders were trying to implement incremental change, or improvements in behaviors and operations, when what was needed was transformational change. What is transformational change and how it differs from other kinds of change? That's what this post is about. Continue reading »

In the last post I shared what is involved in transitions and what are the three phases that people go through. Today I'm going to share with you five practical strategies to make the journey of transition easier. Continue reading »

We hear a lot about change, its perils, and how often we fail at change. But change is not the real problem. The difficulty lies in the transition, that intricate, turbulent, and convoluted process that people go through to incorporate the change into their lives.

There is a difference between changes and transitions. Change is situational, while transitions are psychological. Change relates to events outside, transition has to do with the inner-reorientation, the new way of making meaning we have to tackle in order to navigate to the other side. Transitions are difficult because they often force us to re-examine our values, lifestyle, and learning. Continue reading »