Two pronounced capabilities show up in the most successful entrepreneurs and organizational leaders I encounter: the ability to adapt in the moment to whatever emerges the capacity to bounce back or have resiliency when things don’t ...continue->
Adaptive Leadership & Resilience – Part 1
Two pronounced capabilities continue to show up in the most successful entrepreneurs and organizational leaders I encounter: the ability to adapt in the moment to whatever emerges the capacity to bounce back or have resiliency when ...continue->
Outsmarting Resistance to Change – Part 3
Imagine standing shoulder to shoulder in a line with 20 people. You can see your colleagues on your left and right. Now take 5 steps forward. Everyone else is behind you now. Do you feel safer ...continue->
Outsmarting Resistance to Change – Part 2
Everything we desire to change—all the problems, issues, and challenges before us—exist today as the unintended consequence of our current approach to solving problems. Problems exist because of how we attempt to solve them. Without shifting ...continue->
Outsmarting Resistance to Change – Part 1
This blog examines our natural inclination to resist change and what we can do to positively influence organizational change efforts. Part 1: Resistance is Inevitable In the Star Trek series, the alien race known as The ...continue->
Initiative 6 – Acknowledge Bold and Courageous Steps
The last of six initiatives to transform individuals and organizations looks at how leaders can acknowledge and celebrate those who choose to take bold action for change. In doing so a leader reinforces the importance of ...continue->
Initiative 5 – Illuminate New Perspectives
In this blog we explore the fifth of six initiatives that transform individuals and organizations. As leaders, part of our job is to bring people’s good ideas forward and hold them high enough for others to ...continue->
Initiative 4 – Help Express New Awareness and Perspectives
In this blog we explore the fourth of six initiatives in the transformation of individuals and organizations. Here we examine ways to draw forth and share insights that inspire us to change. Initiative #4: Help express ...continue->
Initiative 3 – Actively Challenge Habits of Expectation
In this blog we explore the third of six initiatives that transform individuals and organizations. In it, you will discover the most reliable methods to inquire more deeply and effectively into the dilemmas that face you. ...continue->
Initiative 2 – Create a Safe Environment for Reflection
In this blog we explore the second of six initiatives that transform individuals and organizations. Initiative #2: Create a safe environment for critical reflection. Once we have revealed the disorienting dilemmas (see the prior post on ...continue->
Initiative 1 – Discover Disorienting Dilemmas
In this blog we explore the first of six initiatives that transform individuals and organizations. Initiative #1: Surface disruptive and disorienting dilemmas that are emerging. A disorienting dilemma is a situation in which you are doing ...continue->
6 Initiatives that Transform Individuals and Organizations
Are you called upon to facilitate change, either for individuals or an organization? It can be a challenge, but this blog series is here to offer help. Research into the inner experience of transformation showed that ...continue->