psnews.com.au: Leading the Way to Successful Change
Publication: change management | leading change | organisations
We all know workplace change is inevitable, but badly-managed change is worse than no change at all. In this article, thanks to psnews.com.au Michelle suggests ways to avoid the pitfalls. If you’ve worked in any organisation for a while, you’ll likely have experienced some form of organisational change. Sadly, your experience of the change may […]
Do you look to change last?
Publication: change management | communication | leadership | performance
Regularly, consulting firms release analyses on the challenges facing businesses and leaders. Reports, such as this one from KPMG, are insightful and provide helpful focal points for leaders. More often than not, issues around change and transformation top the list. However, what’s rarely included as a leadership challenge is the need for leaders to challenge their […]
Are you a change ready leader?
Publication: change management | leadership | organisations | performance
If you’ve worked in any organisation for a while, you’ll likely have experienced some form of organisational change. Sadly, it’s also likely that your experience of the change may have been sub-par. The history of organisational change is littered with examples of projects and initiatives that didn’t go to plan. Never finished. Descoped. Poorly implemented […]
Leader’s Digest Magazine: Be ready for it to go off the rails
Publication: change management | performance | workplace
Thanks to Leader’s Digest Magazine, Michelle provides her insights about how to put change into context and make it relevant. Have you ever had a time when you planned a project, initiative or piece of work and it didn’t go to plan? Continue reading.
psnews.com.au: Lessons on change from the cane toad
Publication: change management | strategy | workplace
In this article for psnews.com.au, Michelle says in the current workplace environment, change is inevitable and, indeed desirable — but be alert for the unintended consequences. It seemed like a good idea at the time. You’ve got a problem and identified a solution. Tested the solution, and now you’ve rolled it out. The team and you […]
Be ready for it to go off the rails
Publication: change management | strategy | Success
Have you ever had a time when you planned a project, initiative or piece of work, and it didn’t go to plan? It might have been that it took longer than anticipated, required more resources, was more costly, the benefits weren’t realised, or you discovered it didn’t come to fruition as expected. The list of […]
Are you alert to the change cane toads at work?
Publication: change management | influence | leading change
It seemed like a good idea at the time. You’ve got a problem and identified a solution. Tested the solution, and now you’ve rolled it out. The team and you sit back and celebrate your success…only to find unexpected impacts derail the change. Dependencies and connections you hadn’t identified have risen to the surface, and […]
Governance Institute of Australia: How to help your people through times of great change
Publication: change management | leading change | strategy
Thanks to the Governance Institute of Australia, in this article Michelle outlines how leaders can help their team through times of great change. Michelle notes: Effective leaders recognise this and are adept at helping their organisation and team be equipped to respond to whatever the changing world sends their way. Critical skills needed in a […]
HR Leader: How to help your people through times of great change
Publication: change management | leadership | leading change | workplace
The CSIRO’s recently released report, Our Future World, highlights the seven megatrends that will likely transform how we work, play and live. It’s a stark reminder that change is all around us, and is continual. Thanks to HR Leader, in this article Michelle explains how you can help your people through times of great change. […]
What’s the friction holding you back?
Publication: change management | culture | organisations
Is friction holding you back from making the progress you seek and from making a change happen? Craig and I have recently taken up bike riding. Not having ridden a bike since my teenage years, getting back on, I was a little nervous (perhaps an understatement, because I did have thoughts of scrapes, bruises and […]