The Messy Middle: Why Influential Leaders SCAN Before They Push Harder
Publication: Change Leadership | change management | Organisational Change | Situational Awareness
Some concepts stay with you because they keep proving themselves to be true. For me, that applies to Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter’s observation that everything can look like a failure in the middle1. I first heard her talk about this concept many years ago, and it makes perfect sense. Beginnings carry energy. There’s excitement, momentum […]
In Your Corner: How Influential Leaders Build Momentum for Organisational Change
Publication: Building Coalitions | Influential Leaders | Mapping Corners | Organisational Change
Change is rarely a polite visitor. It arrives uninvited, rearranges the furniture, and forces you to reconsider what you thought was certain. Anton Chekhov’s play The Cherry Orchard, first performed in 1904, is a masterclass in the quiet tragedy of resisting change. The play follows a once-wealthy Russian family who return to their estate, only […]
psnews.com.au: Leading the Way to Successful Change
Publication: Adaptive Leadership | Leadership Habits | Organisational Change
In this psnews.com.au article, Michelle explains that while organisational change is inevitable, poorly managed transitions are often caused by a lack of leadership. To avoid common pitfalls, she emphasizes mastering successful change leadership through a situational approach. By cultivating specific leadership habits and an adaptive leadership style, managers can move beyond “change stagnation” to build […]
Are you a change ready leader?
Publication: Change Leadership | Growth Mindset | Leader Habits | Organisational Change
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 […]
Steps to build your habit of change
Publication: Behavioural Change | Building Habits | Habit Change | Organisational Change
We all have habits. Some of those habits are good for us, and some of them are not so good for us. What’s common is that it is hard to change a habit. So when you think about habits in the context of organisational change, it is not surprising that it is hard to get […]