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Change Management Starts with Project Leadership
People do not magically support the projects they lead. Their support is built via the same change management activities that apply to all stakeholders.
On Taking the Time to Do Change Management Right
Good change management does not always increase the quality of project deliverables, but it does increase stakeholder support for them.
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That Place is a Bad Venue
A good concert venue is like good organizational change management; both hopefully escort you seamlessly to a new reality.
When Experience Matters
Some consulting work can be successfully accomplished without extensive employment experience; change management consulting work cannot.
On the Selflessness of Selfishness
Staff who refuse to work unrealistically long hours should feel good about themselves for helping to stop the perpetuation of coercive and exploitative work environments.
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The Case for Inefficient Communication
Support for organizational changes is primarily based on emotion, and it takes more than a few bullet points of information about the benefits and risks of a change to elicit an emotional response.
Rules Should Not Apply
Project teams working on critical initiatives often need to break a few organizational rules to be effective.
How You Communicate Matters
Two of the most important aspects of project communications are the timing of messages and the channels used to deliver information.
The Case for Organizational Change Marketing
While few organizations actively pursue it, internal marketing of critical change initiatives can greatly increase the odds of a project being successful.
The Most Important Aspect of Change Management
Creating desire for a change is much more important than any other aspect of organizational change management.
It is So Shiny! I Need to Have It!
Sometimes the best thing you can do for your organization is ignore the lastest industry trend.
Human Organizations as Complex Systems
There are good reasons to believe human organizations operate as complex systems and this has significant implications for how they should be managed.