Is a picture worth a thousand words? And if so, how a leader use this principle to connect people to the need for change? John Kotter, noted Harvard professor and author of such books as The Heart of Change and What Managers Really Do, wrote that there are eight steps to leading an organizational change [...]
Posts from ‘July, 2008’
How New Leaders Connect People to the Need for Change
Effective leadership changes accelerate when a newly hired or promoted leader achieves 2-3 critical wins within their first three months in their role. These “small enough to win, big enough to matter” wins are generally dependent on their team becoming aware, accepting, and actively engaging with the need for the status quo to change. We all know [...]
Nature or Nurture? What You Believe About Your Talent Capacity Is True!
I read an interesting article in the Business section of today’s New York Times entitled, “If you’re Open to Growth, You Tend to Grow”. The author, Janet Rae-Dupree asks the question, “Is it possible to shift from a fixed mind-set to a growth mind-set?”. To answer this question, Rae-Dupree quotes Stamford psychologist Carol Dweck’s three [...]