Start Here:
- Ten things to think about first. Don’t even think of trying this without reading this first.
- Speed Read your Work Environment-What are you not seeing?
- 3 Tests for Business Books. Or “Why I don’t own a Button Shop.”
- What Breaking Bad can teach us about Organizational Change: The business wisdom of Walter White.
How to Tell the Team and your Customers:
- 5 dumb things people do when they try to change the workplace
- Rolling out your plan for World Domination? Do this first!
- Are you selling what they need to hear?
- Can you make it simpler?
- How are you telling your story? Steak, Sizzle or Rainbows?
- Are you afraid of being seen?
- Tara Hunt’s 5 things Customers Don’t Want to hear
- Three things to do before every meeting
- Five for Friday: Corey Jan Albert: Effective Marketing Strategy
UGLY Conversations
- The Uncomfortable Conversation Series
- We need to shut down a business line
- The project has some cost overruns. BIG ones.
- Pull the tooth
- We Screwed Up.
- Humiliation, Rat Poison and a Freight Train
Prioritizing:
- What are you prepared to do? Cue Sean Connery.
- Are you settling?
- Following some Mighty Bad Footsteps. When your Predecessor Sucked
- Taking Stock: How effective were you today?
- Just Say No.
- Five for Friday: Business Development prioritization with Julie Fleming
- What are you NOT Seeing and what will it cost you?
- Asking the right Questions.
Ruts, Stalls and Backlash:
- 5 reasons your project isn’t getting any love
- What Dieters can teach us about Organizational Change
- Charging Back uphill
- 3 great reasons why what worked before for you ISN’T working now.
- Why do employees resist Change? An infographic by Torbin Rick.
- The problems you have left
- A fun way to get unstuck
- Going the Distance
- Check yourself
Shifting Gears:
- Is your confirmation Bias backing you into a corner?
- When it’s time to Reframe it’s time to Rearrange.
- What Bubble are you living in? Billy Joel lives there too!
- Pushing a snowball uphill
Lean Startup Techniques in Organizational Change:
- Lean Intrapreneurship in Corporate Organizations by Carl Danneels
- Lean Startup Techniques in the Government Sector
Taking Care of YOU
- The Sunday Night Dreads, 5 ways to stop them cold.
- Is this it? The Mid-Level Manager’s Lament.
- Turnaround Rule #10.5: Know when to Go.
- 15 things to do differently this year
- Adventures in Interviewing: Shoot Straight or Punt?
- Got Team member Homicide on your Mind? Laugh at this satire of teambuilding gone horribly, horribly wrong! Can We Trust Each Other Enough to Cover up this Murder at the Trust Building Retreat? Brilliance from John Bershad.
- Live October 2014: TheNext5Things.com our sister site that helps you stay relevant in an ever changing world
Side Notes
- Public Libraries: Dancing through the Minefields of Change
- Do Women Tend to Sell Services While Men Build Products?
- Postcards on Change from Belgium
- What if the Government is your Biggest Customer? Adventures during a shutdown.
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