Ruts, Stalls and Backlash
Navigating through the Landmines
Why do Employees Resist Change, a simple graphic from Torben Rick
They’re sticking their heads in the sand, why? Let Torbin Rick explain it in this simple infographic.
What Dieters can Teach us about Creating Organizational Change:
Do businesses and employees have a “set point”? How does that impact you? Is your team headed back to their comfort zone?
What are you prepared to do?! (cue Sean Connery)
Do, Deal with or Delegate? Because you lose sight of the goal when you’re always in the weeds. Or attempting perfection.
The Sunday Night Dreads: 5 ways to shake them. Starting Today
Whena stiff scotch or pretzels dipped in Nutella won’t cut it, try these five things.
The Problems you Have Left
If it was simple then everyone would do it. Great insights from Seth Godin.
Speed Read your Work Environment, Today
See the bigger picture. Our Free “Field Guide” gives you some key questions to help widen your view beyond your department or division. It covers topics as diverse as “Power Players” “Who’s Buying, Who’s Paying, Who’s Watching”, “Revenue Streams” “People Culture” “Technology” “Bomb Dropping” and a few others you need to know.
Rule #7: Locate the Elephants
What is everyone around you working hard not to “see.” Pointing it out can be career suicide.
Rule #4: Do the Math: Follow the Money
Want to know what levers you’ll be able to move and what resources you can access to execute your brilliant strategy? Start here.
Rule #10: Celebrate the Victories, even the Small Ones
It’s rare to get dramatic results overnight. Some days a victory may even consist of “At least Joe in Accounting only rolled his eyes three times when we were presenting.”
Pull the Tooth.
There’s always that one thing. You dance around it, design elaborate workarounds. It persists. It’s time.
One of these things is not like the others…and confirmation bias will make sure it doesn’t get the job.
If we always look for someone who looks like what we’ve always hired for a role, we lose out on new perspectives. Harvard Business Review shows how “in the box” our thinking can be.
Humiliation, Rat Poison and a Freight Train
The Do’s and Don’ts of getting your point across if you’re following the Fulton County Rat Poison lady and a freight train rolls through…
How the Election Cycle can Affect Your Success, Even if You’re Not Running for Office
Not running for political office this year? Then what does the election cycle have to do with you? Quite a bit.
Going the Distance
What’s your pitch? Is it still as relevant today as when you originally crafted it?
Five Reasons Your Project isn’t Getting any Love
You’ve gotten the green light. The executive committee signed off. Everyone held hands, blessed the plan and said “Go Forth and create this change!” So why the heck isn’t anyone listening to anything you say?
Charging Back Uphill: Blasting out of a Stall.
When you’re in a hole, stop digging. Here’s five ways to get started. Tomorrow is another day.
A Fun Way to Get “Unstuck”
A very fun app. Apply it to your biggest life problems. And which road to take.
3 Great Reasons why what Worked for you Before isn’t Working Now. (pt. 1)
It was working, now its not working. Why? Part 1 of 3: The ground beneath your feet changed.
3 Great Reasons why what worked for you Before isn’t working Now (Pt. 2)
Part 2 of 3: You mistook a one-hit wonder for hall of fame success.
#3 of 3 Great Reasons why what Worked for you Before, isn’t Working Now.
Part 3 of 3. It worked before. Now its not working. Why? Because your product is wearing the wrong clothes.