February 14, 2025 5 warning signs it’s time to make a change to your executive team Unfortunately, just because a leader excelled previously, doesn’t mean they’re still the right fit. Here’s what CEOs should look out for. BY Nathan Christensen I once hired an executive—we’ll call her Alice—who elevated our company overnight. She helped shape our … Continue reading 5 warning signs it’s time to make a change to your executive team
Most change management is stunningly ineffective. Here’s a middle-out approach that could improve your outcomes. Mike Pastore on January 2, 2025 Marketing teams make changes all the time. But to make big changes in marketing, like using your tech stack more effectively, decreasing your time to market or improving campaign outcomes, a concerted effort … Continue reading It’s time for a better approach to change management in marketing
May 24, 2024 Don’t see the ‘I’ in change? Look Again Four principles can help your leaders transform the company. BY Elaine Mak I have witnessed the impact that a fully embedded, values-driven culture has on company performance. After two years of advancing performance and building culture at Valimail, the metrics were clear: By aggressively and … Continue reading Don’t see the ‘I’ in change? Look Again
By Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini April 06, 2022 Wherever one looks, one sees organizations—from universities, health care providers, and large- to medium-size companies—who are struggling to adapt to an ever-accelerating pace of change. In their quest to stay relevant, most organizations are hobbled by bureaucratic management systems—with too many layers and too may … Continue reading ‘Create a cascade of change’: How to break through stubborn company infrastructure and get things done
John Ejiofor December 28, 2021 While the only constant thing people go through in life is change, it has often proved to be uncomfortable. Incidentally, if you refuse to change, you can find it regrettable at the end of the day; the fundamental reason people are averse to any form of change is that change … Continue reading The Ultimate Guide to Your Brand’s Successful Change Management in 2022
Daniel Burrus December 20, 2021 Close your eyes and think about your daily routine. On a workday, what does that look like? Do you get up, have some breakfast, have some coffee, get dressed, and either log in or drive to an office? And during that routine, do you generally assume that everything will go … Continue reading Change is Uncomfortable. Not Changing Can be Regrettable.
Dave Brock August 26, 2021 Change is a popular topic. Simultaneously, we celebrate, embrace, resist, and fear change. We initiate endless change initiatives. The process of recognizing the need to change is invigorating. We do a lot of analysis, there are innumerable meetings talking about the need to change, discussions of the options, planning for … Continue reading The Tedium of Change
Zad El-Makkaoui June 23, 2021 As organizations begin to implement their change initiatives and re-establish the way they do work, I cannot help but think about the body of knowledge I worked with during my time in graduate school around covert processes at work. Robert Marshak describes six dimensions that impact any organizational change plan … Continue reading The 6 Processes That Make or Break Your Change Efforts
Liz Kislik May 27, 2021 Picture this: You’ve just learned that you’re being hired for — or promoted into — a leadership job that’s at least a level higher than you’ve ever had before. You’re thrilled, and you start thinking about all the things you want to accomplish — for your people, your customers, and … Continue reading How to Think About Initiating Change Efforts That No One Has Asked For
Dave Brock May 13, 2021 The other day, I was speaking with a colleague about the state of sales/selling. We started talking about the irony of change, how our jobs are all about change–yet we, somehow, seem the most resistant to changing how we sell. Sales/selling has little to do with what we sell. It … Continue reading The Irony of Change
