Change Course

It's about that time of year when the wheels fall off of our New Year's resolutions and we face the cold hard reality of our holiday excess.  January 24th is called "The Most Depressing Day of the Year" for good reason!

But what can we learn from our mistakes around New Year resolution failure, and what can it tell us about how we actually change? 

This episode is a warm hug, as we enter season 2 of the Change Course podcast... and don't worry, no shaming! 

We get into how change actually happens and some of the things you can do to help change be successful both in your personal and professional lives.

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That's a wrap on season 1 of the Change Course Podcast.  Can you believe it's already been 1 year?

Thank you to everyone who has listened, sent me your feedback and asked questions.  I can't tell you how much I appreciate it.

I've got an update on the leader who I talked about in "Employee Engagement" and what I think will happen when this person gets back from some well deserved time away. As well as reflections on all that has happened this year, and the change we're still in the middle of. 

Taking the time and space to reflect, rethink and connect with our values and who we want to be is part of the process of personal change.  We're going to be taking a short break for this purpose, and will return on January 7th, 2023. See you then!

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Listen all y'all it's a sabotage!  

Seriously though, sometimes it feels like change resistance is intentional.  I once had a leader in an organization intentionally sabotage the project I was working on, not only that, but they got their whole team involved. It felt like overnight, it went from hard to impossible. 

The truth of it was that this leader had shared a very old but still relevant manual with their team on how to intentionally sabotage projects. While this sounds completely wild, it actually happened. One of their team members, who remains a good person to this day, told me the truth. 

What I learned from this experience was that change resistance behaviour often looks similar.  Since then I've worked hard to find the way to design and deliver change that overcomes these points of resistance.  In essence this is how Connected Change (TM) was born.

Is it ever a good time for change?  Based on my experience and the clients I work with, when asked... is this a good time for a change? The answer usually is "no!".    One of the things that makes change successful is finding the right time to implement change. Sometimes this can mean looking for or using opportunities that come up to help you. 

Changing course happens, and it can happen multiple times in any change,  in this episode we get into how course changes aren't all bad, and can be used as ways to hasten or support change that need to happen. 

There is also a dose of 90's nostalgia in this one, as I tell a hilarious story about using an opportunity led to a desperately wanted change (a pair of amazing high-top sneakers)

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Sometimes we come across really difficult change resistance.  If there is a person involved in the change, who holds a considerable amount of power, and is resisting or worse, sabotaging change, what can you do? 

Alternate titles for this episode were:  "I'm not here to make friends", and/or "Don't hate the player, hate the game".  but really, this episode is all about how to navigate a difficult conversation like one with a powerful resistor, and what you can do to make it a successful one.   When all of the positive strategies have been tried, and failed,  I provide you with some advice on how you can reach this kind of stakeholder, and ultimately, prevent your change from being sabotaged.

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What does a transformation office actually do?  If you're new to the game of change, you might be wondering about this.  I break down the ways transformation offices are structured and why, and how the focus changes for different types of change.  Importantly, we get into how change actually happens.  We talk through the 4 phase Connected Change (TM) model, and what you and people involved in the change are actually doing. 

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Digital transformation,  technology transformation,  we get into what this is all about and how this type of change differs from org changes.  I tell you a story of a client example, of what this actually looked like and how we approached the change.  We break down how to lead this type of change if you're a functional leader or executive and talk through how the transformation office differs in this model.

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In this episode I break down the first type of transformation, organizational change.  We talk about the 4 types of org changes and what that looks like, and the critical role of the transformation office.  I break down the roles and what each bring to the transformation effort, and how you, as an executive and sponsor play a role in transformation success. 

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Organizational transformation -- what a big word. If you're a manager, leader, or new change manager you've probably heard this term tossed around.  In this episode I break down what org transformation is, and what the different kinds are.   We get into the role of change leadership vs. change management and how different types of transformation require different skills. 

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Have you been asked to fill out an employee engagement survey recently? Have you heard the term, quiet quitting? How are these related?

Quiet quitting is a new term for something that has been around for a long while… and the uptick in organizational activity around employee engagement and engagement surveys is trying to address the wrong problem with the wrong tools. What we’re seeing is resistance and confusion around how to respond to the biggest change our world of work has faced since the industrial revolution. Listen in to this week’s Change Course, to learn about the root cause, what the problem really is, and the solutions.

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