Two Minutes of Talking Change

Innovation isn't an idea problem. It's a leadership problem. My guest - Robyn M. Bolton - let's us in on the secret to sparking innovation in your organization and the reasons why innovative ideas may not be bubbling to the surface in your organization. 

How does this relate to leading change? Innovation is something new that creates value, 'something new' requires change! 

Tune in to find out the ABCs for inspiring innovation. 

Robyn is the Founder & Chief Navigator of MileZero LLC, an innovation consulting firm that helps leaders confidently use innovation to grow their businesses. Previously she was a partner at Innosight, the consulting firm founded by Clayton Christensen and she started her career at P&G where she was on the team that developed and launched Swiffer.

My special guest - Lindsey Agness - tells us the need for answering the WIIFM during change - tune in to find out what that is. She gets to the heart of who we need to be thinking about when aiming to make change in organizations and what criteria we need to address to do change right.  

Lindsey Agness is one of the UK’s leading change specialists, specializing in staff engagement, performance improvement, behavioural change and motivation. Her career includes 11 years as a change management consultant, corporate trainer and coach for PwC then as a business owner and entrepreneur. She has written 4 books on change.

For more on the conversations needed to lead change successfully, check out Talking Change: Must-Have Conversations for Successful Leaders and my other podcast - Talking Change with Jen and Rebecca - to dive into each of the conversations. 

My special guest - Rishwinder Sethi - highlights the need to educate and converse with people prior to asking them to do things during change. He outlines what people need to know and understand before they can be good change leaders, and why it's important for leaders to understand where they are at on their own change journey before they can successfully lead others. 

I couldn't agree more with his sentiments - this is why I created AIM Changer - an experiential course to give leaders the tools, support, and confidence needed to lead during times of change, whether they chose the change or had it imposed on them. 

Rishwinder Sethi loves to  develop people into change leaders and strategically advise them on how to approach change with curiosity, perseverance, humanity, all while aligning strategic vision into actionable people outcomes.

For more on the conversations needed to lead change successfully, check out Talking Change: Must-Have Conversations for Successful Leaders. 

My special guest, Jennifer McCarthy - a Senior Manager with KPMG in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in the People and Change Advisory Practice - tells us why change management is both an art and a science. And she sheds a little light on why people resist change with a quote from The Practice of Adaptive Leadership by Marty Linsky.

This is a question change managers, and others, hear a lot. My special guest today is Serena McArthur - the Director of Enterprise Change Management for the Government of New Brunswick. She is a long-time change practitioner and Master Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma. 

Serena has a great counter question to 'Does my project actually require change management?' - Tune in to hear the answer to these questions and her top tips for leading successful change. 

And this episode includes the 'extended cut' of our conversation for a little more insight into why change management is needed, even in seemingly simple projects. 

I'm joined by Candice Erickson-Perham today with her top leadership tip - listening, and more importantly what comes after listening that will help you make successful change as a leader. 

Find out more about Candice and her amazing work at https://www.indiglowsoul.com/ 

With almost every coaching client I’ve worked with over the last 15 years, I’ve given this assignment…"Tomorrow, you can only ask questions". The reaction is always the same…"I’m not sure I can do that". I need to tell them what to do next.

Learn why leading with questions will result in a better work product from your team members. 

And, can you do it? Can you only ask questions tomorrow?

Are you a leader with a new role - new team, new mandate, a new organization? Find out more about my Confident Leader Kickstart program and go from new and nervous to calm and confident in your new leadership role. 

Today my special guest - Sami Sappong, a strategic planner and constant student of change, gives us his ideas on demystifying change - he outlines some key questions to answer and a few steps to follow to simplify change and keep in mind what (or who) is at the heart of making successful change - people.

Are you taking on a new leadership role or do you want re-focus your leadership approach. Leaders lead change. For more support - check out my AIM Leadership Roadmap and the Leader Kickstart Plan. 

Have you ever had that feeling when making change that you just can't talk about it anymore - you're so tired of saying the same thing over and over again - one more time with feeling - and you wonder if people are ever going to 'get it'? You're not alone! Find out why and when people will finally start paying attention in today's podcast. 

For more info on the ABC Transition Roadmap™ listen to this podcast. 

The AIM Change Management Roadmap - learn more about how I help organizations implement change that sticks!