Author Archive for: Amanda
About Amanda Turner
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Entries by Amanda Turner
A Conversation with Janice Gair
April 24, 2019 in Free Membership Required, Membership Required /by Amanda TurnerA Conversation with David Zinger
March 26, 2019 /1 Comment/in Free Membership Required, Membership Required /by Amanda TurnerOur first guest on our Conversation on Change Series is expert David Zinger. We discuss the importance of employee engagement. If you’re already a member of our community, you can log-in to view. Not a member? That’s okay! Signing up is free and easy.
Why Leaders Need to Stop Doing Change Management
February 6, 2019 /2 Comments/in Blog /by Amanda Turner“You don’t do yoga.” That’s what I heard the yoga instructor say as he was telling me to raise my legs higher. “You’re right about that,” I thought as I fell into a heap on my yoga mat. “You don’t do yoga,” he said, “you practice yoga.”
That’s when it hit me: it’s the same when it comes to organizational change. It’s not about doing change management. Change management, or rather change leadership, isn’t just another task on your to do list, nor should it be. Instead, it needs to be viewed as a component of your practice. In the same way lawyers or doctors don’t do law or medicine—they practice.
Why CEO’s optimism and enthusiasm for change can sabotage an organization’s success
May 2, 2018 /0 Comments/in Blog, Leading Change /by Amanda TurnerEvery CEO I have met tells me they like change. They are enthusiastic and optimistic about the changes they have launched in their organization. Ironically, it can be this optimism and enthusiasm that increases the risk your change efforts will fail to achieve their desired result.
