Entries by dawnmarie

Three reasons to stop trying to project manage change

I often hear leaders talk about change management as the people side of project management. This isn’t surprising because for most leaders their first introduction to change management is when launching or implementing a large project. The informal surveys and conversations I have had with leaders, and the research all suggest a project-based approach to […]

Getting People Involved–Level: Critical

Involvement is key “How do I involve people in the change?” “The change we’re implementing doesn’t really affect that department, do they need to be involved too?” These are some questions that must be answered when you launch a change. Getting people involved is challenging. It’s easy to think a change won’t affect another area, […]

Getting Comfortable with the Discomfort of Change

Discomfort is necessary for real change When you are a change expert do people expect you to navigate change effortlessly? That was the question Stephanie Staples, host of the radio show Your Life Unlimited, asked when she was interviewing me about my book Launch Lead Live. The short answer was yes, people think because I’m […]