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The Paradox of Change Management

Save time and Resources: Build Readiness (excerpt from Launch Lead Live: The Executive’s Guide to Preventing Resistance and Succeeding with Organizational Change) By: Dr. Dawn-Marie Turner Time is an issue in every organization. Initially, if you are used to working from a resistance perspective, it can feel like it takes longer to get people ready. […]

A Different Approach to New Year’s Resolutions

Happy New Year! Have you made any New Year’s resolutions? I have. Research shows people who make New Year’s resolutions are 10 times more likely to meet their goals than people who don’t make resolutions.* I used to write one or two goals statements because for me a New Year’s resolution was simply a goal […]

Is your organization change cynical or change-innovative?

Change-Innovative or Change Cynical? In my book “Launch Lead Live: The Executive’s Guide to Preventing Resistance and Succeeding with Organizational Change,” I explore two types of organizations when it comes to change.  The first type of organization is the change-innovative and the second is cynical. The difference between the change-innovative and the cynical organization There […]

Help! Our Change Champion Has Stopped Championing

What does a change management team do when the “champions” of the change stop championing? A participant at a workshop asked me this question. The change management team was frustrated because the leaders who launched the change initiative had stopped championing it. Yet, they were still expected to implement the change. I have been asked […]

10 Reasons Organizational Change is Like a Marathon

This Sunday, in Winnipeg, thousands of people will participate in the Manitoba Marathon. Congratulations to everyone who will be running. It takes determination, courage, and commitment to run a marathon. Organizational change can be like running a marathon.  My top ten reasons why organizational change is like a marathon: You are doubtful in the beginning, excited […]