Entries by dawnmarie

Change Management 101

Defining change management What is change management? That was the question I was asked while introducing myself and answering the: “what do you do”, question. Although the person had heard the term he really didn’t understand what it was, or the value it can bring to an organization. In broad terms, organizational change management is […]

Rethinking Employee Involvement During Organizational Change

Employee involvement during organizational change is not optional It still surprises me when I hear a leader say, “the change is too large to involve everyone;” or, “we don’t have time to involve everyone.”   It surprises me because it is said as if employee involvement is an option. Your employees, the people you expect […]

When it comes to communicating your message: Once is never enough

Communication takes more than an email Today we can communicate with people easier and faster than ever before. Yet I consistently hear leaders and employees talking about feeling overwhelmed with information, but feel under informed about what is actually going on in their organization. Most of the new communication tools are passive: they leave little […]

Help, My Employees Don’t Like Change?

My Employees Don’t Like Change “I like change, but the people that work for me don’t”, that was comment a CEO recently made to me when we were talking about organizational change.  I have heard this comment or similar “people hate change”.   I understand why some leaders think their employees dislike change. Although most […]

Want To Be More Change Ready? Avoid Labeling Change As Good or Bad

Labeling Change Is Risky Business One of the most powerful things you can do to help yourself cope more effectively with change is to take the labels off. Too often, I hear people talk about change as either negative or positive. What they may not realize is that the label they have applied predetermines their […]