By: Dr. Dawn-Marie Turner Every Organizational Change is Connected When my daughter Amanda was little, one of her favourite books was Laura Numeroff’s story, “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.” The story is simple. A little boy gives a mouse a cookie and sets off a chain reaction of unanticipated consequences. After the little […]
By: Dr. Dawn-Marie Turner In a previous blog post I said the more changes you launch the less likely any one will be successful. I made the argument that to get greater change in your organization you need to launch less change initiatives. Ok, so you are working to reduce the number of change initiatives. […]
Overcoming The Most Difficult Aspect of Change: Letting Go Dr. Dawn-Marie Turner After almost 20 years, I switched from my Blackberry smartphone to an iPhone. I was ready. I knew it would take time to learn the new technology, but I was surprised that letting go of the old phone was so uncomfortable. I shouldn’t […]
Dr. Dawn-Marie Turner Slow Down to Speed Up Your Pace of Change As my colleague and I were setting a meeting date, almost simultaneously, we said, “Wow another week gone.” Are you feeling the pressure of so much to do and so little time? It’s a common theme I hear from many leaders. I feel […]
