Tuesday, December 11, 2018Ever since McKinsey & Company proposed that successful businesses were always engaged in a 'war for talent’ in the 1990s, we’ve been hoodwinked into believing that the secret to high productivity is talent, and we have become obsessed with finding and keeping talented individuals. The problem is, this approach rarely works. Categories: Organizational Change, Sensemaking, Blog
Thursday, February 22, 2018Part Two In Our Coaching and Influence Series Everyone wants to have influence, but no one wants to admit it because the term carries a fairly negative connotation—one that invokes manipulation. In truth, influence is how work gets done all over the world. Coercion is useful in the short term if you have access to it, but lasting change is about creating followership, not slavery. Categories: Influence, Organizational Change, Leadership, Leadership Development, Blog
Monday, November 20, 2017Part One in our Coaching and Influence Series When it comes to trying to get people to do what we want, we pay particular attention to how specific people have responded before to our attempts at influencing them at work — how much “luck” we have enjoyed as a result of those successful efforts. Categories: Influence, Organizational Change, Leadership Development, Blog