Motivation Creating a vision Managing politics Manage transition Sustain momentum Can you crosswalk those five major activities to and AI approach? How can AI positively affect each of those? What can we do to reinforce new behaviors at the managerial level? Once the speeches are over and the awards have been presented we all […]
Tag: Organizational Change
reflections on Kotter’s change model and appreciative inquiry
Should organizations be looking at how to change themselves to adapt to an environment or should they look for environments in which their organization is prone to succeed and stay with what they know? Those who believe in the latter approach, are advocates of the core competency model. Kotter‘s model is concerned about minimizing error […]
The persona of the process consultant: is it intentional or assigned?
Image by Getty Images via Daylife I’m wondering if you have ever had the experience of deliberately planning your relationship to the organization you’re trying to help change. I am discovering that I tend to have a particular role that I favor witches being an expert. Sometimes when I act as an expert by taking […]
Authenticity for “insiders” acting as change leaders
Image via Wikipedia Have you ever tried to act as a change agent inside your organization in a way that took you out of your assigned role? What kinds of challenges did that present for you when you were trying to work with people who pigeonholed you into a certain role based on your job […]
The simplicity of the Lewin change model
Image via Wikipedia I find that the Lewin three stage model briefs very well to organizational members who have been assigned to a change management project. It doesn’t take very much to communicate the essential ideas of his process. I wonder sometimes if it is too simple and assumes away too much complexity to be […]