Category: Transition & Change Management
Lessons From Tommy Norris’ One-Day Job Search
The five step career plan is iterative. The best practitioners of it iterate from the general to the specific. If in nothing else he does, Tommy Norris provides a model…
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How To Make Equal Partnerships Work. It’s Hard.
Equal partnerships are hard to make work because they are rarely truly equal. Even if they are equal for one brief shining moment, they don’t stay equal. First prize is…
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Relooking At Why You Should Never Make Or Take Job Counter Offers
In my earlier article on this subject, I argued that job counter offers are lame attempts to correct past omissions and are almost never successful. Either people don’t take them…
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What To Do With People In The Wrong Roles
What you should do with people in the wrong roles depends. If they don’t have the motivation, fit or strengths required for your organization, move them out. If they do,…
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Relooking At Three Priorities In Ensuring A Smooth Merger Or Acquisition
One of my early articles for this publication was about AMN’s CEO Susan Salka and Three Priorities in Ensuring a Smooth Merger or Acquisition. Those priorities were 1) early conversations with…
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How To Make The Best Use Of The Fuzzy Front And Back Ends Of Virtual Meetings
You can’t. They don’t exist. Instead, find ways to compensate for their absence. By now, we all know virtual meetings are more efficient than live meetings – mostly because of the savings…
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Relooking At Beyond 10,000 Hours: The Constant Pursuit Of Mastery
One of my early articles for this publication looked Beyond 10,000 Hours: The Constant Pursuit Of Mastery. The main point was about embracing your own unique talent, developing it into a…
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Relooking At The 5 Most Important Questions For BRAVE Leaders
One of my early articles for this publication over a decade ago was The Five Most Important Questions for BRAVE Leaders. Originally designed as a way to look at culture, it’s…
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Relooking At Leading the Unmanageable to Do Amazing Things
One of my early articles for this publication was on Leading the Unmanageable to Do Amazing Things. The main point was that you couldn’t be bound by conventional approaches if…
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