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Are You Resisting Change Resistance?
The biggest concern I hear from executives to their proposed changes is about change resistance in their organizations, with their customers or partners. As a business change advisor for over 20 years, I always hear people in my field say, “resistance is normal”. True enough…and…what is left unsaid is resistance is a negative response to…
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The Sun-setting of B.S.
I recently had a conversation with a friend of mine regarding his organization’s need to integrate their “corporate social responsibility” (CSR) policy more broadly across the company. As a change manger he asked for my help. According to Wikipedia CSR is: a form of corporate self-regulation integrated into a business model. CSR policy functions as a built-in, self-regulating mechanism…
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Challenging the Protestant Ethic
I have always felt uncomfortable around people who brag about how hard they work. Of course to proclaim my discomfort would brand me as some sort of anti-American freeloader so I tend to keep those thoughts to myself. To me work has always been a means to an end. I want to enjoy it, do…