Troubleshoot Transformation: T-Ra Map
Transformation is about levelling up to reach a higher potential. It requires fortitude and courage under challenging circumstances- indeed the discomfort can be so overwhelming that organisations can fail to make it through. So how do we stay the course when budgets blow out, people blow up and the anticipated future fades away? By using the T-Ra®…
Change Hero- Flattening The Curve
Most people are going through tough changes due to the presence of COVID. No matter where you live, what language you speak, whether you are rich or poor, old or young, the impacts of large-scale change are being felt. We’re all being asked to adjust to a new COVID world, with lingering health impacts, jobs lost, schooling…
Learning To Surf Change
According to futurists, in 25 years time organisations are likely to experience about 30 times more change than today, thanks mainly to technological changes, an increasingly globalised economy and higher lifestyle expectations. Learning how to conquer change and transformation is therefore a critical organisational skill. Its just like learning to surf. Read the conditions: There…
Use The Force To Manage Change
Many of us have experienced transformation in one form or another and most have found the experience to be chaotic, messy, exhausting and negative. To create a better experience for you and your organisation, try Luke Skywalkers’ approach. Anyone who answered the call to action for transformation is on a heroes journey. The following change cycle can…
Flocking To Integration
Recently my son, a budding biologist, asked ‘Mum, why do only the same type of birds flock together? All birds can fly, so why don’t they do it together and then be able to fly even further and be better at finding food, shelter and protecting themselves from predators.’ Good question, son. I guess different…
You Are The Lord Of The Rings
Frodo in Lord of the Rings was far from the perfect hero. He was small, weak, vulnerable and downright nearly failed in executing his mission- to throw the ring into the fires of Moordoor. In fact, had it not been for various magical feats of Gandolf the Wizard, the skills and persistence of the prince,…
Combat Growing Pains With Help From An Implementation Expert
The goal for most organisations is to maximise profit and keep shareholders happy. That’s why significant sums are invested in business growth. Not just to kick of new acquisitions, mergers, supplier agreements, department rewiring, larger premises, process changes, refreshed strategies and bigger product mixes…but also to buy-in external consultants, project teams, capability backfill and more, as design moves to implementation. Little…
Follow The Yellow Brick Road to become a Warrior of Change
What to do when transformation blows like a tornado through your organisation, leaving chaos in its’ wake and landing you in foreign territory, far, far away from the place you once knew and loved? Take a leaf from Dorothy’s book…follow the Yellow Brick Road. Success is about realising that there is no great wizard to…
Winter is coming. Unite for psychological safety.
I am a child of the long summer. Born into an era where large organisations recruited graduates, gave them a career path, nurtured them through the hard times and helped them steadily progress over many years. Where leaders were generally friendly, fair and honest and spent time reflecting with their people on achievements and development opportunities during regular…
Agility is basketball, not golf
The word ‘agile’ is familiar in most organisations, however few seem to know how to apply it well. Gone are the days where leaders succeeded in running transformation with the skills of a professional golfer, taking time to make perfect decisions as if lining up the winning put on the final tee…creating perfect PowerPoint packs, tirelessly adjusted through peer-review…
Change creates the Conscientious Hero
In Hacksaw Ridge, Desmond Doss, a conscientious objector becomes a war hero after saving over 75 men from a bloody battlefield and leading troops to victory…while refusing to hold a gun or fight. It’s a moving story, reminding us of the good in human nature and the additional power that teams have when members focus on…
Diversity- Making the unconscious, conscious
Poor relationships in the workplace drive billions of dollars in mental stress costs, through claims, litigation, employee turnover, poor performance, addictions, sleep disorders, accidents, obesity, heart attacks, diabetes, cancer…and much more. And the main cause of poor relationships? A lack of diversity and inclusion in both our conscious and unconscious thinking. Our brains are wired…
Sick of stress? Read a book.
This week I finally publish three books, collectively and affectionately known as the Co Solution Series. The first book is for leaders of large global corporations, suggesting 45 ways in which they can create competitive advantage without spending any money. The second takes a look at how Human Capital Management contributes to the bottom line…
Identity crisis? Try not to be dysfunctional.
Is your organisation suffering from an identity crisis? Most organisations are facing great changes, thanks to increased competitiveness from globalisation, technology improvements, web interactions, customer expectations and more. Perhaps your organisation has grown quickly through a number of mergers and aquisitions, bringing in new teams, cultures, technologies and regions. Perhaps it has suffered a number of…
Company failed? Blame it on the stress
Competition across all industries is growing. Plenty of organisations have failed in the past few years, or are potentially facing failure. This includes many large, once heavily protected and profitable organisations, such as Kodak, Blockbuster and Nokia. Organisations are just beginning to realise how critical it is to remain open minded and abreast of competitive…
