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"When it comes to leading change have you ever heard the phrase "be more like a lighthouse"?
It might sound a bit strange, but I've been thinking a lot about it lately. You know how a
lighthouse guides ships safely through dangerous waters? Well, I think that's exactly what we,
as change management pro...

Are you like me? You think a shiny new year is exciting and full of promise? I’m one of those people
who can’t wait to break open the new planner and set my sights on knocking out my goals one by
one. While planning feels good to me and gives me a sense of control, I am aware there is a still
unknown f...

I’m excited to be heading to the PMI Global Summit this week.  I’ll be speaking about using the R.E.A.D.Y. framework to deliver successful projects using organizational change tools and techniques.  My goal is to give Project, Human Resource and Change professionals additional ideas and tools to ass...

This year I’m feeling especially thankful for the normalcy and the ability to gather that
we’re enjoying right now.

I remember the Thanksgiving dinner when I was twelve and my cousin, Bob, was
eleven. For some reason, we decided we should try to drink the coffee that my aunt had
started in the perc...

This week many of us experienced what we call a “mass change”. A change that affects a mass group of data, or in this case, a mass of people, stakeholders. This mass change has been a bi-yearly event – where many people in North America “fall-back” and change from Daylight Savings Time back to Stand...

Do you love seasonal transitions? As a PMP and organizational change management professional I love seasonal transitions for the natural break they provide. Seasonal transitions provide analogies and examples of the adoption of change. Some enjoy seasonal transitions more than others. While I love t...

The more I focus on the process of change, the more I become convinced that the five-step READY framework simplifies change and ensures complete communication between the project management team and the change management team. The project team delivers the technology, they deliver the project, the p...

Managing change with tools and techniques to lead people through adoption is, as you may know, a passionate topic that I spend most of my waking hours thinking about. When sharing the stakeholder assessment – we look at the Gain, Loss and Fear that accompanies change. I find I usually focus on th...

This week we're celebrating Change Management Training month and one of the ways we're celebrating is to offer a free workshop on Wednesday September 7th about engaging leaders. 

I’m fascinated with leadership engagement because in the past I've sometimes found myself intimidated and therefore not ...

Last week I wrote about the need to Be Of Service to Sponsors and Stakeholders, to be B.O.S.S. when it comes to leading change. Sponsors also need to be of service, to stakeholders. When I’m sharing strategies and tactics about helping sponsors to lead, I’m not letting them off the hook, they owe th...

I had the great pleasure of speaking at the PMI Sioux Empire Chapter Summit yesterday in Sioux Falls, SD.  In addition to the READY, Set, Change! keynote session, I presented a session entitled Secrets of Successful Sponsor Engagement. Talking about sponsor engagement led me to think deeply about th...

Are you feeling tired, foggy or somewhat overwhelmed? 

You may be experiencing change fatigue. The constant swirl of uncertainty due to continuing Covid cases, inflation, ongoing war in the Ukraine as well as the continuing stress of work challenges are proving that change fatigue is real.  

Many ...