http://handspring.com.au Business and organisational change Mon, 14 May 2012 00:40:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Think about a time when you stretched yourself and did something exceptional. Why did you do it? How did you tap into the focus, energy, and creativity you needed? How did you overcome the fear of failure? I am talking about motivation – how our activities ... http://handspring.com.au/motivation-getting-the-most-out-of-yourself-and-others/ How do you feel when I say the word ‘teamwork’? Does it make you cringe a little? Work groups, sports teams, committees and project teams are all part of most of our lives these days. Basically, if you depend on a collection of people working together to ... http://handspring.com.au/team-dynamics-%e2%80%93-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly/ Give up your favourite vice for 4 weeks. It’s funny the kinds of reactions I get when I make that suggestion. Some people know instantly what I am talking about. For others, it takes a little coaxing. But it doesn’t take long for them to ... http://handspring.com.au/you-want-me-to-do-what/ Have you found yourself dealing with the fallout of change? It’s one of the hardest parts of leadership...recognising the need to change and taking the necessary actions and then dealing with the fallout - the shock, denial, anger, and fear that often follow a big change announcement. It’s time consuming ... http://handspring.com.au/ouch-does-change-have-to-hurt/ I spend a lot of time acting as the change ‘expert’ for people and organisations. Yet when my own change program started to go wrong, I learned a few new things about professional mastery. Maybe you have been there? You are working on something you care about. You think it is ... http://handspring.com.au/confessions-of-a-change-manager/ “Removing bugs from the system only works to preserve the system” That’s what Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey say in their book, How the way we talk can change the way we work*. But what if our goal is to actually change ‘the system’ - our patterns of thought? The tool that ... http://handspring.com.au/overcoming-your-immunity-to-change/ My muscles ache, I am short of breath, and my shirt is soaked with perspiration. No, I am not having a heart attack, it’s just my squash night. But as I sit on the bench recovering from my game, I am not thinking about my aches and pains, I am thinking ... http://handspring.com.au/leadership-lessons-from-the-squash-court/ Negativity, protectionism, and defensiveness - all barriers to organisational change, right?  Or are they? Those 'heated' moments and conversations in our work (and personal) lives are often the places we avoid.  As managers, we ignore them, or change the topic, or take it 'off line'.  But the reality is that these ... http://handspring.com.au/working-with-conflict-when-its-time-to-stir-the-pot/ The leader arrives late; there is no agenda; people aren’t sure why they are there; everyone is talking about their own pet issue and no one is listening to each other.  Sound familiar?  This is how it was when I attended my first meeting of 2011.  And, I suspect you’ve ... http://handspring.com.au/meeting-etiquette-hows-your-form/ It is often at the point of 'go-live' where IT change actually fails.  The project team is tired (and often over budget).   They start to plan the celebration party and think about their next project or much-needed holiday.  But, don't celebrate just yet.  The users are only just starting to use ... http://handspring.com.au/it-change-lesson-3-dont-celebrate-too-early/