The quality of my interstate family trip is highly dependent on the preparation of the trip. Similarly, the success of winning on the battlefield is highly reliant on its preparation. Before embarking on any significant change, it is vital to prepare for the change...
Change management can be a misleading term. Often we have limited influence over change. Hence, we can not often manage the change. Instead, we can predict potential changes and prepare for them. We can strategise and prepare to adapt to the change. We can plan to...
There is a common misconception that managing change is the job of a Change Manager. Change is constant. Slow or fast, there is a constant change within our environment. Our external influencers (economy, technology, competition, customer priorities), and internal...
Getting an organisation to act on innovative ideas is often a challenge. As a leader, it can be difficult to get key stakeholders on board to move forward with these ideas. So, what can you do to sell your next innovative idea within the organisation? Initially,...
Changing business processes and automating them is often a difficult task. The work itself may be straightforward. But, often the real challenge in automating Business processes is the people. In enterprise-wide projects, stakeholders often have their own priorities...
Adversity teaches us lessons, and COVID-19 was no exception. During tough times, we enter survival mode, becoming self-centred and opportunistic. We behave as though there's no tomorrow. During the pandemic, people hoarded everything from toilet paper to oxygen...
Every new, reasonably significant change comes up with change anxiety. Unfortunately, the change anxiety pushes us to go backwards and try to follow the old familiar ways. It is like getting on the escalator stairs to move to the next higher level, and due to anxiety,...
Effective communication is one of the main challenges within every project and organisation. We all hear this phrase – You cannot over-communicate! If the message is important and reasonably complex, it is often challenging to communicate it effectively. Here are a...