My friend Ellis shared this quote at a recent Leadership Summit: “Change is like surfing: You either catch the wave or the wave catches you”. We’re not sure where that quote originated from, but the idea has been in front…
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Leading Change
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Organizational Development, Personal Leadership Tagged with: change, fear, leadership, leading change, stages of change
Vision Begins By Looking Back
If you want to create new and compelling vision or refresh what it is you’re doing and where you’re going, take some time to look back first. When you look back, a couple of important things happen: #1) YOU REMEMBER…
Posted in Leadership Community, Organizational Development, Personal Leadership Tagged with: alignment, change, Evaluation, planning, priorities, vision
Who Moved My Cheese – Making Change Work For You
Change is something that we go through often. I just had a child graduate from College. Her life has changed and will change. I have a son graduating from High School in a month. If he only knew the change…
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Personal Leadership Tagged with: 80/20 Principle, change, comfort, constant change, who moved my cheese
Three Things I Realized About Change
I realized recently that there is something constant about change. That change happens constantly. Let me explain. Exactly five years ago, I was in a situation that I had to make critical life decisions, very similar to where I am…
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Personal Leadership Tagged with: change, change happens, constant, engage change, handle change, mistakes, perfect
Change: A Thrill Ride or Deep Waters?
Take a moment and look at the following picture: Now, what do you think would happen if someone didn’t heed to the warning of slowing down around the turn? Yep, you got it… they could end up in “deep water”! Have…
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Personal Leadership Tagged with: agent of change, buy-in, change, slowing down, vision
Excitement in Change
Russ talked about “The Fear of Change” the other day. There is also an excitement in change, because those updates will allow me to do something I couldn’t do before. I like Russ’ quote from Lao Tzu, a philosopher and…
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Personal Leadership Tagged with: challenges, change, embrace change, excitement in change, fear of change, growth, progress, reality
The Fear of Change
I don’t know about you, but when I see the notification on my phone or computer that says “New Update Available” I panic a little bit. It seems that these updates are coming more often now, and just about the…
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Personal Leadership Tagged with: change, change is coming, discouragement, embarrassment, fear of change, isolation, paralyze you
Doing Change Right
As I look back on the various relationships that I have had with different leaders, I can count the effective ‘agents of change’ on one hand. Most leaders are so involved in ‘putting out fires’ or ‘maintaining what they have’,…
Posted in Leadership Community, Organizational Development, Personal Leadership Tagged with: agents of change, change, effective change, inflexible, sense of humor
Why Being Flexible Matters
This past weekend, my wife and I encountered some crazy weather while heading to some meetings in Canada. As we landed into the Chicago-O’Hare airport in order to make our connection, we knew that we were in trouble simply by…
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Personal Leadership Tagged with: adapting, change, crisis, flexibility, flexible, panic
The Power of Habit
Habits are interesting parts of our lives. They are things we just do naturally! A habit is what we respond with, or fall back on when everything else fails. We often do habits without thinking, some are really good and…
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Personal Leadership Tagged with: bad habits, change, Discipline, good habits, habits
