"You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete."
Buckminster Fuller
March 16, 2010 - The Solutions Model™
Why do over 70% of change initiatives (TQM, reengineering, mergers, etc.) fail? Simply put, the analysis and design work stops short and ignores the major barriers to change.
In this clip from a presentation, Ravi Tangri introduces you to Chrysalis' Solutions Model (TM), a simple framework that expands traditional strategic analysis and planning to ramp up your odds for succeeding in your change project.
Why is effective leadership important? Perhaps not for when the leader is there, but rather when (s)he isn't there. Is the vision and purpose of the organization embedded throughout the culture or is the work and the service delivery sporadic and inconsistent.
On a recent trip to Qatar, I met Stephen Kennedy who raved about a recent vacation experience in Malaysia - he couldn't tell enough people how wonderful it was. And although he never met the manager, he absolutely knew what the manager's values and priorities were, because they infused the culture of the resort. His leadership came alive in every experience at the resort.
Jim Clemmer, author of Growing @ The Speed of Change (www.JimClemmer.com), speaks of how, in today's fast-changing times, leadership is required at all levels of the organization to move forward.
One of the most frequent questions I get is "What is this 'Art of Hosting Meaningful Conversations' that you use/" To some people, it's just the techniques, but it's really far more than that - it's what makes those processes effective, and that's what I explain in this latest Leadership180.Net.
February 9, 2010 - The Global Warming of Leadership™
While autocrats and bureacrats could run a profitable or productive organization prior to 2000, they were throwing away half to 2/3 of their profitability/ producitivity. Now the recession, the impending labour crisis and the demands of the younger generation are creating a Global Warming of Leadership™. The leadership that sustained you yesterday won't keep you head above water today. You need to move to higher ground as the Leadership Waterline™ rises.
