Horizontal Change Management

Fast Change Around Us

ggitchell — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:27:31 +0000

Fast change is around us. Sometimes fast change creates a change of its own for profit, practicality and simplicity.

The Value of a History of Clients

ggitchell — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:32:36 +0000

The more narrow the blinders of an organization or individual the less chance anything new will be tried. If you are repeating the same thing over and over are you successful? If the answer is no, but you are stuck in the rut of repetition then you might want to grab a consulting traveler as your trusted adviser and get out of the rut, off the road and into the weeds where possibility is around every turn.

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Professional Consultants- A Rare Breed

ggitchell — Thu, 17 May 2012 13:47:57 +0000

There are more things to add to this list, but I think it boils down to the fact that a professional consultant is different, just enough to see things others do not see- from the past, in the present and for the future.

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Like it, Love it, Use it!

ggitchell — Wed, 16 May 2012 07:47:08 +0000

Anything that can pass from start to like, to love, to use is probably meant to be.

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Everyday Change

ggitchell — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:29:47 +0000

Soon: Everyday change at the pumps (US). A smart political move (I can see the same kind of thing within organizational change), regulations that cause change that reverts back to a comfort level with a better end state and a feel good story.

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Translating Change Management for Project Management

ggitchell — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:08:52 +0000

Both CM and PM have a “big picture view”. PM and CM understand detail and its effects. It is just two different pictures explained with separate languages. Translating meaning, intent and perspective is crucial for change AND project success.

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Project Management and Change Management Integrated?

ggitchell — Mon, 14 May 2012 02:23:50 +0000

There has been little said about the Prosci approach. Now that there is discussion around the web about integrating change management and project management and fierce competition over who gets to be the one to create the high level entity it is time a little IS said. Change management does not work when it is prescriptive. “Integrating” CM into project management does not make sense. Partnering with a different relationship does.

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Voice

ggitchell — Sat, 12 May 2012 14:37:56 +0000

Voice is missing in organizations. Voice shows connection. Individual connection, especially from leaders, builds trust which leads to participation. A pursuit of voice needs to be in every change theory and approach.

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Change Consulting Obstacles The Big 5

ggitchell — Thu, 10 May 2012 21:07:41 +0000

The Big 5 of obstacles for change practitioners, and savvy leaders, are Project Management, Leadership, Individual Agendas, Groupthink and Money. It is because of these obstacles that Change Management exists as a career.

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The Effects of the Stoplight for Change

ggitchell — Thu, 10 May 2012 08:01:28 +0000

The Stoplight Effect is what you get when a red, yellow, green scale is used to illustrate something subjective. It is an “oxymoronic process”- seems like it makes sense and graphically shows “readiness” except that it really doesn’t. Use it with a smile if you are external (you billed for all that time). If you are a client or a leader it might make sense to question this practice.

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