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The 3 P’s of Exploring Your Employees’ Resistance to Change – Part 3 of 5

May 4, 2011
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Part 3 of 5 in a Series on Change Management & Employee Resistance
There is often a good reason your employees are resisting change, no matter how obnoxiously they may be expressing it.
You, their leader, are responsible for getting underneath that.  It’s not as hard as you think.  You can reach more than you may realize. [...]

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Managers: What Are You Putting Up With?

October 17, 2010
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What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other? George Eliot
I was on one of my typical rants a few weeks ago with a colleague. I was trying to convey how employees today are depleted by the increasing rate of requests that seem to be 1) the [...]

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What if They Ain’t Buyin’ What I’m Sellin’?

September 15, 2009
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Here we are again, Joe Gerstandt and I, exchanging questions and answers.
Joe: We both focus largely on the intangible assets in an organization or community…the things that cannot be easily counted or weighed…things like difference, trust, relationships, culture, etc.  What can we do so that more business leaders come to value these incredibly powerful (but [...]

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It’s all about the B’s this New Year

January 27, 2008
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Joe Gerstandt, and I do a Q&A exchange regularly.  This time it’s all about the “B’s.”  Looking ahead to the new year, Joe talked about “The Brand, The Book and The Baby Boy.”  I’m going to talk about “Be-ing.” Now, to our most recent question:

What are you most excited about for this coming year?
Mary: As [...]

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