by Patti Blackstaffe | Nov 23, 2017 | Change Management, Communication, Culture, Engagement, Transformation
At last count, I have tracked approximately 136 different organizational change frameworks. Some famous and highly used, some not. It’s kind of like looking at art… Have you ever walked through a museum enjoying and admiring great artwork? Do you remember...
by Walt Blackstaffe | Apr 2, 2016 | Business, Communication, Leadership
[BlogHeaderNewSub] Everyday people are witnessed doing what appears to us as totally out of the realm of what you or I might call sensible. Is There Such a Thing as Common Sense? From one’s own view point a solution might look simple because the other person...
by Patti Blackstaffe | May 22, 2015 | Change Management, Communication, Team Building
What the Show ‘Covert Affairs’ Can Teach Leaders. Covert affairs is a spy show about CIA operatives. A few years ago I learned a hard lesson when I failed to ask a very important question while media were gathered around a significant event; “What’s the protocol?”...
by Patti Blackstaffe | May 15, 2015 | Change Management, Communication, Culture, Engagement
Change Management (CM) is quite the buzz word in business lately – everyone knows they need it, but few organizations truly understand the science or the way to go about leading and managing change for their organization. Many companies are still fixated with tossing...
by Patti Blackstaffe | Dec 18, 2014 | Change Initiatives, Change Management, Communication, Executive Agenda, M&A
In a nicely written post titled, “Resistance is Not Futile” by Jon Tveten about managing resistance, he indicates the C-level suite is often surprized by the resistance to change. To quote Jon; “How could people not be falling in love with their brilliant new...
by Patti Blackstaffe | Sep 4, 2014 | Change Management, Communication, Culture, Leadership
[BlogHeaderNewSub] It always surprises me a little when someone says; “I leave my personal life at the door when I come to work.” While that may be what some companies want to hear, the reality is quite different. People’s lives are not compartmentalized, every...
