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- My question, Steve, would be "why doesn't change work?" Why is it that change efforts are "ineffective," as you put it, beyond just ascribing it to semantics? My own gut...
- There is quite a bit of business literature out there already under the heading of 'change' or 'change management'. While the theme of 'change' is definitely relevant, the...
- Lately, I've been exploring the difference between outsider and insider perspectives. I think Peter nailed the insider perspective with how change feels to most like work, gets managed by...
- Hi Steve - Is this one of those word usage things? I think people generally have on their horizon (a) getting somewhere/accomplishing something and (b) improving, which may just be a subset of (a)....
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Sure you are. Me, too.
And why not? "They" have received performance reviews, performance feedback, 360 feedback, assessment center feedback, team feedback, and feedback about the validity of the feedback.
Then, "they" were exposed to workshops, seminars, leadership and management development programs.
It's reasonable to
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7 months ago
I've researched non-performance in voluntary organizations. Things 'don't get done' just as often. People are embarrassed by their non-performance though and cover it up. What it takes is some wisdom about all the events that lead to non-performance. We often have less wisdom than we need. Hence I would prefer to see a kid out on the beach playing games than stuck passively in a classroom!
To have one wise person who can interpret a fiasco and point out what was out of our control, what we might be able to control in the future, to relieve anxieties about belonging particularly, to focus on the next step.
And we come round the full circle to ownership and control. I suggest to young managers (usually when they have been a bit snotty to a perceived underling) that the manager supported by the most people wins the organization. We have to want this badly enough too!
Do you recall Raymond Katz three facets of management: technical, human and organizational. The last seems to be totally underplayed and yet is so critical. I like to see kids organizing and managing (age-appropriately) from a very young age. The earlier they try to run organizations, the more this wisdom is likely to develop.
7 months ago
7 months ago