“Beware the ides of March.” It’s when that notable executive, Julius Caesar, was assassinated. We’re past March 15. In fact, in a week, March will have one day left. Think about that. We’ve “just” come off a hard year, one many felt was an absolute slog of a marathon. And suddenly, we are 25-percent DONE with the year after that …
A sector that thrived in 2020
If there was one word I became sick of in 2020, it was “unprecedented.” It was a good way to hedge bets: Things can be unprecedentedly good or unprecedentedly bad. So I appreciated this article from automotive vendor Roadster sidestepping “unprecedented,” “good” and “bad,” going straight for the obvious: “crazy.” But dust is starting to settle in Crazy Town. The …
Updating on Changes vs. Explaining the Changes
I’ve shared this before, but it’s worth sharing again as organizations anticipate the changes they want to make for 2021. From the Harvard Business Review: “Don’t Just Tell Employees Organizational Changes Are Coming–Explain Why.” Are you telling your employees what’s on the horizon? Are you explaining why those changes are coming? What gets in the way of those two activities? …
“Change is hard, I should know”
“I want to make a career change and know I need to work on my mindset if I’m going to be successful.” “Our staff have to become truly responsive to customers.” “My marriage is in trouble if I don’t adjust how I run my company.” You get the idea. These are paraphrases of things clients have said to me over …