A friend recently sent me a link to a Time.com article with a rather catchy title: “How Not to Be ‘Manterrupted’ in Meetings“. As I was reading it, I thought about the way change leaders propose new ideas; and how it can either help or hinder adoption by others.
In professional sports, top athletes watch video-recordings of their own games or performances. But in the corporate world, leaders are always on the go – rarely taking the time to stop and reflect. They are wasting huge opportunities to learn.
Article first written for the blog of premier US-based association HR People & Strategy (executive arm of SHRM). Also appeared on the blog of the Strategy Capability Network.
Premier US-based association HRPS (executive arm of SHRM) invited Edmond Mellina to contribute monthly to its brand new blog on HR, people and strategy. The latest edition of the People & Strategy journal provided the starting point for this blog post…
This post also appeared on the blog of the Strategy Capability Network.
Premier US-based association HRPS (executive arm of SHRM) invited Edmond Mellina to contribute monthly to its brand new blog on HR, people and strategy. An HBR interview of Bernard Fontana, a global CEO who had a stint as CHRO, provided the starting point for this blog post…
This post also appeared on the blog of the Strategy Capability Network.
The unexpected resignation of Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird has been front page news here in Canada since yesterday. Baird, who is one of the country’s most recognized (and controversial) public figures, is leaving politics all at once. A quote in this morning’s newspapers got me to think about change management.