The worrying that always precedes a change When a new CEO or manager is hired into a company, for a while lots of energy flows from the top and new ideas seem to be generated daily. It is one reason not to fear the unknown when upper level management long in place turns over, often […]
Change
Why Culture Prototyping Helps Your Company Adapt to Change
I’m often asked how to best help businesses work through transition and change. After all, as the marketplace innovates faster and faster, it’s even more important that our businesses adapt seamlessly to market changes. Toward that end, I recommend businesses start by addressing their culture. One key to building an adaptable and brilliant culture, however, […]
How to Get Your Team on Board with Change
Sometimes, you need to shake up the day-to-day operations of your business. Settings and maintaining goals needs to happen frequently in your business, since you need to adapt to market conditions. This all means you need to get your team ready to accept change. It can be difficult to get your team on board, especially […]
7 Tips for Creating a Smart Organizational Change Management Plan
One of life’s only guarantees is change—even at work. In the office, though, change can be especially disruptive. It’s up to an organization’s leadership to make adjustments easy for employees. And that’s where organizational change management (OCM) comes in. Keep reading to learn what OCM is, what it isn’t, and 7 tips for implementing it […]
3 Ways to Shift Mindsets for Implementation of BIM
Fear of failure, fear of change, and fear of criticism are all hardwired into the human brain as deeply as the primal urge for self-preservation. However, when humans embrace change, with its demands for flexibility and transparency, the species is capable of achieving great things. Confronting those fears is familiar ground for Eddy Slim. Trained […]
3 Books That Will Transform Your Thinking on Success Habits
Do you ever regret agreeing to something? Maybe you said yes when you should have said “no.” You said yes to a meeting that you knew was going to be a waste of time. It was unproductive and stopped you getting “your work” done. You didn’t say no to that urge to opening up your […]
What You’ve Always Been Doing Won’t Get You Where You Want to Be
I do dozens of business reviews with all sorts of organizations, globally. Many are struggling, they aren’t hitting their numbers—at least consistently. Or their markets/customers are changing, or their competitors are changing. They are all well intended, but too often, they are approaching these challenges in the wrong way. Most of the time, they are […]
10 Leadership Blind Spots That Stunt Business Growth
We all have blind spots – things you don’t see despite your best intentions to observe the world changing around you. In business, these can quickly take you off the growth track, even as you work harder and harder. In my role as startup and small business advisor, it’s my job to help you see […]
Your Organization’s Mark
In marketing terms, an organization’s trademark, or “mark,” is any word, phrase, symbol, design, sound, smell, color, or combination of these, used by a company to identify its products or services, and distinguish them from products and services provided by others. We’ve talked many times about the importance of having a unique mark and protecting […]
It’s Harder to Sell Within Our Own Companies
Tibor Shanto posed an interesting situation in a LinkedIn discussion: Got an interesting question or scenario for people who work with sales managers, presented by an experienced sales manager and her new company. She was invited to join the company because of her track record in the industry. They wanted her to establish a similar […]
