Performance reviews or not? Time for change?
From WeAreTheCity’s Future Leaders blog There are a lot of discussions going on at the moment regarding annual appraisals and whether they should be performed at all. Sadly appraisals are often ineffective and something people dread, both the person appraising and the one being appraised! Now the idea behind the review is of course to look at how it’s going for each person at work, (and we do all need feedback!), plan for the...
Leading through change, what impact are you having?
From WeAreTheCity’s Future leader’s blog “Whosoever desire constant success must change his conduct with the times” Niccolo Machiavelli Change Change Change – how are we leading it, managing it or not? Let’s look at a story about change and the impact of a leader who is further along the change curve than anyone else and who has not consulted others in the process. Sam, the new leader had been thinking...
Change- Our constant companion
From WeAreTheCity’s Future Leader’s Blog Change is the law of life. John F. Kennedy Do you ever long for “status quo”? Does it feel like there’s too much change? Do you wish it could just slow down a bit, just for a while? To give you a breather? Yes, we probably all wish for that at times. But the fact is that change is all around us, it’s our constant companion – and for various reasons – like incredibly fast technical...
Leading and Managing Change
In addition to the chapter about change in the book, here are some more ideas and reflections/actions to consider when it comes to not just managing change but leading change in your team. COMMUNICATE the CHANGE CURVE Help people understand the predictable stages you always go through in times of change. Give people the solutions to the 4 stages of the change curve. Phase 1 – The Denial/Resistance Phase –...
The March issue of IMPACT
Welcome to the March issue of IMPACT! This time we focus on connected leadership teams, decoding leadership, and change leadership. And there’s a story about the link between trust and the bottom line. This time, the IMPACT HACK is focused on slowing down instead of having the ‘busy bug’. Or, as both Bill Gates and Warren Buffet put it – “Busy is the new stupid” Enjoy the...
Book Excellence Award for The Leader’s Guide to Impact
