Bob Dodge on implementing and sustaining improvements

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Everybody wants to go to heaven…

The song
Have you ever heard the song “Everybody wants to go to heaven…”? It is a catchy little number and the lyrics that I recall spoke of “the land of milk and honey”, “streets paved with gold”, and other wonderful aspects one thinks of when one thinks about heaven. The song ends with the line, “Everybody wants to go to heaven… but nobody wants to die.” ...

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Daily work, changes and innovation; people are the key!

A Is it all about people?
Two weeks ago I attended, and spoke at, the bi-annual Colorado Human Resources conference. Obviously, it was all about people. I had a chance to visit with and discuss some companies that are in survival mode (and who isn’t?) and some that are positioning themselves to excel coming out of the current economic ...

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Sound Practices; leveraging experience for success

A Technology-enabled Change Revisited
In my last newsletter I mentioned that after I spoke at the bi-annual Colorado Human Resources conference, I attended a Colorado Information Technology conference. I was impressed by the speakers at the technology conference that stressed the importance of engaging their employees to be successful. I ...

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Difficult Discussions: How to help someone who needs to change, but doesn't know it

Setting the Stage
I often find leaders whose mission critical changes do not provide the results they need because they are not leading their change efforts. I also see many posts from consultants asking what to do get their clients to act differently with their own people. In addition, I hear of counselors ...

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We are wired differently...

Background:
Last month, I promised a newsletter about how people react to change differently. Regardless of how “bought-in” we are (see “Is Buy-In Enough?”), or how well our leaders are leading change (see “Are Your Leaders using their Leadership Skills in Sponsoring their Changes?”), or whether we have our priorities set (see “What do you do now that you are Downsizing?”), ...