A friend (who is not in change management) is living through a terrible project at work. He’s been assigned to be the administrator for the new project management tool that is being implemented. His company has a “change management” department but, from what he tells me, it’s more of a “change governance” department, focused on …
I’ve been asked this question several times over the last few months. It’s a valid question – there are number of different shades of change management and the answers you'll hear depend on who you're speaking to: Human Resources: An HR Manager will talk about managing change by aligning organizational structure, job descriptions, performance evaluations, …
A few years ago I developed a simple model that proved an effective lens for designing new programs, practices, or systems. I refer to it as Learn>Innovate>Influence>Execute> and it goes like this: At the top of the circle is Learn. What you learn is determined by the nature of the project. You may analyze data to …
Are you afraid of writing? I worked with a woman once who was deathly afraid of putting her thoughts on paper. When we met, she described her department’s new strategy so eloquently that I thought getting it on paper would be easy. When I asked her to repeat what she had told me, she offered …
We’re all familiar with the typical project management triangle that balances time, resources, and quality. For some of us, managing these come naturally. It’s as simple as making a to-do list, figuring out the right people to get in the room, putting a project plan together, mustering the resources, getting to work, measuring quality, and …
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