Change Bytes Category

• Transition Walk-Through

  June 9, 2008 | Archives, Change Bytes | Jim Canterucci | Comments Off on Transition Walk-Through

  A valuable event that could also be fun is a literal walk-through in slow motion of the change. This works extremely well with process changes (walking a piece of paper through...

• Train your Executive Sponsor

  June 9, 2008 | Archives, Change Bytes | Jim Canterucci | Comments Off on Train your Executive Sponsor

  Does your executive sponsor know what to do? Likely they could use your help. Brainstorm with them ways they can keep your change initiative in the forefront. They’ll appreciate...

• Top management doesn’t know what to do

  June 9, 2008 | Archives, Change Bytes | Jim Canterucci | Comments Off on Top management doesn’t know what to do

  The role of the change leader is to successfully implement the change. There is an implied focus on this task. Senior management, by definition has a diffused focus. They are...

• Toilet Paper and Bullets

  June 9, 2008 | Archives, Change Bytes | Jim Canterucci | Comments Off on Toilet Paper and Bullets

  Tom Peters said, “Leaders win through logistics. Vision, sure. Strategy, yes. But when you go to war, you need to have both toilet paper and bullets at the right place at...

• Tie to the strategy

  June 9, 2008 | Archives, Change Bytes | Jim Canterucci | Comments Off on Tie to the strategy

  When I encounter an organization that feels overwhelmed with change, my first question is: Do people see the link of any one change to the big picture? Is it just one change after...

• The Bottom 10%

  June 9, 2008 | Archives, Change Bytes | Jim Canterucci | Comments Off on The Bottom 10%

  General Electric, under Jack Welch, was famous for letting go the 10 percent of their workforce that contributed the least each year. This helped to force the organization to...

• Test your communications

  June 9, 2008 | Archives, Change Bytes | Jim Canterucci | Comments Off on Test your communications

  What good does all the effort expended on your communication campaign do if your audience doesn’t hear or understand the message? Before moving on to the next topic, why not...

• Tap into the vision

  June 9, 2008 | Archives, Change Bytes | Jim Canterucci | Comments Off on Tap into the vision

  Walt Disney said, “If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for...

• Stay the Course

  June 9, 2008 | Archives, Change Bytes | Jim Canterucci | Comments Off on Stay the Course

  Trust and truth can appear arbitrary. Consistency though, helps resolve conflicts over time. Experienced change leaders likely have been erroneously accused of lying or being...

• Stakeholder or Constituent?

  June 9, 2008 | Archives, Change Bytes | Jim Canterucci | Comments Off on Stakeholder or Constituent?

  I use the word stakeholder because it’s industry standard, but I prefer constituent because it implies that we ‘owe’ something to these important recipients of...