The Hybrid Workplace – Build-In vs Buy-In – May 2021
To return to work or not to return to work, that is the question. Or at least, to work from the workplace, or work from home, or some combination? People and organizations around the world are grappling with policies and procedures for the hybrid organization. On top...
Empathy: How it Can Help You Become a Better Change Leader, October 2014
"I thought I came here today to learn more about myself, in order to help me do my job to manage change. What I really learned was empathy for other people, which will help me partner with others to lead change." This revelation was shared by a Change Intelligence...
Help Us Help You! 5-Minute Survey – Change Intelligent® Products & Services for You, Your Team, and Your Organization?
Thanks for the positive reaction to the free resource I shared in my last newsletter, the Change Intelligent Analysis and Action Planning Tool. It was great to hear how so many of you used it to facilitate dialogue with your teams, particularly around reflecting on...
A Change Intelligent® Tool to Energize Your Team for the New Year – December 2020
[vc_row][vc_column 0=""][vc_column_text]After nine long months of lockdowns and restrictions, is your team lethargic and longing for a light at the end of the tunnel? Perhaps you’ve really come together in so many ways and have pivoted successfully to adapt to our...
How Change Intelligence® is Helping a Healthcare System Lead through the Pandemic – October 2020
As Warren Buffet said, “it’s only when the tide goes out that you learn who’s been swimming naked.” By proactively building an enabling foundation and common language to lead change up, down, and across the system, University Hospitals of Ohio set itself up for...
Back to School – It Takes a Village – August 2020
Schools around the globe instituting remote learning for at least the upcoming semester presents enormous challenges for us all. The pain may be most acutely felt by parents with young children or special learning needs. Yet organizations also need to adjust to...
Mentor of the Year Nomination! – July 2020
Photo: Barbara with Libbi Urban and Kim Rutkowski of USW Local 9231 and the I/N Steel Company at the Empowering Women in Industry Conference 2019 Mentor of the Year by Empowering Women in Industry! It’s humbling to be nominated next to so many other inspiring women...
Your Hero’s Journey through Our Global Crisis – June 2020
This is the Chinese symbol for change. It consists of two separate characters. One character stands for danger and the other one for opportunity. The dangers we are facing as a global community right now are obvious. What is not so obvious, and what may even seem...
Get Agile Now: Harness the Strengths of the Seven CQ Styles to Lead through Crisis – May 2020
During crisis we need to adapt to survive and thrive, and that starts with our own leadership agility. The definition of Change Intelligence®/CQ® is the awareness of our own style of leading change, and the ability to adapt it to be optimally effective across people...
Change Intelligent Strategies to Lead Yourself and Your Team through the COVID-19 Crisis – and Beyond – April 2020
During the stress of any change, let alone a global pandemic, your IQ goes down. Building our CQ®, or Change Intelligence®, is like putting our own oxygen mask on – we breath, get the oxygen flowing back to our brains, and remember that we have options to lead through...