Dr Mike Clayton
Mike is an author and speaker, specialising in Projects, Risk, Organisational change, and the science of influence and decision-making.
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Tag Archives: organisational change
Speak Truth to Power
Honesty is simple, but it is not always easy. Among the hardest things a change leader or project manager has to do, are those conversations that relay uncomfortable truths. It is not just because we don’t like the discomfort of … Continue reading
Instant Change
The military has some of the very best management ideas. I wrote about how to apply the principles of the OODA Loop to management in my first book, the Management Models Pocketbook. I will also be writing about BLUF in … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Management Models
Tagged Change, Change Management, freeze phases, Influence, Kurt Lewin, Lewin, OODA Loop, organisational change
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True Vision or just Good Words
One thing that never ceases to amaze me is the poverty of language used in corporate environments. People seem to swing to one of two extremes: Complex, jargon heavy language, wrapped in convoluted syntax Simplistic statements that tend to hyperbole … Continue reading
Why Handling Resistance is like Sharing Pie
It’s commonly said that the two most feared workplace situations are networking and presentations. I wonder if most managers don’t anticipate something else with still greater trepidation: resistance. Resistance is a constant feature of projects, change programmes, day-to-day negotiations, sales … Continue reading
Organisational Change: Creating the will to change
When calling for participation in organisational change, your first job is to move people… emotionally. Push and Pull There are two ways to move people emotionally, just as there are two ways to move something physically: you can apply a … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Change Management, Influence, Resistance to Change
Tagged Change, Change Management, organisational change, vision
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