Obama said, “once you get a seat at the table, with folks w fancy titles, you go, ‘they ain’t all that’.”

It’s so true. Sitting there often leaves you asking, “How did they get here?” The answer is usually, exposure and/or proximity.

A client went live on a new system + 60% of EEs weren’t using it. Exec VP who okay’d the project couldn’t understand why + was going to scrap it + go back to using the old system. I asked if he knew why reps weren’t using the system. He had no idea. I suggested we start there.

If you’re not turning off old system, there’s a chance EEs will go back to it out of habit. But they also go back bc they aren’t ready to move on emotionally. Find out which it is 1st b4 ditching the new + wasting money.

Every leader I know/know of who’s really good at leading, have said, having diversity on your teams is absolutely necessary.

It’s only ordinary ppl who have never lead anything, or “leaders” not worth their salt, who thinks DEI is bad.

No two company cultures will ever be exactly the same.

Even siblings, raised in the same home, will start their own families, each family having their own culture.

This is why when I hear leaders of merging companies say, "we share the same culture," I know it's not likely. Which means, at the very least, culture work will be necessary during your integration.

#ManagingChange #Mergers #Leadership

The supervisors/managers/directors and vps who were a part of creating your organizational problems cannot be the supervisors/managers/directors and vps who will fix your organizational problems.

#ManagingChange #Leadership #Turnaround #BusinessSky

You’ve probably heard, “What gets measured gets improved.” But it’s not enough to just measure it. We’ve got to report it, discuss it, and hang it on the walls so that others can see it, and then it exponentially improves.

#ManagingChange #Business #Leadership

Jesus gave this one commandment, love each other. And if we say we love God and don't love each other, we’re liars, bc you can’t love God who you don’t see if you won’t love your neighbor you do see. I John 4:20

So let’s practice patience, kindness and not be rude this week.