The certainty of misery is better than the misery of uncertainty. These are tough times for a lot of you. Just a year or two ago, you couldn’t find or keep enough employees, and you kept asking me to speak on recruitment and retention. Now some of you are facing the opposite problem. You are being forced to downsize your …
No Pain, No Gain
Sometimes you have to do something you hate to create something you love. Saint Augustine was one of the greatest saints of all time, but he wasn’t always a saint. He had his own chapter of shameful living. He knew he was wrong, and he knew that he should change. So he would say “Lord, make me pure,” but then …
Don't Resist Change – Manage It
Complaining that everything is changing too rapidly is like complaining that rocks are hard. It’s true but useless. Almost no one likes change, except perhaps the baby with a dirty diaper. Change is always stressful and challenging. Even good change can be difficult. So it’s no wonder that the two most common responses to change are denial and resistance. Some …
Change Requires Commitment
Four frogs are sitting on a log. One decides to jump. How many are left? Most people say “three.” The answer is “four.” Just because one decides to jump doesn’t mean he does it. Decision does not automatically translate into action. That’s one of the myths in change management. Too often I hear leaders and managers telling their employees: “We’re …