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Based on Prosci's change management research report with 650 participants, employees prefer two primary senders of change messages. Not ...

Developing a compelling vision is a key activity of developing and setting strategy. A vision is a clear and powerful statement about what a...

SEALs train with the philosophy slow is smooth and smooth is fast. That’s how movements and behaviors become muscle memory – something imper...

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between the two, the leader must become a servan...

Executive sponsors must communicate effectively with employees throughout the project. The sponsor plays a critical role in communicating th...

A vision is a statement about what the leadership agrees a company could reasonably stretch to be in a generation--a 30-year aspiration... i...

From a leader’s perspective, intent is the starting point. “Commander’s intent” has a special meaning in the military that requires time and...

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The most enduring change initiatives — those that drive real results — are based on leaders’ assumption that they are seeing only part of th...

"S trategy is a framework to guide critical choices to achieve a desired future,” said MIT Sloan senior lecturer Donald Sull in a new ...

In our experience, the hardest part of creating a vision is finding the balance between what is bold and transformational and what is realis...

How do we develop desires? Few will have the kind of crisis that motivated Aron Ralston, but his experience provides a valuable lesson about...

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  Set the Stage 1. Create a Sense of Urgency Help others see the need for change and the importance of acting immediately. 2. Pull together ...

Answering why is an act of empathy and adds a layer of persuasion to your communications. When people know why they’re being asked to do som...

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Our [HBR Leader’s Handbook] research [interviews with over 40 successful leaders of large corporations, startups, and non-profits] pointe...

Risk, creativity and defining your own path is made possible only through a series of failures, some big, some small. Hide none of them. ...

Transformation is impossible unless hundreds or thousands of people are willing to help, often to the point of making short-term sacrific...