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Quick and effective insights that you can apply today.
Karl’s blog posts bring 30 years of experience and learning to bear on today’s change challenges and delivers strategies, tips, and techniques to change how you deal with change.
August 25, 2021
Things are definitely different today. They’re faster, more complex, and changing all the...
August 25, 2021
We all know that things have changed. The rules, the careers, the expectations...
August 25, 2021
Organizations working in the past tense have an abundance of employees who just...
August 25, 2021
In today’s environment, you must have everyone in every position contributing creative and...
August 25, 2021
Yesterday is gone. Yet for many people, years of yesterdays still rise with...
August 25, 2021
Characterizing change as an “event” implies it has a distinct start and stop....
August 25, 2021
All major changes carry a temporary drop in productivity. In the wake of...
August 25, 2021
If you’ve ever said, “That’s not my job — my job has nothing...
August 25, 2021
“We used to be such a family around here — the company really...
August 25, 2021
In a word: dysfunctional. Research shows that over 11 million meetings occur in...
August 25, 2021
How much can you -- one individual -- possibly affect the culture of...
August 25, 2021
Meetings in The New Reality need to be functional, customer focused, and extremely...
August 25, 2021
Do any of these words describe your typical team or corporate meeting? Repetitive....
August 25, 2021
Learning in the old reality was all about time… time to read, time...
August 25, 2021
Let’s get one thing straight: There is no such thing as job security...
August 25, 2021
Alert: The pace of change you see today is the slowest you will...
August 25, 2021
“What was wrong with the old way?” say your colleagues. “Just give me...
August 25, 2021
Finish this sentence: If I can (run a marathon), then I can certainly...
August 25, 2021
The accelerated pace of the world has complicated communication in the workplace. Take...
August 25, 2021
Why? Why do we do it that way? Why can’t we try this?...
August 25, 2021
Nobody else has a claim to your career. Nobody else has a say...
August 25, 2021
Being a “yesser” doesn’t mean you say yes sir and yes ma’am all...
August 25, 2021
Today’s business success is measured in one way and one way only –...
August 25, 2021
Honesty. Truth. Forthrightness. Frankness. All of these are critical today. From every level...
August 25, 2021
No generally accepted definition of conversation exists, beyond the fact that a conversation...
August 25, 2021
Productivity – how many things you make, do, file, move, assemble or create...
August 25, 2021
Our world today is more fragmented. It comes at us in smaller pieces,...
August 25, 2021
Somehow, things got turned upside down. Obligations and responsibilities shifted from those who...
August 25, 2021
Customers are different today. They are more segmented, educated, diverse, demanding, opinionated, and...
August 24, 2021
Back in the day: We were masters of the job. We could come...
August 24, 2021
We used to be able to master things, but not anymore. We used...
August 24, 2021
The OLD corporate ethic rewarded longevity and tenure. The NEW corporate ethic rewards...
August 24, 2021
Contributions. That’s what organizations are looking for today – ideas, suggestions, improvements, feedback,...
August 24, 2021
The old adage, “Jack of all trades, master of none,” has been updated;...
August 24, 2021
In the old reality, you didn’t have to like or be liked to...
August 24, 2021
To succeed in the New Reality, become an expert learner. Today’s shelf life...
August 24, 2021
It’s a vicious cycle: Fear leads to stagnation, which leads to lost business,...
August 24, 2021
Things are different today. The pace of change – combined with the speed...
August 24, 2021
How often do you ask, “Why do we do it this way?” Do...
August 24, 2021
Listen to the WGAU interview to find out how engagement, flexibility and the...
August 24, 2021
Change creates voids. And many people respond to change by not responding at...
August 24, 2021
Located in the following areas? Mark your calendars to tune in to hear...
July 6, 2021
Is this you? “As long as my company provides job security, I consider...
July 6, 2021
All three keys to adapting to change. Find out more in the most...
July 6, 2021
What’s holding you back? What do you need to let go of? The...
July 6, 2021
How many meetings do you attend in a month? A week? A day? ...
July 6, 2021
It’s important to understand in today’s New Reality that attitude has an impact on your...
July 6, 2021
“We used to be such a family around here — the company really...