By Jeffrey Ford, on June 28th, 2009
Many of us confront challenges at work. Some of these are easily resolved. Others are more persistent. One reason challenges persist is because we don’t accept any responsibility for them.
I recently gave an assignment to the managers in my MBA class on management in which they were to identify their top three persistent challenges. In
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By Jeffrey Ford, on June 25th, 2009
When changes fail, resistance frequently gets the blame. Rather than blame resistance, however, managers could learn to use it to make changes more successful.
Most organization changes fail to deliver their intended results. When asked why, managers and executives overwhelming blame resistance for the failures. In one study, 62% of the managers asked replied that resistance
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