Sandy's Blog

Your Coachability is Important in Successfully Navigating Organizational Change

Tuesday, 31 August, 2010 - 09:20

“It’s how you cope with the imperfect matches that makes you great.”

Kim Clijsters (1983 –) Belgian Professional Tennis Player, Two-Time U.S. Open Champion

You don’t know everything. You do know that, don’t you?

Executing Strategic Change: Transitioning From the Class Room to the Board Room

Sunday, 29 August, 2010 - 18:15

"A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary."

Thomas Carruthers, (1820 – 1875), English artist and explorer of British colonial southern Africa and Australia

A bittersweet but true quote.

The summer quarter offering of ‘Executing Strategic Change’ ended last week. So, as I transition my musings from our small intensive community back to this larger community, I will share what I communicated to the class during our final wrap-up.

Wishing my students continued success in their current and future roles.

Sandy’s Ten

Change is coming. Pass it on.

Wednesday, 21 July, 2010 - 10:32

If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?”

-Rumi (1207–1273), Persian poet and philosopher

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In: Leadership, Learning, Managing Change, Organizational Change, Quotes

Leave Unsaid the Wrong Thing at The Tempting Moment During Organizational Change

Wednesday, 23 June, 2010 - 18:23

The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment."

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In: Books, Emotional Intelligence / EQ, Employee Engagement, Inspiration, International, Learning, Quotes, Tools & Techniques, Travel, Working with Sandy

Viewing Conflict As An Opportunity During Organizational Change

Monday, 24 May, 2010 - 06:14

Size Does Matter in Organizational Change

Monday, 17 May, 2010 - 05:32

"I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well."
Diane Ackerman, (1948 - ) Illinois-born poet, essayist, naturalist

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In: Books, Emotional Intelligence / EQ, Employee Engagement, Inspiration, Leadership, Managing Change, Organizational Change, Quotes, Science, Tools & Techniques, Women & Leadership

Laughing Your Way to the Bank During Organizational Change

Tuesday, 13 April, 2010 - 12:12

"...what humor is all about: playing with ideas, challenging assumptions, and poking fun at tradition."

from a great post by Rosabeth Moss Kanter on the virtue of humor.

Three Questions to Assess Your Change Readiness

Monday, 12 April, 2010 - 05:22

"The real act of discovery consists not in finding new lands but in seeing with new eyes." Marcel Proust, French Novelist (1871-1922)

Rule of Three: Knowing When to Confront Someone

Thursday, 8 April, 2010 - 06:41

You will find peace not by trying to escape your problems, but by confronting them courageously. You will find peace not in denial, but in victory.” J. Donald Walters (1926 - ), Romanian author, lecturer, composer