How to build vital space for recovery into your change plans
It’s vital that we have space to recover during and after significant events and project and programme milestones. This space can help us regroup, learn and stay galvanised for whatever the next steps might be.
Three things to consider when you need to call time on change
Sometimes, large projects or programmes have to stop before they’ve finished. There are a myriad of things to consider when this happens, not least the impact on people. Here are three things that spring to mind, prompted by the rumoured changes to the UK’s High Speed 2 (HS2) plans.
Understand the ebbs and flows of change and you’ll be a better leader
Twist Consultants writes...no change is ever the same, whatever the organisation. When you’re leading through uncertainty, recognising that there are ebbs and flows and how you might be able to navigate them can help. Here are a few ideas that might just help.
Can you remember what you were up to in 2004?
Twist Consultants writes... Back in 2004, the year that we saw the launch of Facebook and one of the worse tsunamis in history, I started my own business. Nineteen summers on, I’ve been reflecting on what I’ve learned from that journey so far…
Why hope matters for organisations and the people in them as we step into 2022
In a year that promises to be packed full of even more change, what difference can hope really make to organisations and the people in them? It's possibly more than you might think…
How to share more hope in times of change
In the second of a series of posts about the topic of hope, the team explore how organisations can share more hope, especially in times of change. By giving people greater hope, leaders can help people take action and move forward with clarity.
Are you ready for radical empathy, especially in times of change?
The Empathy Echo Chamber… art that is helping us understand how we can use radical empathy to make the world a better place. As we navigate this next transition in our workplaces, there is definitely a great deal we can learn from art to improve empathy in the world.
The Great Return to the Office – how are you keeping people engaged in yet another change?
As organisations work through how they are bringing people back into the workplace, how do you keep people involved and engaged? How do you avoid mis-stepping it and switching people off when they may be anxious or excited about coming back to the workplace?
Why you need to plan to deliver difficult messages
Change is messy and uncomfortable. But if you’re a leader who has to deliver difficult messages in change, then good planning can really help. Here are four reasons why planning matters.
Think carefully about what you're NOT saying when you communicate in organisation change
When we communicate during organisation change, our focus often goes on the words we’re going to say. But, as change specialist Jo Twiselton explains, we need to consider what we’re not saying too - and that includes our digital body language.