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Eight (8) Underrated Leadership Principles That Actually Help Your People Get Through Change
...and will still work next year. Lead with truth, not spin. People can smell corporate fluff a mile away. “We’re transforming!” means nothing if no one can say why . Start with the real reason for the change: the good, the hard, and the human. E.g.: “We’ve outgrown our systems and our old ways of working. It’s time to make the hard stuff easier.” Don’t call it resistance. Call it feedback. What leaders label as “pushback” is often insight into what’s not clear, fair, or supp
Debra Mitchell
Oct 272 min read
Driving Sustainable Change in Organizations
Change is inevitable. Yet, the way organizations navigate change can make all the difference between fleeting disruption and lasting...
Debra Mitchell
Oct 74 min read
72 Hours from Failure to Confidence
# Most Tech Rollouts Fail Because Leaders Still Believe Adoption Is a “Training Problem” It’s not. It’s a human problem. Here’s what I...
Debra Mitchell
Aug 272 min read
Ambitiously Kind: Redefining What It Means to Lead with Drive
What if ambition wasn’t just about climbing higher, but about climbing with deeper purpose? Ambition and kindness aren’t opposites. The...
Debra Mitchell
Jun 122 min read
From Burnout to Presence: My Most Powerful Leadership Tool
Last week, I shared how mindfulness became my lifeline during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. I had just transitioned to...
Debra Mitchell
Jun 62 min read
Finding My Way Back To Center
How Mindfulness Became My Lifeline It was March 2020. I packed up my laptop, grabbed a few things from my desk at a major financial...
Debra Mitchell
May 282 min read
The Conversations Leaders Avoid (And Why They’re Costing You More Than You Think)
Navigating Courageous Conversations with Grace Let’s be honest: Having a tough conversation with a direct report is one thing. But...
Debra Mitchell
May 92 min read
The Overlooked Power of Gratitude in Driving Sustainable Change
What if the missing piece in your transformation strategy… is gratitude? Not a tactic. A leadership mindset. A culture-building force....
Debra Mitchell
Apr 183 min read
Overcoming the most unpredictable and complex factor in any M&A: the people.
Overcome the most unpredictable and complex factor in any M&A: the people The People Side of Mergers & Acquisitions: The Five Biggest...
Debra Mitchell
Mar 181 min read
How Timing Can Make or Break Your IT Transformation
IT implementations are rarely derailed by technology alone—it’s the timing of change management that makes the difference.
Debra Mitchell
Feb 162 min read
Understanding Your Team's Genius
Empowering Your Management Team: How The Six Types of Working Genius Drives Higher Morale, Engagement, and Reduces Attrition Over the...
Debra Mitchell
Oct 9, 20244 min read
Focus on your Winnie the Poohs
Have you heard of the Change Management Rule? My friend and colleague sums it up like this: In every organization, there are Tiggers,...
Debra Mitchell
Aug 25, 20242 min read
Your change effort is in trouble. And you can fix it.
In my 20 years of delivering enterprise-wide change efforts, more efforts ran into trouble than not. In most cases, we were able to turn...
Debra Mitchell
Aug 4, 20241 min read
Mindfulness: Your Path to Success
Easy tips to get your mindfulness journey started
Debra Mitchell
Jun 23, 20242 min read
Navigating Change with a People-First Approach
People at the heart of change
Debra Mitchell
Jun 23, 20242 min read
Tell Me Something I Don't Want To Hear
Asking, "Tell me something I don't want to hear," during one-on-one meetings with my team, boss, and partners gave me incredibly useful...
Debra Mitchell
Jun 22, 20241 min read
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