Make ideas happen. Part # 2.

1. Make ideas
happen
Part # 2

2. Question # 1
Are you using social media?

3. In more successful
transformation efforts,
executives use all existing
communication channels
to broadcast the vision.
John Kotter.
http://hbr.org/2007/01/leading-change-why-transformation-efforts-fail/ar/2

4. Question # 2
Are you coaching people?

5. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/How-do-you-coach-a-person-1995199

6. Question # 3
Are you giving people feedback?

7. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/How-do-we-give-and-receive-feedback-1761017

8. Question # 4
Are you responding to
negative expressions head-on?

9. http://www.amazon.de/Buy-In-Saving-Your-Getting-ebook/dp/B003YL4KSA/, location 1430.
Negative expression
The idea is interesting, but it is not the right time.
We need to wait until….
Response
The best time is almost always when you have people
excited and committed to make something happen.
And that’s now.

10. Adapted from
http://www.amazon.de/Buy-In-Saving-Your-Getting-ebook/dp/B003YL4KSA/, location 1530.
Negative expression
We don’t really have the skills to do this.
Response
We have much of what we need, and we can
and will get the rest. Let’s go.

11. http://www.amazon.de/Buy-In-Saving-Your-Getting-ebook/dp/B003YL4KSA/, location 1200.
Negative expression
Your proposal doesn’t go nearly far enough.
Response
Maybe, but our idea will get us started moving in the
right direction and will do so without further delay.

12. Further inspiration
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/How-do-we-manage-our-emotions-1678947

13. Question # 5
Are you communicating
passionately?

14. One of the most common ways to overcome resistance
to change is to educate people about it beforehand.
Communication of ideas helps people see the need for
and the logic of a change.
https://hbr.org/2008/07/choosing-strategies-for-change

15. To get your ideas heard, be passionate,
share your enthusiasm.
http://web.hbr.org/email/archive/managementtip.php?date=051211

16. Sources
http://thehypertextual.com/2010/04/08/gary-hamels-pyramid-of-human-capabilities/
http://www.business-strategy-innovation.com/2010/04/employee-traits-hierarchy-for-creative.htm
Gary Hamel

17. Further inspiration
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Hello-speaker-how-will-you-prepare-1449028

18. Question # 6
Are you bringing in
fresh inputs from outside?

19. When Jamie Oliver wanted to change the eating
habits of kids at a school in the USA, he got their
attention with a single, disgusting image:
A truckload of pure animal fat.
Example
https://hbr.org/2012/09/ten-ways-to-get-people-to-chan

20. http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/09/ten_ways_to_get_people_to_chan.html

21. Rational
engagement
focus
Emotional input
from outside
Emotional
engagement
focus
External
change driver
Internal
change driver

22. Question # 7
Are you celebrating success?

23. 3 ways to celebrate success
1. Write tweets praising people for what they do.
2. Write a handwritten note to people who have done great.
3. Invite a person out for a “walk and talk” with a cup of coffee.
Adapted from
https://hbr.org/2014/02/coping-techniques-for-lonely-change-leaders

24. http://youtu.be/9buGE_vKxcc
Celebrate successes using handwritten notes

25. Further inspiration
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/How-should-people-be-paid-1374105

26. Question # 8
Are you asking for forgiveness
rather than for permission?

27. If you see an opportunity, go for it!
Hamel, Gary: The Future of Management, p. 112.

28. Question # 9
Are you working with people
who want change?

29. Surround yourself with people
you want to be.
http://time.com/3462103/you-read-about-change-never-change/

30. Further inspiration
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Questions-to-discover-your-values-1329394

31. Make ideas
happen
Part # 1
http://www.slideshare.net/frankcalberg/17-ideas-to-make-change-happen-195185