Comments for the watercooler http://watercoolernewsletter.com straight talk on strategic issues Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:42:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Leading Means Leading Change by Jan Rutherford http://watercoolernewsletter.com/leading-means-leading-change/#comment-117 Jan Rutherford Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:42:15 +0000 http://watercoolernewsletter.com/?p=4303#comment-117 Amy - thank you for the comment. Regarding "today's world:" Gaining a true commitment versus acquiring mere compliance ultimately means empowering others. Empowering is a common buzzword carelessly used, as it actually mandates the leader to relinquish power. This requires a leader to willingly assume risk by allowing subordinates to make mistakes and falter, but it can help build a strong coalition. Be magnanimous. Participative planning helps create aligned expectations, and role modeling yields disciplined habits that will help produce desired results. Amy – thank you for the comment. Regarding “today’s world:” Gaining a true commitment versus acquiring mere compliance ultimately means empowering others. Empowering is a common buzzword carelessly used, as it actually mandates the leader to relinquish power. This requires a leader to willingly assume risk by allowing subordinates to make mistakes and falter, but it can help build a strong coalition. Be magnanimous. Participative planning helps create aligned expectations, and role modeling yields disciplined habits that will help produce desired results.

]]> Comment on Making Successful Business Changes the Quiet Way by Deb Shapiro http://watercoolernewsletter.com/making-successful-business-changes-the-quiet-way/#comment-116 Deb Shapiro Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:51:47 +0000 http://watercoolernewsletter.com/?p=4321#comment-116 Top down or bottom up? Whatever works! Generally top down means change can be integrated more fully and further down are more likely to go along with it. Good luck! Top down or bottom up? Whatever works! Generally top down means change can be integrated more fully and further down are more likely to go along with it. Good luck!

]]> Comment on Leading Means Leading Change by Amy E. Kelsall Ph.D. http://watercoolernewsletter.com/leading-means-leading-change/#comment-115 Amy E. Kelsall Ph.D. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:25:43 +0000 http://watercoolernewsletter.com/?p=4303#comment-115 Jan, As usual your feedback is timely, helpful, applied and right on track with what is needed for strategic and effective change in today's world. I appreciate your writing and look forward to more. P.S. Will you now consider teaching the Strategic Comunication for change course?:)Thanks for your perspective and the 10 essentials guide. Jan,

As usual your feedback is timely, helpful, applied and right on track with what is needed for strategic and effective change in today’s world. I appreciate your writing and look forward to more. P.S. Will you now consider teaching the Strategic Comunication for change course?:)Thanks for your perspective and the 10 essentials guide.

]]> Comment on Making Successful Business Changes the Quiet Way by Judy Christa-Cathey http://watercoolernewsletter.com/making-successful-business-changes-the-quiet-way/#comment-114 Judy Christa-Cathey Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:54:56 +0000 http://watercoolernewsletter.com/?p=4321#comment-114 What a great article. Any insights on how to implement? Top down? Bottom up? What a great article. Any insights on how to implement? Top down? Bottom up?

]]> Comment on about the watercooler by Hazel Shuttleworth http://watercoolernewsletter.com/about-watercooler/#comment-111 Hazel Shuttleworth Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:14:54 +0000 http://dev.wpcoder.com/dan/wordpress/?page_id=2#comment-111 Please subscribe me to this newsletter - i have really enjoyed reading my first issue :) Please subscribe me to this newsletter – i have really enjoyed reading my first issue :)

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