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Will You Add? - Leading Change - Listen More and Talk Less
The time has come for a career change. You wish to switch careers and it's the only thing on your mind these days. Bored, fired, low pay or high ambition, there are any number of reasons for a career change. First things first! Don't fret. A career change is not as bad these days as it was made out to be in the olden days whe
You must be a listener to lead change successfully. Anything less and failure is loaded on the southbound train screaming towards you at this very moment. It's a bullet that's been fired and it just hasn’t arrived yet. Dave ended up getting shot in the process, don’t let that be you.
As the change leader - make sure you listen. It's been said, "To change, you gotta' change". I might add, "To change su
While it is always a good idea to show your customer appreciation, the holidays are an important time to do so. Traditionally, the holiday season includes an abundance of gift giving and showing the important people just how valued they are to you. Smart companies plan ahead for this time of year and strategize their holida
That quote came from the Director of Purchasing regarding the new Oracle system the company had just implemented. Honesty was long overdue. We were working in a $500 million dollar tech outfit at the time, when the VP of Op's flew into town to stop the riot. He was going to set everyone straight and tell us straight up ‘how it was’.
He started the meeting with this gem.
"I've heard all the noise in the system. I've checked it out. And I want you to know it stops today! Oracle is our system, it works fine and this is the end of it."
We all wished he was right. But he was about as right as Bush and his WMD’s in Baghdad.
But the truth never stopped this guy, so he rambled on with authority.
"Just why are we not making the new products that are on order? Why are our shipments always late? We cannot have this anymore. It stops today!"
He was pretty exercised and excited and they seemed like fair questions. I mean the company had invested around $30 million or so to get this Oracle thing on the street. It had been two years since this guy kicked off the Oracle project. So questions like he now posed seemed fair. Things were pretty quiet for a time.
That's when he got his priceless answer from the Director of Purchasing.
"Well, Dave, here's how it really works. Thanks to Oracle, we have most of the parts we need for all the products. However, we don’t have all of the parts we need for any of the products."
The entire project team had been telling this guy we call Dave, for months that things weren’t what the consultants from Oracle were claiming. They were telling him but he wasn’t listening. As time went on he became more obsessed with the timeline than he did the truth. That is a killer. He had stepped out on that proverbial limb and told the CEO that all was well in Zion. He was dead wrong. You have to listen to the right people. You have to listen to understand, not just nod your head.
You must be a listener to lead change successfully. Anything less and failure is loaded on the southbound train screaming towards you at this very moment. It's a bullet that's been fired and it just hasn’t arrived yet. Dave ended up getting shot in the process, don’t let that be you.
As the change leader - make sure you listen. It's been said, "To change, you gotta' change". I might add, "To change suc
We define brand as a representation of consumer perception — the perception and feeling toward a product or service. For example, when we think of Disney, we may think of “magic,” or when we think of Harley-Davidson, we may think of “individuality.” Each of these brands has done an exceptional job in branding themselves as so
He started the meeting with this gem.
"I've heard all the noise in the system. I've checked it out. And I want you to know it stops today! Oracle is our system, it works fine and this is the end of it."
We all wished he was right. But he was about as right as Bush and his WMD’s in Baghdad.
But the truth never stopped this guy, so he rambled on with authority.
"Just why are we not making the new products that are on order? Why are our shipments always late? We cannot have this anymore. It stops today!"
He was pretty exercised and excited and they seemed like fair questions. I mean the company had invested around $30 million or so to get this Oracle thing on the street. It had been two years since this guy kicked off the Oracle project. So questions like he now posed seemed fair. Things were pretty quiet for a time.
That's when he got his priceless answer from the Director of Purchasing.
"Well, Dave, here's how it really works. Thanks to Oracle, we have most of the parts we need for all the products. However, we don’t have all of the parts we need for any of the products."
The entire project team had been telling this guy we call Dave, for months that things weren’t what the consultants from Oracle were claiming. They were telling him but he wasn’t listening. As time went on he became more obsessed with the timeline than he did the truth. That is a killer. He had stepped out on that proverbial limb and told the CEO that all was well in Zion. He was dead wrong. You have to listen to the right people. You have to listen to understand, not just nod your head.
You must be a listener to lead change successfully. Anything less and failure is loaded on the southbound train screaming towards you at this very moment. It's a bullet that's been fired and it just hasn’t arrived yet. Dave ended up getting shot in the process, don’t let that be you.
As the change leader - make sure you listen. It's been said, "To change, you gotta' change". I might add, "To change su
Many people's idea of networking relates to the 'size of their Christmas Card List, rather than the quality of their relationship with each person on that list. Similarly those people network, but few reap the rewards of zeroing in on their potential. Here are some ideas to help fill the gap between where you are now and whe
He was pretty exercised and excited and they seemed like fair questions. I mean the company had invested around $30 million or so to get this Oracle thing on the street. It had been two years since this guy kicked off the Oracle project. So questions like he now posed seemed fair. Things were pretty quiet for a time.
That's when he got his priceless answer from the Director of Purchasing.
"Well, Dave, here's how it really works. Thanks to Oracle, we have most of the parts we need for all the products. However, we don’t have all of the parts we need for any of the products."
The entire project team had been telling this guy we call Dave, for months that things weren’t what the consultants from Oracle were claiming. They were telling him but he wasn’t listening. As time went on he became more obsessed with the timeline than he did the truth. That is a killer. He had stepped out on that proverbial limb and told the CEO that all was well in Zion. He was dead wrong. You have to listen to the right people. You have to listen to understand, not just nod your head.
You must be a listener to lead change successfully. Anything less and failure is loaded on the southbound train screaming towards you at this very moment. It's a bullet that's been fired and it just hasn’t arrived yet. Dave ended up getting shot in the process, don’t let that be you.
As the change leader - make sure you listen. It's been said, "To change, you gotta' change". I might add, "To change su
If you need a business card, what do you do?Well, you can go to the nearest computer shop or printing company that does business card printing. Of course, in choosing that option, you have to shell out some money. But you not need worry about anything else because these shops or companies design, format, and print your
The entire project team had been telling this guy we call Dave, for months that things weren’t what the consultants from Oracle were claiming. They were telling him but he wasn’t listening. As time went on he became more obsessed with the timeline than he did the truth. That is a killer. He had stepped out on that proverbial limb and told the CEO that all was well in Zion. He was dead wrong. You have to listen to the right people. You have to listen to understand, not just nod your head.
You must be a listener to lead change successfully. Anything less and failure is loaded on the southbound train screaming towards you at this very moment. It's a bullet that's been fired and it just hasn’t arrived yet. Dave ended up getting shot in the process, don’t let that be you.
As the change leader - make sure you listen. It's been said, "To change, you gotta' change". I might add, "To change su
ALT stands for Assistant Language Teacher. ALT's are the guys and gals that go into the public schools and teach English along with a Japanese teacher. For teachers in Japan, ALT work is one option for employment. I was an ALT for a year. It had it's ups and downs. Your experience as an ALT depends a lot on what school y
You must be a listener to lead change successfully. Anything less and failure is loaded on the southbound train screaming towards you at this very moment. It's a bullet that's been fired and it just hasn’t arrived yet. Dave ended up getting shot in the process, don’t let that be you.
As the change leader - make sure you listen. It's been said, "To change, you gotta' change". I might add, "To change successfully, you gotta' listen."
Ed Kugler
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