Wayne Madden’s Blog

It does sound kind of contradictory – to prepare or plan – to plan. However, based on experience and also canvassing literally fifty to sixty lists of the most common strategic planning mistakes listed on various websites, your preparation for any strategic planning process is likely one of the most significant contributors to success of [...]

In my last post, “Want to Suppress Innovation in your Company or Group?”, I reviewed some key behaviors and actions you want to avoid if you desire a culture rich with innovation and innovative ideas. Now, let’s examine the positive side of this important topic. What are the key foundations, behaviors, and activities that promote a [...]

It is so common for “leaders” in an organization to suppress innovation without even realizing they are doing it. I have done this at time as a leader and thankfully got called out for it by some of those that I led. I don’t claim to have all the keys for promoting innovation, but I [...]

Can a President, CEO, or a company hire someone to lead change in their organization? Can a leader of any part of an organization rely on someone outside or inside their group to lead change for their group? You probably surmise from my question in this post that my answer to this is a resounding [...]

As you reflect on your past leadership work and consider the type of leader you want to be in the future, it is important to recognize whether you are a “transformational leader” or a “transactional leader”. Why? These are two very different types of leadership and perhaps at times you realized you were a square [...]

The final variable in Gleicher’s Formula is “F” = A plan for the first concrete steps that can be taken towards achieving or materializing your vision of the future state (change).  As you recall from my prior posts, Gleicher’s Formula is: C = (DVF) > R where C=Change, D=degree of dissatisfaction with current state, V=the [...]

In recent posts, I referred to Gleicher’s Formula which can be used to calculate readiness for change within a group or organization and then examined the “D” variable of the formula. That formula is: C = (DVF) > R and those first two blog posts I am referencing are “Who is Ready for this Change?” and “Assessing [...]

In my last post, I referred to Gleicher’s Formula which can be used to calculate readiness for change within a group or organization. That formula is: C = (DVF) > R (see “Who is Ready for this Change?) Today, let’s take a minute to examine the factors that contribute to the D element in this equation, [...]

In the last several posts, I have been discussing the primal reactant to change – “fear of” or “feelings of” loss – and also various behaviors that you may encounter for individuals or groups within the organization during times of organized change. In this post, I want to talk about how to prepare for and [...]

“You can’t change or dissolve this group, we are essential to the company.” “Nobody knows how to do this right but our group, why change?” “This is wrong. The leadership team doesn’t understand the value we bring to the company.” For those of you that have led or been part of implementing organizational change, these [...]

What is happening when your best attempts at true revolutionary of transformational change end up being diluted to only a few incremental or evolutionary changes in reality or even worse, the change started but the organization seemingly just “snapped” back into place with no changes at all – it fizzled out? The simple answer using [...]

“We have a job to do and this change is getting in the way.” “We don’t have time for this right now because we have bigger things on our plate to tackle — revenues are down and we need to just focus on sales.” “We could do this, but it is going to cost you [...]