Tools Convincing Teams to Stay during Times of Change A “stay interview” can help you identify what will keep your employees invested in the work, and demonstrate that they matter
Tools Use a “Change Audit” to Reflect on Progress and Set Intentions Six questions that will help you determine how to make change in the year ahead
Tools How Learning Roundtables Make Your Organization Smarter and More Resilient Teams must have opportunities to be candid about the progress towards their goals, to work through how to achieve their desired outcomes, and hopefully, to learn from their colleagues’ experiences
Tools How User Manuals Foster Team Development Making personal preferences and working styles explicit speeds up the forming and norming process
Tools How to Create a More Equitable Experience for Remote, Hybrid, and On-Site Employees An employee experience map tracking gaps in the on-site, remote, and hybrid experience can create a more equitable workplace, wherever work takes place.
Tools Track Organizational Change with a Change Charter This “cheat sheet” aligns leaders on the changes they want to see in their teams and serve as a communication tool for the organization at large
Tools An Adaptive Approach to the Strategic Planning Process Organizations need a 21st century replacement for the five-year plan, one that respects uncertainty as the norm and values the ability to change as a competitive advantage.
Tools Create a Communications Plan to Navigate the Different Phases of Change We’ve created a simple worksheet, inspired by William Bridges’ “4 P’s”, to discuss change with your team
Tools How to Adapt Performance Review Season for 2021 This isn’t the time for a complete overhaul—instead, hold more frequent 1:1s focused on coping with change, and making progress towards revised goals
Tools Are You Measuring Change at the Right Organizational Layer? Change can be tough to pinpoint. It’s constant, but its effects can appear instantaneously, take time to become evident, or…
Tools How to Bring Background Conversations to the Foreground Every organization has hidden conversations—but if you can’t talk about an issue, or if you don’t know an issue even exists in the first place, you can’t address it.
Tools How to Tell the Story of Change Before people accept a solution, they have to agree there’s a problem. Telling a story—and illustrating their part to play—can make transformation easier
Tools A Simple Diagram to Determine, “Should This Be a Meeting?” Reduce workload and bring better work-life balance by evaluating what decisions require meetings and what can be resolved by email
Tools Embarking on the Change Journey for the Better A “change map” provides much needed perspective in the middle of a change process
Tools Hacking the Eisenhower Decision Matrix As you weigh the urgent and the important in order to prioritize your week or your team’s backlog, you may need new methods to force decision-making and focus
Tools Anti Racism Resources to Build an Inclusive Work Environment Creating a more just workplace (and society) can feel overwhelming, but these tools can serve as a first step
Tools How to Lay Off Employees Gracefully: Special Considerations for Remote Teams With more people than ever working from home, layoffs require even more care and planning
Tools Hold Teams Together & Accountable with a Culture Contract To avoid misunderstandings—and address culture fails—outline what the team should expect from each other, and from the organization.
Tools Anticipating Problems with a Project Premortem Analysis At the start of any project, this exercise can help you predict what might go wrong as well as creating a culture where addressing new challenges is safe.
Tools Why a Quick Check-in Makes Meetings More Effective At the beginning of the meeting, we ask, “What are you bringing with you?” This simple ritual builds psychological safety and actually keeps meetings running on time.
