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Qualities of a Leaders Mind - What about Malleable?

31/8/2021

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Last week I was sharing some thoughts with a friend about leadership and how we can bring the best out of our team members and peers. In this conversation, we thought about a new quality of a good leaders: being malleable - able to be changed and to adjust.

Around us we can observe managers that want to give direction and give guidance to their team members. They are confident with the experience they have and want the people around them to learn from them. This almost sound like a good thing, right? Though, in my experience there are a few side-effects which I would prefer to avoid. One is that with a rigid mindset, we are limiting the people's autonomy and creating frustration. Another is that we encourage the people around us to listen instead of applying their critical thinking capabilities. And a last - and in my eyes crucial - element is that we are limiting the creativity, innovation and development of the team.

What can leaders do instead? Ok, let me introduce another fancy word: impermanence. Things around us are in a continuous cycle; they are changing all the time and nothing is really permanent. Once we acknowledge that the ecosystem we are in has the qualities of impermanence, we also come to realise that we need an open and curious mind to absorb this ecosystem and to be able to thrive in it. With this we are able to adjust to the permanent change around us. How can you apply this in practice?
  • put aside judgement of other people's opinion, action, qualities
  • being open to other people's thoughts and ideas
  • take every interaction as a learning opportunity
  • being humble and view others as equal human beings
  • acknowledge that the world is moving on and we need to move with it

These are some initial thoughts around the quality of being malleable. What do you think about it? Where do you see this to be applicable and important?
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Charlie the Change Bear arrived in Singapore - Welcome!

23/8/2021

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Hello Singapore! I am finally out of quarantine and got a great welcome here in Singapore. Oh, yes, my name is Charlie, I am the Change Bear! Originally, I am from Germany and I have been sharing my change management experience in Beijing and Shanghai for the last few years!

What brings me to Singapore? I heard that the program for the 'Certified Associate in Change Management' will be launched here in September and maybe my support is valuable... (for sure it will be!)

First things first! My host here, Tim, promised to show me around Singapore. I heard it is tropical here, lots of green and lots of culture. And, lots of great food. I am excited to play tourist for a bit! I will share more soon...

After that, we bring a fun and joyful spirit to our certification programs - I can't wait for that!

Oh, if you want to learn more about me, check this out.
Learn more about the change management certification!
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CFOs - Here is the New Finance Team

20/8/2021

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This week the CFOConneX network has launched the first workshop series and I am delighted to be part of this event! Thank you David Newton and the entire team!

The entire workshops series is about how CFOs can take a new spin to business intelligence; reflecting on how we are doing business planning, budgeting and forecasting. The first session was giving an overview of what this topic entails.

As a change management practitioner, for sure I am looking at the people side of these activities. As a leader we should always think about the why! What is the purpose of financial planning & analysis? In the end we need to make decisions that are pushing our business forward.

Here is an extract of the workshop covering this topic. Enjoy!
In my presentation I have covered three key aspects:
  1. The purpose of business intelligence is making fast and solid decisions
  2. Finance and business teams have a shared responsibility for reporting and decision making
  3. A new finance team is emerging: customer centric, business enabling, connecting silos

How do you engage as a CFO with the business and contribute to the overall business success?
Register to the workshop series!
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How to develop your future-proofing skills? By practicing change management

17/8/2021

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The SkillsFuture organisation is doing an excellent job, supporting the development of the workforce in Singapore. They have recently launched a set of Critical Core Skills that are vital for all of us to thrive in a business environment that is rapidly changing in terms of technology and human interaction.

The sixteen competencies are grouped in the following three areas:
  • Interacting with Others
  • Thinking Critically
  • Staying Relevant
The big question: how can you effectively develop these skills? 

As a change management practitioner, I am delivering programs that are developing and embedding skills that allow change initiatives to succeed. Are you simply installing a change? How can you ensure that you realise the expected benefits of the transformation program? With this background, I want to share here how change management skills are supporting the critical skills above.

At the core of change is the human side of doing business; how we interact with others. We want to understand the people around us; only then can we overcome resistance and make the new solutions work for them. This is the foundation to make transformation initiatives a success. We learn to understand how people react, how we can influence and engage people. And most importantly, how we can create value in the ecosystem.

Change management frameworks provide a simple structure that allows us connecting the dots and to think critically. Who is impacted by the change program? Who can be an influencer? Change frameworks enable us to collaborate and discover new insights. With these inspirations we can derive innovative solutions that fit into the larger ecosystem.

When we learn about transformations, we also discover that change journeys are about continuous change. The business ecosystem is constantly moving forward and we need to keep moving within it - stay relevant. With this, we develop behaviours and mindsets that is not only open to change; we discover how we can thrive in change.

How can you get started? Become a Certified Associate in Change Management with our hybrid program that is credible, holistic and hands-on.


Source: Critical Core Skills, Skillsfuture Singapore
​Pre-register now!
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Yes, you can improve the odds of your change initiatives!

4/8/2021

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Did you know that about 26% of the change initiatives are failing? Most probably you did. And this statistic is quite sobering. And you might very well be deep in a transformative initiative and things take too long, and the impacted people are not sharing the same enthusiasm as you. Yes, this is normal.

The good news is, there are clear ways how to improve your odds to over 70%! How? With a clear and structured change management practice in your organisation. Key success factors are:
  1. Guide the leadership team that they become authentic sponsors and facilitate the creation of a collective imagination of the future state.
  2. Engage & enable the people that support the change; this will help to realise the future state beyond simply installing the change.
  3. Establish a change governance that allows experimentation and a focus on value creation; this will institutionalise the efforts of the transformation journey.
  4. Strengthen the alignment between horizontal and vertical levels in the organisation; a better understanding of the journey will create impact through action.

​Curious to learn more about a structured and hands-on approach to change management? We have launched a program for Certified Associates in Change Management.
Pre-register now!
​Sources:
  • ​How to beat the transformation odds, McKinsey
  • Seven Major Obstacles To Digital Transformations, Forbes
  • Demystifying Change Management, Deloitte
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