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4-2. When Unresolvable Tensions Exist, How Can Leaders Maintain Unity?

February 4, 2020 Tom Galvin Leadership, Learning, Org. Change, Season 4 00:19:50 Comments Off on 4-2. When Unresolvable Tensions Exist, How Can Leaders Maintain Unity?

Organizations face counternarratives continuously. Are there ways of defending the organization against them without resorting to defensiveness?

1-1. Why Transformational Change May Seem Doomed to “Fail”

October 14, 2018 Tom Galvin Org. Change, Season 1 00:17:54 Comments Off on 1-1. Why Transformational Change May Seem Doomed to “Fail”

Persistent tensions in an organization can make transformational change difficult, thus making it easy for opponents to claim that the effort failed.

Announcements

Check out the new site design — episodes have been reorganized into seven major topic areas and the menus have been improved. I am adding more links directly back to the Talking About Organizations Podcast that inspired many of the episodes here.

Season 5 is now underway — nine episodes in total through December 2020!