The Change Management Blog

There are 4 words that have the same essential effect: evangelization, marketing, education and change. Check out these definitions: Evangelization: To promulgate or promote a doctrine or idea, for example, enthusiastically.Marketing: The commercial processes involved in promoting and selling/distributing a product or service.Education: The act or process of imparting or acquiring…

An article published in the April 16, 2013 Harvard Business Review was titled, “Change Management Needs to Change.”  It stated that change management has been a recognized discipline for over 50 years, yet despite the tools, training and books about the topic, most studies indicate a significant failure rate for…

The Introduction section to my book, “Shift: A Strategy ‘Geared’ To Solidify School Finances,” states that we all have an aversion to change for a few reasons. First, change is inevitable. Second, it’s not so much that we fear the event itself, but that we do not know when it…