No single factor can make or break your success as a Change Agent more directly than the attitude you choose to bring to your work. An honest, upbeat attitude can help you be helpful to others. It can enable you to create your own luck and build unseen momentum for your change. [...]
I’m up in the mountains today and even though the calendar and the weatherman predicted it, one of this year’s first blasts of wintery weather caught me off guard. It also looks to have altered the clothing choices of most folks – including me. A nice, warm coat is definitely this week’s hot fashion accessory. [...]
theBigRocks Pictures of the Week! Photography is a side hobby of mine. While my hobby might not apply to helping teams through change in a text book sense, sometimes I notice little things when looking through the lens and it just clicks for me… I snapped the following pics during the Fourth of July Parade [...]
Some teams work for months or years to implement a change, then limp across the finish line burned out and ready to shut down. Others reminisce fondly about having been part of a great team that accomplished something significant. What sets the two apart? I would argue the one of the most critical factors in [...]
Sponsors and Change Agents often use a common metaphor when they encourage the targets of their change to “get on the bus before it leaves“. When it comes to helping people deal with change, the only outcomes worse than seeing stakeholders miss that bus could be seeing them get on the wrong bus or even [...]
It was sweltering Saturday in my Florida backyard, so I took a break from my lawn work and grabbed an ice cold pop to quench my thirst. Say What? Did I just call my soft drink a “Pop”? Yes. And here’s why: A while back, a cool graphic circulated around the internet showing the various [...]
Thank You! As I mentioned in my South Dakota post a few days ago, I have been surprised and humbled by the positive response to this website over the first 6 months that it has been online. I’ve met some great people and we’ve engaged in some terrific dialogue about the things that make change [...]
Just a note of thanks to a pair of readers from Sioux Falls and Pukwana, South Dakota in the USA for stopping by theBigRocks.com this past week! Why It’s a Big Deal: That’s significant because with these two visits from the Mount Rushmore State, theBigRocks.com has now welcomed guests from all 50 US states plus [...]
Today’s post offers a bit of levity for the holiday… . Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Let’s eat until we pop. Let’s watch some football all day long. From noon to night non-stop. . . . We’ll gorge ourselves on turkey, and fill ourselves with pie. So much the TSA won’t dare to touch us when we [...]
Many Brits cheered new British Prime Minister David Cameron’s recent ban on cell phone use during cabinet meetings. Cameron, who is an avid technophile himself, (his favorite cell phone game is reportedly Angry Birds) reasoned that the entire group would be more focused and would conduct the people’s business more quickly by paying full attention. [...]
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