Mike's Blog on Change

September 2, 2025

Concern #3 Doing Change “with” People Means I’m Not in Control of the Change

In this post I write about the 3rd of three fears people may have about doing change “with” people rather than “to” them, the fear that taking this approach means I’m not in control of the change.

August 5, 2025

Concern #2 Doing Change “with” People Will Take Too Much Time and Money

In this post I write about the 2nd of three fears people may have about doing change “with” people rather than “to” them, the fear that the change will take too much time and money.

June 30, 2025

Concern #1 Doing Change “with” People Won’t Achieve the Desired Goals

In this post I write about the 1st of three fears people may have about doing change “with” people rather than “to” them, the fear that the change won’t achieve the desired goals.

May 20, 2025

Barriers to Doing Change “with” People

With this post, I’m starting a brief series on barriers to doing change “with” people rather than “to” them.

April 15, 2025

I don’t want people to feel like they’re involved in the change

In this post I share why I don’t want people to feel like they are involved and included in the change management process.

March 18, 2025

My Change Management Passion

In this post I share what I’m most passionate about regarding change management and invite each of us to consider how the discipline might look different in the future.

February 11, 2025

Reintroducing My Change Management “Come From”

In this post, I share an overview of my “come from” regarding change management; What is my home base, from what foundation do I approach change management work?

December 10, 2024

2024 in review and a look ahead to 2025

Hello all! This is my final post of 2024. This week I’m taking a look back at highlights from what I wrote about in 2024 and a look ahead at what 2025 might hold for my blog.

December 3, 2024

The lens you look through makes a big difference

Iin this week’s post I discuss how the definition of “success” on an initiative influences the actions you take as a change management practitioner.

November 19, 2024

Series Summary: What does Pickleball have to do with change management?

I’ve been sharing lessons I’m learning from playing pickleball that influence my work as a change management practitioner. This week’s post is a summary of what I’ve learned.