Why Won’t Managers Learn?

Managerial learning

Managerial learning is the cornerstone for a learning organization.  A manager’s unwillingness to learn is the major impediment to organizational learning. Many managers believe that once they have attained a managerial position, they have “arrived”.  They see the appointment to the managerial role as an acknowledgement that they “know it all”. A corollary of this [...]

Managing Personal Transitions in a Change Program

Stradbroke Island Sunset - Merit Solutions Australia

One of the responsibilities of managers is to assist their employees to make the personal transitions necessary during a change program. Managers typically focus on change management – getting to the end physical state as quickly as possible.  In the process, they leave their employees behind. We have well-established practices for making the physical change [...]

A Manager’s Power Sources

Power Station

Mangers have multiple sources of power to manage change and develop organizations. Many organizations have power vacuums at various levels because managers do not take up the power that is rightfully theirs. Power has become something of a dirty word in organizations because the term is often associated with misuse or abuse. The reality is [...]

Personal Characteristics Required to Change Organizational Culture

The Culture House

Managers need to be consistent, congruent, persistent and resilient to change workplace culture.