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Scoop.it!
Gayla Benefield was just doing her job -- until she uncovered an awful secret about her hometown that meant its mortality rate was 80 times higher than anywh... 
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Tell me if you’ve heard this one before – you’re on a project that was thrust on your stakeholder groups from high above. They were insufficiently consulted during the problem definition phase, and they are now questioning everything during implementation. These stakeholders can’t get the project to be outright cancelled, but they can cause it to be ultimately unsuccessful if they don’t commit to putting their time and energy into ensuring that the solution being developed is appropriately used.
Sound familiar? It sure does to me!
So what is a leader, manager, consultant to do? Add stories into the mix.
I like this article because it directly addresses the difficulties of project management, enrolling people to your cause, and how stories can be one of the remedies applied.
The author includes 3 steps to shift the situation and get your projects back on track. If you are stuck -- read this.
And if you consult with others, tuck this list in your back pocket to keep your clients & project on track.
Read the full article here: http://www.batimes.com/articles/the-power-of-story-in-business-analysis.html ;
This review was written by Karen Dietz for her curated content on business storytelling at www.scoop.it/t/just-story-it ;
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Interestingly, the amount of time leaders spent on the issue had little impact on their success; the correlation was barely significant. But how they spent their time, including the number of sources of influence they applied, had a huge impact. Via ozziegontang
Carolin Robinson's comment,
July 30, 2013 1:49 PM
I have found over the last few years that the more change can result in the work silos becoming worse. We have been and are still going through massive change and one of the new struggles we are having is that the department silos are becoming stronger instead of working as a whole team.
Trish Sadar's comment,
July 30, 2013 2:37 PM
Carolin, very interesting. What stragies have worked to break the silos?
Carolin Robinson's comment,
July 30, 2013 2:43 PM
This is a struggle and we are still working on it. The main thing that we have been working on is communication and understanding between the departments, we seem to break some of the conflict when other departments really understand the what and why of each other. Some times staff just are 'not on the bus' and in those cases they may want to take the train instead.
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There are several points of view from which that this is an extraordinary video... The three main aspects are (1) the notion and broadness and generality of the notion "willful blindness", (2) the morality of the stories (to respect those who dare to stand up, as whistle blowers, etc,) in life, in society, in companies, and (3) how to use stories in a presentation for maximal effect... each of them are extremely imporant for all of us, though I'm not very optimistic of the real effect of this small video... but at least who will see it or a part of it (the total lenght is 14 min...) cannot say after that he/she is not aware of this... and that's already soemthing... the memes are born so...:-)))
add your insight...
No need for me to add anything. Just view Karen Dietz's curated insights and links to reflect on one's own power. With Values, if I know what you stand for; I will also know what you won't stand for.
I have been blessed with wonderful peers, mentors and teachers during my 27 years as a Vistage Chair. They have similar shared Values of: Trust, Caring, Challenge, and Growth. And with these people it has always been based on Dan Ariely's Social Norm the foundation being Trust and Relationship. See the Youtube: Dan Ariely: The Cost of Social Norms.