Impactful Resources
Articles
Four Essential Conditions For Innovation To Flourish In Any Organization
Over the years, I’ve seen innovation thrown around as a buzzword or a mystical, aspirational concept. Fortunately, we can achieve innovation by using some accepted methods rather than by merely hoping we’ll achieve it. This is the first of four articles by Rod Githens describing aspects of our Multi-Faceted Approach to Innovation. The model provides a robust approach to fostering systematic organizational change. This is the first of four articles that will cover our Multi-Faceted Approach to Innovation.
A Recipe for Using Participation to Change Culture
Creating Organizational Change with the Right People, Right Environment, and Right ProcessesOh, feedback and participation—many leaders have a love-hate relationship...
Designing Powerful Online Meeting Experiences
Originally published via The Startup on Medium.com, May 8, 2020 Most folks have adjusted to the new normal of online meetings. Unfortunately, that means that many have...
Six Ways to Be Ready for a Campus Shutdown
Originally published on Medium on March 2, 2020 Sometimes higher education truly has its collective head in the sand. Institutions have left themselves vulnerable to...
Tools
Communication Resources for Online Meetings
Any technology you identify should support meeting goals. We shouldn’t add another fancy tool unless it leads us to the outcome we’re trying to achieve. A frequent...
Checklist to Create a Welcoming Online Culture
If you lead a team that typically meets face-to-face, you likely have norms for how folks act. For example, are folks expected to show up on time? Do people work on...
After-Meeting Action Item Template
Meetings exist to produce something or propel an action forward. By developing a simple structure for tracking who’s responsible for doing what after a meeting, we can...
Meeting Agenda Template
A great meeting starts with a great agenda. One that isn’t a laundry list of topics. Topics only provide a starting point for crafting a good agenda. For each topic,...