Do Athletes Excel At Everyday Tasks? A coaching opportunity Published earlier this month is a fascinating article on some research looking at the perception skills of those people good at athletic compared with other academics. (View the article ) Who can cross a busy road more effectively, a footballer or a psychology student?The experiment:In a virtual reality environment standing on a treadmill, students found themselves parachuted into an alleyway between two buildings. … [Read more...] about What change & business leaders can learn from athletes
Why can’t people follow instructions? #changemanagement #HRblog
Why can't people follow instructions? Or maybe more accurately why won't people follow instructions?I run an online community group and peoples inability to follow instructions cause a problem recently. It got me thinking about how we implement change, and why change management programs and initiatives often fail to meet expectations.In the worlds of project management, software updates and software deployment (CRM, ERP etc), training and in fact any change management situation where we … [Read more...] about Why can’t people follow instructions? #changemanagement #HRblog
Force Field Analysis
The Force Field analysis is a graphical tool for supporting decision making. It can be used equally by individuals or teams.Kurt Lewin in 1943 developed the concept based in the physical sciences. He originally proposed it as a tool to understand problem based situations in social science and to effect planned change.He described a problem situation as one where the difference between the way things are and the way they are desired to be. The principle of force field analysis is that in … [Read more...] about Force Field Analysis
