Tools

This assessment lists twenty key developments leaders make as they move from conventional to post-conventional stages in Vertical Leadership Development. Each support your increasing success as a Conscious Change Leader.

To effectively launch your change initiative, consider the topics in this checklist. Check those topics that you will use to plan your launch strategy and work. Depending on the complexity and status of your initiative, you may need to take all or just some of these actions. If you are beyond the launch stage, review this list for actions that may still provide benefit to the smooth change leadership of your initiative.

This tool provides you with an extensive list of optional questions for your briefing interviews. Identifying your Project Briefing QuestionsThe questions cover the background and history of the effort, its current status, and its future plans as known today. The best briefing interviews ask for the most focused and leveraged information.

This tool provides you with an extensive list of optional questions for your briefing interviews. Identifying your Project Briefing QuestionsThe questions cover the background and history of the effort, its current status, and its future plans as known today. The best briefing interviews ask for the most focused and leveraged information.

The process of envisioning is as important as the vision you create. Conscious Change Leadership teams typically decide to involve a significant part – or even all – of the organization in the visioning process. Download this tool for suggested approaches, techniques, and tips for building your vision. Use the included worksheet to discuss and agree on each component of your visioning process as shaped for your project. Enter your conclusions and strategies in the appropriate spaces.

Conscious breathing can improve your performance in everything you do. Elite athletes use their breath to “center” themselves for high performance. Discover a simple breath control technique that can make you a better leader.

Capacity is what enables people to get their work done, be it their normal day-to-day work or their change work. If your organization does not have or generate the capacity for change, you are at risk of failing to achieve your expected results. The first thing to do is assess your current capacity. Here is the list of steps to conduct a change capacity review so you can find out where you stand so you can free up or build the capacity you need.

When leading transformational change, one of the obstacles you will inevitably deal with is company politics.
This tool lists 22 effective ways of shifting the organizational culture to reduce or eliminate the impact of these dynamics.

The Initial Impact Analysis Tool is a simple and powerful tool to use at the launch of a change initiative to prepare you to understand the full scope of your change initiative.

Use this worksheet to help leaders and others see what they are missing to make change initiatives more successful.