Insights
Ideas for leaders leading change.
Practical, research-backed thinking on change management, executive presence, and building teams that adopt change instead of resisting it.
Leading Change
How to prepare your leadership team for change, before you announce it
Six steps and a checklist to get your leaders ready before the rest of the organization hears a word.
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Read the articleExecutive Confidence
Confidence vs. competence: why capable leaders still hesitate
Why high performers still hold back, and how leaders close the gap for themselves and their teams.
7 min read
Read the articleChange Management
What is personal change management, and why does it come first?
Organizations don't change. People do. How personal change management works, and why it's the missing piece in most transformations.
6 min read
Read the articleLeadership Development
Why most leadership training doesn't stick, and what does
Companies spend billions on leadership development. Here's why so much of it fades, and how to build habits that last.
7 min read
Read the articleAI & Leadership
AI doesn't replace leadership. It reveals it.
Why AI rollouts stall, and why the fix is a leadership and confidence problem, not a technology one.
7 min read
Read the articleThe GRASP Method™
What is the GRASP Method™? A framework for confidence that lasts through change
The five steps of the GRASP Method™, why Action isn't first, and how it works for leaders, teams, and whole organizations.
8 min read
Read the articleResilience
Why resilience starts with gratitude, and what it does to your team's brain
Your brain feels before it thinks. Here's what that means for employees during change, and why gratitude is the first step to a resilient team.
7 min read
Read the articleExecutive Presence
What is executive presence? How confident leaders build trust.
The most trusted leaders communicate change like great TED speakers: one clear idea, told through story and empathy, that sticks.
By Tara LaFon Gooch, MBA · 7 min read
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Why employees resist change, and what leaders can do about it.
Resistance isn't stubbornness. It's fear wearing a professional face. Here's what drives it, and how leaders turn it into readiness.
By Tara LaFon Gooch, MBA · 6 min read
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Why do most change initiatives fail? It's not the strategy.
Most change efforts skip the individual. Here's why people resist change, and what leaders can do to make transformation last.
By Tara LaFon Gooch, MBA · 6 min read
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