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How to Counter Employee Resistance to Change & Training achiever change management communication leading change

When we train our clients, some of the greatest resistance we experience is, almost ironically, the anticipation of their own students’...

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In Defense of Forecasting achiever change management leading change small business

If you’ve ever worked with The Mann Group, you’ve likely heard us talk about forecasting. It’s one of our favorite skillsets and...

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Just [Donā€™t] Do It: The Whats, Whys, & Hows of Delegation achiever change management leading change small business

Hey, owners, we’ve got some bad news (actually, we think it’s good news, but we have a feeling you might require some convincing): you...

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A Guide to Making Feedback Work change management communication leadership leading change

Look up the word “self-evaluation” in the dictionary and you’ll be redirected to evaluation. Search for it in the thesaurus and...

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The Retail Manager achiever change management leading change small business

In 20 years of client work with the Mann Group, we’ve come to an unavoidable conclusion. In the world of retail enterprise, the Store Manager...

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What Makes A Successful Store Manager? achiever change management leadership leading change

*Amendment: After reviewing our feedback forms and internal discussions, the title of this NBDA Super Seminar should have been “Manager...

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You Have Become a Managerā€¦.Now What? achiever change management communication leadership

Congratulations! What an exciting promotion. Webster defines a manager as a person responsible for controlling or administering all or part of a...

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Applied achiever change management leading change small business

I trust you are following along in our continued exploration of the phrase/mantra/process, “Gentle Pressure Relentlessly Applied”. So...

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Relentless change management gpra influencing behavior small business

So far, we have explored the first two words, Gentle and Pressure. Today we turn our attention to the third word in the process: RELENTLESSLY.

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Pressure achiever change management leadership leading change small business

Today, let’s tackle the second word, Pressure. It’s immediately paradoxical that these two words are used together: Gentle. Pressure....

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Dan Wrote a 2nd Book change management leadership leading change small business

I wrote a book.

Two actually. On May 16th my second book, Leading Change: How to Achieve Superior Results with Gentle Pressure Relentlessly Applied...

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What is Gentle Pressure Relentlessly Applied? change management gpra leadership leading change

At its core, the book is about the phrase: “Gentle Pressure Relentlessly Applied”. In my world, it’s more than a...

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