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Change Project 911: No Time for a Change Project: Finding Time vs. Making Choices

Published: 01/03/2022

Mat Roosa, LCSW-RNIATx Coach “The change seems like a good idea, but we just don’t have the time to do it. Let’s come back to this next year when we have more resources." No time for a change project:Finding time vs. making choices Why do so many good change ideas end up at the bottom […]

Change Project 911: Unable to sustain a change

Published: 11/19/2021

Mat Roosa, LCSW-RNIATx Coach “It’s easy to quit drinking. I’ve done it a thousand times.” W.C. Fields Change is easy. Sustaining change is not so easy. This is true for personal changes like quitting smoking, exercising more, driving slower, or keeping the house more organized. It is also true for workplace systems changes, such as […]

Change Project 911: Help! My Change Team has lost its energy!

Published: 02/10/2021

Mat Roosa, LCSW-RNIATx Coach Sometimes a change team can feel like a phone with only 2 percent battery life left. Some teams start with a full charge that drains through time. Other teams get started with a lower level of energy and go downhill from there. The challenge of COVID-19 and other competing priorities and […]