Change Management Simplified Podcast

CM Simplified

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Welcome to the Change Management Simplified (CMS) podcast. This podcast aims to provide clarity about what leadership & change management is about and how it plays a critical and pivotal role in your success especially on projects and in personal life. The examples used and lessons learnt will be based on my experiences and knowledge gained over 15 years of working on projects or change initiatives to help the listeners avoid the same re-occurring pitfalls and failure. It will also in some cases touch upon how life throws curve balls at us in our personal lives that force us to change

Recent Episodes

SEP 8, 2026
EP036: How To Lead Through Anxiety
EP036: How To Lead Through Anxiety Episode Description They Are Not Resisting The Change. They Are ProtectingSomething. What if the employee you’ve labelled as “resistant”is actually trying to protect something important? Their role. Their status. Their competence. Their identity.Their sense of security. Their future. Course Link: https: From Resistance To Readiness: Turn Your Middle Managers Into Your Strongest Change Asset //maven.com/c-msimplified/from-resistance-to-readiness In this episode, we explore the psychology of workplaceanxiety during organisational change and what leaders often miss when people respond with resistance, silence, frustration, cynicism, withdrawal or disengagement. When roles change, organisational structures are redesigned,processes are replaced and new skills are expected, people are not simply being asked to “embrace change.” They are being asked to navigate uncertainty, loss, identity, capability and trust. We explore: 🔹 Why anxiety can look like resistance 🔹What is really happening when people push back against change 🔹How leaders can recognise hidden fear and uncertainty 🔹Why “Don’t worry, you’ll be fine” can make things worse 🔹How to have better conversations about anxiety at work 🔹The role of psychological safety, trust and control 🔹How leaders can reduce cognitive overload during transformation 🔹How to help people build confidence in new roles and skills 🔹When a leader should support, escalate or seek specialist help The leadership question is not: “How do I get people tostop resisting?” It is: “What is creating the threat, what do they need tounderstand, and what can I help them control?” If you lead organisational change, transformation,restructuring, digital change, culture change or teams going through uncertainty, this conversation is for you. #Leadership #ChangeManagement #ChangeLeadership #OrganizationalChange #WorkplaceAnxiety #EmployeeEngagement #PsychologicalSafety #Transformation #LeadershipDevelopment #ChangeFatigue #EmployeeExperience #PeopleLeadership #WorkplacePsychology #FutureOfWork #OrganizationalPsychology
19 MIN
APR 22, 2025
EP 033 Part 2: The School That Banned Smart Phones I The Stanway School l Conversation Continued
#StanwaySchool, #The #Stanway #School #Thestanwayschool,#leadership, #softskills #leadershipdevelopment #students #tiktok Scope of Episode: EP 033 Part 2 of 2 Listen to Part 2 of our discussion with the incredible: Head of School Mr John Player from “The Stanway School” that took the brave leap to participate in a Channel UK Documentary " Swiped: The School That Banned SmartPhones". We are continuing to now see various heart breaking, concerning and worrying TV documentaries, TV programs or News highlighting the real adverse impact of our children being on-line due to the different inappropriate things children can easily access on line such as pornography, x-rated games, bulling on social media etc, unintentionally but due to the “algorithm” which is determined by the Tech Companies such as Tik-Tok, Facebook (meta), Youtube, Instagram etc. The consequences are severe and alarming. Do we need thetech and social media companies to take more accountability? Or is it down to us as parents to take the initiative? The more the children spend time online, the less time they have to develop their soft skills which are fundamental to their success both at home and school as they grow into adults. The children of today are our tomorrow’s leaders and softskills are essential to effective leadership and success but somehow, we are allowing technology and AI to slowly and gradually diminish these essential skills. We focus on the following for Part 2 in this episode: 1. The impact on the children and parents 2. The impact and changes that the school has had to make 3. How the Government can help with regulation? 4. What can we as adult/parents/responsible adults do to raise awareness of this issue to keep it on the Government priority agenda to put in place policies and regulations that force Tech companies to take more accountability and protect our children? 5. Lesson learnt with the students, parents and teachers #highs and #lows
35 MIN
MAR 12, 2025
EP 032 Part 1: The School That Banned Smart Phones I The Stanway School l Conversation Continued
#StanwaySchool, #The #Stanway #School #Thestanwayschool, #leadership, #softskills #leadershipdevelopment, #students, #tiktok EP 032 Part 1 of 2 The School That Banned Smart Phones - The Stanway School - Conversation Continued Scope of Episode SOFT SKILLS : Development for our children = our future leaders Listen to an incredible interview/discussion with The HeadOf School Mr John Player at The Stanway School that participated in the experiment Channel 4 Documentary in the UK " Swiped: The School That Banned Smart Phones". We continue the conversation from where Channel 4 in the UK left off after the documentary as this is a discussion that each house hold is either struggling with and or having in isolation. We (all adults) however know that we all need to dosomething about it to help ourselves and the children as it impacts our and the children’s soft skills development such as effective communication, social skills, emotional intelligence e.t.c which are all fundamental and pivotal to both our and their success. The children of today are our tomorrow’s leaders and softskills are essential to effective leadership and success but somehow, we are allowing technology and AI to slowly and gradually diminish these essential skills. We cover the following for Part 1 in this episode: How did the school identify the impacted stakeholders (#Parent, #Students and #Teachers) prior to taking the smart phones away. Focusing on how The Stanway School prepared the #parent, #teachers and #students for the experiments. Lesson learnt with the students, #highs and #lows What habits we can change at home to help ourselves and the children.
32 MIN