EQ-i 2.0, Prosci + AI Change Management certified Change Readiness Consultant | Change is emotional. Your numbers prove it. | Emotional Intelligence Assessments
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The Change Dept. retweeted
Any career coaches on my timeline?
If so, what formal training or education did you receive to get to where you are today?
Your people found workarounds and youāre unaware.
Your people stopped talking in meetings. They just stare at their phones + note pads.
Your manager has stopped pushing the new process because this latest change is low priority.
Your team completed the training but then
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Emotions arenāt the opposite of business data. They are business data.
Frustration shows up in workarounds
Fear shows up in resistance
Distrust shows up in silence
Disengagement shows up in productivity
Emotions are operational data.
You just have to know how to read them.
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A new system, merger, return-to-office decision and AI implementationā¦all emotional.
Leadership may see a business decision, while employees are wondering what it means for their job, their workload, and their future.
Emotions are operational data. What are yours telling you?
Itās the last quarter of the year. Use that training budget or lose it! DM me for more info.
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The Change Dept. retweeted
When you donāt take the time to ready your organization for change, hereās what happens:
Buy-in for the change is overestimated by leaders
Disruption is underestimated, and
Timelines collapse
Best chance for success is seeing the cracks before they widen.
#changereadiness
Amazon's laying off another 16,000 people this week. No one prepares the management team for this part of the job.
What we see in change readiness work is that even well-intentioned leaders freeze in these moments. Not because they donāt care, but because theyāve never been...
The managers delivering those conversations this week are carrying something most leadership development completely ignores, the weight of leading people through change they didnāt choose and canāt control. Thatās the gap that breaks transformation efforts. Not bad strategy.
Iām noticing Ai isnāt just changing the way we work, itās also changing our vernacular.
Weāre now using these words more:
Prompt
Image
Gem
Asset
Artifacts
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What else are you hearing?
I see what leaders donāt.
Youāre looking at the expected outcome. Iām looking at whatāll keep you from getting there.
Leaders who canāt self-regulate under pressure donāt just struggle, they tank your EBITDA.
If youāre rolling out a reorg, turnaround, tech shift, or acquisition in 2026, your leaders need more than templates and talking points. They need emotional foresight and strategy.
VP of Sales watching the CEO rollout a ābrilliantā change initiative for the commercial team, that heās just now hearing about. No strategy. No alignment. Just vibes.
Sounds like a mindset shift is necessary, for your sake and your teamās sake. Instead of clock watching, perhaps you should focus more on outcomes. Are they getting the work done? Is production up? Are they meeting KPIs and production targets? This is what should matter most.
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