Collaboration Isn’t Optional: It’s a Skill Leaders Must Learn for Transformation and Change
Jul 27, 2025
In two recent LinkedIn posts, I discussed the importance of being intentional and focused on promoting collaboration during periods of transformation and change.
A common issue I encounter in organizations is the lack of executive leaders and sponsors who model collaborative behaviors. This absence of role modelling often reflects in their teams, with a negative impact on the realizable benefits.
In today's fast-paced world of innovation and change, collaboration isn’t just nice—it’s non-negotiable.
Yet, many leaders ready to drive transformation have never been formally taught how to collaborate effectively—an essential skill highlighted by Deb Mashek in the MIT Sloan Management Review (2022).

Why Commitment Building Matters for Change Leaders
In every successful change, there’s a turning point—when people stop resisting and start engaging. That turning point is commitment. While awareness and understanding of a change may get people in the room, it’s their commitment that fuels momentum, resilience, and sustained action.
While resistance management focuses on addressing barrie...

“Trust is built in very small moments.” — Brené Brown
This post builds on the content of the previous newsletter (16 May 2025) titled ‘The Leadership Practice with Big Impact: Intentional Workplace Conversations’.
In the thick of workplace change, one thing becomes clear: transformation doesn’t happen through strategy decks or all-staff emails alone. It happens—or doesn’t—through conver...

We engage in countless conversations each day—some planned, most spontaneous. But how many do we approach with true intention?
Do you prepare only for conversations you expect to be difficult?
Have you ever been surprised when a seemingly simple conversation took a wrong turn?
Do you pause afterward to reflect: What happened, and why?
At Small Changes, Big Impact, we believe that intentiona...
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