Running a Great Working Session with Cross-Functional Teams
Not another meeting — a momentum machine. Learn how to run high-impact working sessions that cut across silos, spark clarity, and actually get things done.
Consulting Skills
Influence without authority. Land the gig. Navigate tough rooms. This tag is your cheat sheet for consulting in the real world—whether you're on your own or flying a corporate flag. No fluff. Just skills that convert.
Why 'NTD' Is Wrecking Your Meetings (and Your Mind)
NTD—“Need to Drop”— has become a workplace shorthand for our fractured attention. Here’s why bouncing between meetings is breaking our focus.
Why Not Us? How Practitioners Can Beat the Big Four at Their Own AI Game
AI-first boutiques are eating the Big Four’s lunch—not with size, but with speed. This isn’t the end of consulting. It’s the rebirth. Learn how practitioners can outmaneuver legacy firms and turn disruption into opportunity.
The Tyranny of the Urgent in Modern Consulting
As a freelancer or embedded consultant, you’re juggling multiple messaging systems and client platforms—while trying to focus on meaningful work. This is a meditation on urgency, distraction, and designing a better rhythm in the chaos.
The Practitioner’s Dilemma: Be the Expert or Be the Mirror?
Change practitioners often feel pulled between being the expert with the answers and the mirror that helps others see themselves. The real skill? Knowing when to be which—and how to move between them.
Change Practitioners: Steal These 5 Plays from the CX Playbook
Change management has a lot to learn from customer experience. From journey maps to service recovery, CX has mastered empathy at scale. It’s time we stole their best moves.
Captain’s Log: A Daily Journaling Habit for Change Leaders
Change work moves fast—and without reflection, your impact gets lost. A Captain’s Log is a simple daily habit to track what worked, what didn’t, and what to do differently. It’s not sentimental. It’s strategic. Pause, log, and learn.
Thriving in the Middle Seat
The “middle seat” in change work—too senior for pure execution, too junior for strategy—can feel invisible and exhausting. But with the right framing, it’s one of the most valuable vantage points in the organization.
How Fractional and Freelance Pros Stay Sane in the Chaos
Whether you're a fractional freelancer or embedded in one complex org, staying organized isn’t optional—it’s survival. This article introduces a simple system to help you manage email, files, and notes inside your client’s environment—so you can stay sharp, reliable, and sane.
Setting Your Rates: How To Price Your Change Management Services
Your change management skills are valuable - but are you charging what they’re worth? Learn how to set your rates with confidence, from hourly pricing to value-based consulting.
Turn Your Team or Slack Channel Into A Learning Lab with ChangeGuild
Turn your Slack or Teams channel into a learning lab. Here’s how to use ChangeGuild content as conversation starters for real-time team engagement.
Change Management As A Side Hustle: Freelancing Your Expertise
Your change management skills are valuable beyond your 9-to-5. Discover how to turn your expertise into a profitable side hustle, offering coaching, consulting, and training on your terms.
Scaling Your Impact: How to Go from Solo Practitioner to Change Management Business
Ready to move from solo practitioner to scalable business? Learn how to build a thriving change management practice that serves more clients, generates more revenue, and amplifies your impact.
Metrics Don't Build Credibility. Follow-Through Does
Metrics help you track progress - but they don’t earn trust. This gut-check explores why consistent follow-through builds more credibility than any dashboard ever could.