Change is hard – that’s why anyone affected by it must agree to it.
Real change
Requires changing
Your mindset before
Changing your practices.
Organizational change starts with challenging the status quo, unfreezing pre-conceived notions, defining what’s in it for me, looking at all the alternatives, understanding what supports some of those and hinders others, and finding consensus about the way forward. There is a methodology to leading people through a change process and it requires finding alignment on what and how to change; it is the basis of the kind of planning intended to determine where you are currently and where you want to go. Although many support this kind of planning for change, nearly as many resist the hard work needed to do it effectively. There are no shortcuts to breaking down current mindsets – that kind of change is almost impossible without wide-spread collaboration, cooperation, and consensus. To me, that is the most challenging yet rewarding kind of corporate teamwork. The kind where everyone is involved in what, why, when, and how to change. The kind that includes alignment from the top of the organization to the bottom. The kind that can lead to real change today.
Simon Mainwaring (born 1967): Australian brand futurist, keynote speaker, columnist, podcaster, bestselling author of “We First” and “Lead With We”, and the founder and CEO of We First.
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