How To Lead Organizational Change Successfully

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Change is growth. No change, no growth. If you are not willing to change, you are not going to grow.

Change is doing things differently.

When it comes to changing your organization, according to Robert W. Jacobs, ‘Significant transformations call for the development of new structures, systems, practices, skills, and processes to support the successful institutionalization of these new ways of doing business.’

‘During real time strategic change events, leaders must use discretion in determining how much interpretation of the common database should be carried out by the large group.’

Leaders need to pay attention to the throttle of organizational change; keep closer than ever to stakeholders, especially internal ones; stay flexible; and continually review plans and progress.’

‘Cogent explanations of a leader’s own needs shape the purpose of the overall process and sometimes influence certain aspect of individual events.’

‘The leader of the change effort must sign up the top leadership they can provide for it.’

‘Organizational leaders must believe in what they are presenting.’

A system-wide paradigm shift needs to occur at some point in the process in order for a real time strategic change effort to succeed.’

Changes are made in how business gets done in the organization because everyone starts doing business differently.’

‘Change happens system-wide because everyone decides it is time.’

The only way to bring about significant change across the entire organization is for everybody- including you- to make it happen, to start doing things differently.’

Source:

Robert W. Jacobs (1994). Real Time Strategic Change: How to Involve an Entire Organization in Fast and Far-Reaching Change

How To Lead With A Growth Mindset

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Life is a laboratory. Your life is your own laboratory. It is where you carry out your experiments.

It is where you learn how to fall, how to fail. It is where you learn more about yourself.

If you are not doing well, if you are not getting the right results, do not beat yourself up. Instead of beating yourself up, why not go back to your laboratory for more work, for more experiments?

‘Has there ever been a more complex time to lead?’

According to Craig Dowden, ‘Without focusing on self-mastery every day, we cannot achieve our potential or the potential of those we lead.’

‘Leadership starts with our mindset.’

‘Leadership is not just about thinking our way through things. It is about feeling our way as well.’

‘The faster the rate of change, the higher the volatility.’

‘Leadership is about making a difference- not just for ourselves but for others as well.’

When we are in growth mindset, feedback is like eating our vegetables. Even if it doesn’t taste great, we recognize and accept it is good for us.’

‘When leaders with growth mindset face a setback, it is a puzzle to figure out rather than an insurmountable obstacle to overcome.’

‘To be an effective leader, it is essential to elevate our awareness of our current mindset, to change it when appropriate, and to recognize how our mindset affects not only ourselves but the people around us.’

‘When the team looks good, the leader looks good.’

‘To be successful as a leader, we must make those around us better.’

Source:

Craig Dowden (2022). A Time to Lead: Mastering Your Self… So You Can Master Your World