Managers have a tendency to belittle the people we see as “resistant to change” – the employees who don’t change fast enough.
Rethinking the Corporate Love Affair with Change
The underrated value of stability.
March 20, 2017
Summary.
Managers have a tendency to belittle the people we see as “resistant to change” – the employees who don’t change fast enough. But sometimes change is overrated. The task of the executive managing change today is not to turn the entire organization into an intestine by extracting value, and discarding waste, as quickly as possible. It is to ask of change in any one area of the business: At what pace? And to what end? Instead of calling an organization or person “resistant to change,” could you imagine calling it “resilient?” Perhaps doing so would help you see a dormant strength, or some untapped potential. Effective executives learn to balance the tension between going slow and moving fast by studying the context of their choices.
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Change may be the only constant in today's organizations. Here's how to lead through it.
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Change may be the only constant in today's organizations. Here's how to lead through it.