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Leading Organizational Change Motivating the Actions and Anchoring Change in the Very Culture of the Organization |
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By Vadim Kotelnikov, Founder, Ten3 BUSINESS e-COACH, 1000ventures.com
"Leadership is creating a future for your organization." – Gordon Sullivan
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Balanced Organization: 5 Basic Elements Leadership (Fire):
Leading, Not Managing The amount of change in organizations has grown tremendously over the past three decades, and the rate of change will only accelerate in the next few decades. No wonder change, and leadership through change, are foremost concerns of CEO’s today.
Granted, managing change is important. Competent management is required to keep change efforts on track. But for most organizations, the much bigger challenge is leading change. Only leadership can blast through the many sources of corporate inertia. Only leadership can motivate the actions needed to alter behavior in any significant way. Only leadership can get change to stick, by anchoring it in the very culture of the organization. But leadership, Kotter1 stresses cannot be confined to one larger-than-life individual who charms thousands into being obedient followers. Modern organizations are far too complex to be transformed by a single giant. The leadership effort must have support from many people who assist the leadership agenda within their sphere of activity. Kotter advises those who would implement change to foster a sense of urgency within the organization. "A higher rate of urgency does not imply everpresent panic, anxiety, or fear. It means a state in which complacency is virtually absent.“... More Strategies for Leading Breakthroughs So what separates extraordinary leaders from proponents of the status quo? They break the rules. Except, not in an arbitrary or capricious way. When you look at examples of extraordinary leadership, like the Founding Fathers of the United States or Jack Welch of GE, certain practices or principles become apparent.
To start, there is a declaration of what the future will be. There is also a purpose, something to stand for. And finally, there is a clearly articulated commitment... More Leaders: Pursue opportunities. Managers: Reduce risk.► Resulting synergy: Strategic achievements... More A Leader's Mood Manage the Emotions of Change. Be particularly mindful of how you manage emotions if your organization is undergoing change – how you handle emotions during these crucial times can help or hinder the change process.It's a known fact that if the resistance to change is emotional, it is the hardest form of resistance to overcome. As the leader handling a change initiative, don't avoid the emotions that accompany the change process. Set the mood and manage the emotions – or they will manage you ... MoreKeep People In The Know "Transformational leaders empower others by keeping them "in the know," by keeping them fully informed on everything that effects their jobs," says Brian Tracy. "People want and need to feel that they are “insiders,” that they are aware of everything that is going on. There is nothing so demoralizing to a staff member than to be kept in the dark about their work and what is going on in the company."... MoreCase in Point Jack Welch Jack Welch has been with the General Electric Company (GE) since 1960. Having taken GE with a market capitalization of about $12 billion, Jack Welch turned it into one of the largest and most admired companies in the world, with a market value of about $500 billion, when he stepped down as its CEO 20 years later,in 2000. Although Jack Welch is "the celebrated leader of a global manufacturer often noted for its technological prowess, he has utilized a very human process to drive change through GE's vast organization. Having respect for the individual as a pivotal force in organizational change, Welch created a model of exceptional performance every corporate leader can learn from... More
Risk Management Strategy: "You never change something by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete." – Buckminster Fuller... More
Give People Time To Digest a New Idea... Understanding What's Going On in the Real World... A Clue to Successful Change Management... Change and Leadership... Internal and External Sources of Changes... Anticipate Change... Five Drivers of Change... Change Management Is Not Problem Solving... Change Before You Have To... Strategic Change Management... Viewing Your Business with an Outsider's Eyes... 80/20 Thinking... Create Change for Competitive Advantage... Creating Change: Twin Strategies... Creating Change: Steps to Establishing a New Balance... How To Ask Searching Questions... Create Change... Methods for Dealing with Resistance to Change... Make Quick Decisions... Manage Organizational Change... Motivate Employees to Embrace Change... Lead Behavioral Change... Tips for Setting and Communicating the Vision... Beer's Formula for Leading Change... Sustainable Ability to Change... Successful Change Efforts... Milestone-based Thinking... Case in Point Lee Iacocca...
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