 Greetings!
Thanks to those of you who participated in our survey question related to why change efforts often fail.
Each of you provided valuable insights into employee's perceptions regarding change. As promised, I will be sending out a free copy of my book Magnify Change Leadership: A Practical Guide for Leading Teams in Times of Change to Maksim Lukyanov who was chosen randomly from the list of the many who responded to the survey. Congratulations Maksim and thanks for everyone's insights! I have shared the most common responses below.
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| Follow-up from April's Survey | | Organizational Culture and Change
by James Gehrke | 
To better understand part of the reason that change efforts fail, it is important to understand the differences between the cultures of the executive, who usually starts major corporate change initiatives and the employees.
Modern organizations often still operate from an Industrial Age view that organizations operate like machines. Under this view, jobs and functions can be divided into pieces that seem to operate within their own sphere, accomplishing their own functions and contributing to the operation of the overall organization. This viewpoint is outdated and does not reflect the true nature of organizations today. Modern organizations more closely resemble living systems that are interconnected, evolving and dependent upon sub-systems and individuals within the larger organism.
Approaching a change effort with an Industrial Age view of an organization, or in other words, seeing an organization operate like a machine, could be a contributing factor that lends to the high number of change efforts which end in failure. As one researcher on change leadership has noted, "In too many situations the improvements have been disappointing and the carnage has been appalling, with wasted resources and burned-out, scared, or frustrated employees" (Kotter, 1996, p. 4). The disconnect between leaders of a change initiative and the reality of the living systems nature of an organization often leads to these type of disappointing results. While leaders of the organization may understand the reason for change and put great effort in planning and implementing the change, they often fail because of the lack of support of the vast majority of employees, contributing to a disappointingly large number of change efforts which end in failure.
Learn more about leading teams in times of change by purchasing our book Magnify Change Leadership: A Practical Guide for Leading Teams in Times of Change. |
| Magnify Change Leadership: A Practical Guide for Leading Teams in Times of Change! |
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Readers will:
- Build self-awareness of their key strengths and growth opportunities for leading their teams in times of change.
- Identify choices and options for improving leadership in times of change.
- Create an action plan and strategy to implement change more effectively in their organization.
- Learn key skills, competencies and behaviors that research has shown increases team effectiveness in times of change.
- Improve their ability to understand and meet the needs of their team members.
- Improve their image and reputation in the eyes of team members and the larger organization.
- Benefit from the replicable forms and activities included with the CD.
- Improve their team's effectiveness during times of change.
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| About James Gehrke and Magnify Leadership and Development |
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