In the real world of organizational change, even a well-planned change is uncomfortable; both for the people doing the heavy lifting, and for the leaders, as they help their team navigate the discomfort. The change can feel chaotic and messy.
This week, I am republishing a post I wrote about my mother’s incredible strength and change readiness.My mom celebrated her 83rd birthday this year. And we had planned to celebrate together, with her coming to the west coast. But like so many things over the past two years, our plans changed, and it was a virtual celebration.
Collateral change is the ability to achieve other strategic or desired new behaviours without consciously adding new change initiatives or projects.
To reduce the discomfort of change and make it easier for your employees and your organization to adopt new activities, you need to shift your mindset.
How many behaviours that we label as a bad habits were initially simply a behaviour of opportunity? A circumstance initiated a conscious or unconscious response, which became rooted in our pattern of behaviour.
