Chart Your Course
APRIL 29, 2013
said, “A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus, but a molder of consensus.”. Whenever changes are made at work- an employee is given a new task or a new way to do a current task- there will be resistance. It’s human nature to resist new responsibilities or rules. Part of being a leader is managing change.
Strategy Driven
MAY 6, 2015
The problem is resistance. Because of the law of homeostasis (simply, all systems seek stability) any change potentially disrupts the status quo and will be resisted, even if the ‘new’ is more effective; even if the system seeks the change; even if the persuader is skilled at persuasion tactics. embrace uniform rules that are.
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Strategy Driven
MARCH 5, 2014
What issues would need to be agreed upon for a solution to get group consensus and buy-in? And you end up with resistance, delayed sales cycles, implementations studded with costly errors and insufficient data, regardless of the efficacy of your solution. What does the housing market look like for the sale of your house?
Strategy Driven
JUNE 10, 2015
What if the leader's goal overrides the mental models, beliefs or historic experiences of the followers, or the change is pushed against the follower's values, and resistance ensues? It will more than meet the vision of the leaders (although it might look different), and the followers will own it with no resistance.
Strategy Driven
JULY 22, 2015
We offered a cover page and a couple of pages of Facilitative Questions [a new type of question I developed that enables Responders to assemble/recognize unconscious, systemic criteria - in this case, regarding implementation, buy-in/consensus, resistance issues that would be a natural fall-out from a project of this size].
Strategy Driven
JULY 8, 2015
When outcomes aren't being met effectively it's a people- and management problem including: fall-out, sabotage, and resistance; long execution times; exclusion of peripheral people; restricted creativity and communication; exacerbated power and status issues. Here are some problem areas and solutions: People. No hidden agendas! Discussion.
Strategy Driven
JULY 29, 2015
Anyone who will touch the final solution must be present to move forward or there will be fallout, sabotage, and resistance: there is no way to compensate (as per creativity or consensus) once a meeting is held with folks missing. No restrictions. Collaborators must enter with no assumptions. Consider leaving a comment!
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