"Change Management" Posts
Make No Little Plans!
By Ken DiPrima
Is a Goal Enough to Enable Change?
How are your New Year resolutions going? Have they been helpful? Have you ever achieved any of them, anytime in the past?
Why do they always seem to fade into never-never land, while life marches on?
Most of us never stay on target, long enough, to actually achieve our stated objectives. January, which is usually the coldest, darkest and dreariest month of the year in the Midwest, can also be the most depressing. Not only for the weather, but for the likely-hood of well intentioned resolutions going astray, leading people to burden themselves …
I Won’t Change, Don’t Make Me…
By Ken DiPrima
Every time, that I hear someone say, “I don’t need to change what I’m doing, even though, I’m not succeeding,” I think about the southern Illinois town of Shawneetown. You’ve heard the clichéd definition that insanity is doing the same thing, over and over, and expecting different results.
Here’s an example of how intransigence can destroy lives, communities and, literally, break the bank.
Past Success Does Not Predict Future Performance
Shawneetown, Illinois, one of the oldest towns in the state, is located on the shore of the Ohio River. Early residents established a ferry service across the river and Shawneetown …
GPS Reviews: Customized Solutions
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Situation
The owner of a contracting company brought in GPS to provide strategic advice and expertise as well as the tools required for management to take the business to the next level.
Process
“Instead of coming in and presenting a ‘canned’ strategy, our GPS consultant solicited input from each of my employees on what would work best to improve the company. He took those comments and developed a comprehensive plan that was presented back to the entire company, receiving nothing but positive comments.”
The client praised this “common sense approach,” saying, “his willingness to listen to my employees and my …
Creating Buy-In For Change
Change can be a fear generating activity and developing buy-in may seem impossible. The more established a business, the greater the resistance to change. New ideas will bounce off a wall of “this is the way that it has always been done.”
Often there is a vested interest in maintaining the status quo by management and employees, alike.
Perhaps there were past attempts at change, which failed, so that future change is deemed hopeless. A cynical attitude can develop among employees that change is only being given lip-service (think of numerous companies that claim customer service is number one, yet …
