Tag: change management

If Only “They” Would Change

“Be thankful for the difficult people in your life and learn from them.
They have shown you exactly who you do not want to be.”

I always begin my change management workshops by asking each participant what they hope to learn. “I’m here to learn how to change my boss because he really needs to change,” one woman responded.  She literally thought the workshop was about how to change management instead of how to manage change. 

When life isn’t going our way, it’s easy to get caught up in the blame game and fall into the trap of thinking that if only someone else would change, our problem would be solved.  

If only…

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‘I Want Things to be Better. I Just Don’t Want Anything to Change.’

What we’re really saying is “I want to experience the benefits of change without experiencing the disruption of change.”

And, who wouldn’t? 

When confronted with the reality that achieving what we desire requires more changes than we are ready or willing to make, we often choose the status quo.

I’ve had many projects launched on a giant wave of unrealistic expectations about how much better life will be once the change is implemented, only to come crashing down when the reality of the impact of changes required to realize the expected benefits becomes known.

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