It’s Time to Break Away | Change Management
One of my favorite quotes is, “No (wo)man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and (s)he’s not the same (wo)man.” – Heraclitus.
We often use big words like transformation when we talk about change. It sounds big, hairy, audacious, and a bit macho. Heck, sometimes, we insert radical because simply transforming isn’t edgy enough.
I get it. I love big goals as much as the next guy or gal, but your company probably doesn’t need to transform unless it’s living in a trailer down by the river or littered with toxic boys club masculinity
Other times we pitch evolution to make a gentler case for change. Because who doesn’t wish to evolve? It’s certainly a concept I can snuggle up to because incremental improvement over time creates lasting change, but it’s a bit slow for today’s economy.
Here’s the thing, we spend too much time deciding how to describe how we will change and not enough time sharing the outcomes we wish to see.
On a personal level, we ruminate about how to get healthy but don’t spend enough time thinking about how we will feel when we reach our goal, which isn’t a number on a scale, but it’s how we feel as we get dressed in the morning. It’s this feeling that helps us push through the resistance of change.
It’s similar for corporate change; we burn too many calories on slide decks with timelines, org charts, and RACIs and not enough energy on the opportunities from the change. Few get motivated by org charts alone except for the executive in the top boxes because, ultimately, we’re emotional creatures who think we are rational.
In this week’s video, I share more about change and why this is the perfect time to break away from our old ways and create a better tomorrow.
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This week’s Affirmations:
- I’m stepping into a new world of possibilities.
- I dare to let go of what once served me to reach new heights.
- It’s a great day to be me today.
