A New Organizational Resistance--

 

Organizations are struggling to speed up.  Scrambling to adapt.  Trying to innovate, embrace new technologies, new norms, and respond to a rapidly-changing environment.

But something’s not working..

Word has it that half of all major change initiatives prove to be disappointments or even outright failures..  So what could the problem be?

Precious resources are being squandered on organizational civil wars.  Teams are fighting improvements instead of pulling forward.  They’re pulling in different directions instead of aligning with improvements.  They represent one of the major threats to your organization’s future.  Organizational resistance.

The quickest way for an organization to pick up speed is for resisters to take their feet off the brakes and become more adaptive.  Your goal is to free up the valuable energy in your organization that may be wasted by resistance.  Many causes or catalysts exist that drive resistance---lack of direction provided, poor goal-setting, poor communication, poor leadership, poor communication of vision etc.

Your challenge is to assess the reasons that may be causing resistance in your organization.  Oftentimes it isn’t as simple as assigning blame to a few resistant individuals.  It may be a larger issue that can be amended quickly with great leadership.

More to come..