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When leaders initiate change without the buy-in from their employees, the company culture can feel misaligned and teams may even become defiant to innovating.

| View in browser visit voltagecontrol.com   Co-Creating Organizational Change Today’s rapid pace of change demands leaders to enhance their current communication styles and systems. Traditionally, change in organizations started from the top down. Leaders enacted changes that would cascade down the chain leaving everyone else to implement the new ideas. While steering the direction of an organization with absolute control does give leaders authority and may eliminate ambiguity, it can leave staff feeling disconnected from their leadership’s vision. In addition, top-down change leadership can result in a lack of accountability among all organization members and even breed resentment.    Humans are instinctively hardwired to resist change. Change can feel like a threat to comfort and security. Therefore, when leaders initiate change without the buy-in from their employees, the company culture can feel misaligned and teams may even become defiant to innovating.    For effective change management, consider these additional rules of engagement:   Prioritize Effective Communication. Effective communication is at the heart of overcoming resistance to change. Improve connection and build trust with your team consistently communicating a summary of management’s day-to-day operations as well as any upcoming initiatives that may take place.    Practice Active Listening. In the face of sweeping changes, most employees simply want to have their voices heard. Team leaders can engage their employees through active listening by asking questions such as are the changes working or how can we improve our new initiatives.   Shrink the Change. The reality is that significant change initiatives can be incredibly overwhelming, making overcoming resistance to change more challenging than ever. Shrinking change invites team members to accept and implement transformation on a smaller scale.   Encourage Collaboration. Collaboration is one of the best ways to practice overcoming resistance to change. The collaborative process encourages teams to approach designing change creatively and innovatively.  Change needs to be co-created. Teams at every level should be involved or communicated with as soon as change begins. When leaders incorporate teams early, there’s often lower resistance and higher adoption of all new initiatives. If you want guidance on effectively managing change in your organization, download our free Change Guide today.   Douglas Ferguson \| President, Voltage Control Change the way you change. To make way for change, it’s essential to identify the “why” behind your desire for it.  Download the guide Upcoming Events   Facilitation Lab Poinstorming: Rain of Creative Ideas   September 22, 1pm-3pm CST   Pointstorming is a new approach to problem-solving that we have designed at Pillow as our right-hand tool.  Register Now   Mini Workshop Facilitating Change   September 23, 11am-12pm CST   Some changes begin with a vivid vision from an insightful leader; others develop from a groundswell of need distributed through the system. Register Now   Facilitation Lab Difficult Dialogues   September 27-28, 1pm-5pm CST   Deep dive into Hassan Ghiassi's approach to difficult dialogue facilitation 16 years in the making. Register Now   Facilitation Lab Add to Your Creative Thinking Toolkit   September 29, 1pm-3pm CST   Learn techniques to express ideas visually and for shifting perspectives in order to think in new ways. Register Now See All Events Featured Articles September 14, 2022 A Curious Desire: Overcoming Resistance to Change Overcoming resistance to change is an opportunity to transform how we view change: facing the unknown with a curious desire to be better. Read More September 7, 2022 Make Small Shifts: Managing Resistance to Change   With change comes the potential of endless possibilities. While potential can be promising, it also indicates the unknown. Ultimately, resistance can be minimized with the right change management strategy. Small-scale changes yield big results: manage resistance to changes by making smaller, incremental shifts. Read More September 20, 2022 Episode 114: Creating High Performing Cultural Values   Howard Kincaide shares his long career in Product Leadership. He starts with how his nature to always be making things served him throughout his career. Later, Howard discusses his experience with introducing teams to Lean Product Development Methods. We then discuss using cultural values to create high-performing teams. Read More Voltage Control, 2028 E Benwhite Blvd. #240-9125, Austin, TX 78741, USA Unsubscribe Manage preferences |
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