is your team too tired to change when change efforts are failed in the past people grow cynical
they start to mutter under their breath here we go again what if i shared with you some practical
steps successful leaders take to avoid change fatigue in this video we'll go through change
fatigue and practical steps to avoid it let's go hello and welcome to the video if you're not yet
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what is change fatigue according to wikipedia organizational change fatigue
is a general sense of apathy or passive resignation towards organizational changes
by individuals or teams organizational change efforts are often too unfocused uninspired and
unsuccessful research shows 70 of transformation efforts fail often caused by change fatigue
fear change fatigue is driven by fear fear that the current change initiative will fail
just like the last one no matter what we do fear that the current initiative will fail
and will lose our income fear that the current change initiative will fail and it will affect
our families because we've lost our income fear that the current initiative will fail and well you
get the picture fair will compromise any team's ability to focus and get things done and this can
become a vicious cycle of ongoing change failure change fatigue which leads to change failure
change failure which leads to fear fear which leads to change fatigue and reinforces a negative
loop successful leaders can avoid change fatigue from taking over the organizations here are the
three of the most important things i think leaders need to do to avoid change fatigue
number one engineer quick wins every successful large initiative i've been involved in had early
stage quick wins so these are tangible victories that motivated the team to avoid change fatigue
you need to engineer quick wins and i use the word engineer deliberately a multi-year change
initiative may not have obvious quick wins for example however to be successful you need to be
creative and engineer these early stage quick wins quick wins trigger a virtuous cycle of success
a quick win is a successful change which generates confidence confidence generates
focus and motivation focus and motivation generates even more successful change
celebrate success make sure you celebrate each change milestone change is hard and sadly
success is not the norm for organizations looking to change
when celebrating successful change i recommend that leaders make the celebration
significant go beyond that congratulatory email and try and celebrate the success of the team
celebrating success also contributes to a virtuous cycle of success
celebrating success builds confidence which generates focus on motivation focus on motivation
generates successful change successful change generates even more confidence
number three appreciate past efforts the nature of change
means moving away from a current state to an expected future state
the success of a change initiative is often dependent on the very people who helped create the
current state as a leader make sure you appreciate past efforts that led to the creation of the
current state also try and be sensitive in how you communicate the reality of the current state
the change you lead today will become tomorrow's current states from which you will be required to
lead another change to avoid change fatigue take a moment and appreciate past efforts
there you have it three practical steps you can take to avoid change fatigue engineer quick wins
celebrate success and appreciate past efforts what do you think is the best way to deal with
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