2007 Change Management and Averting Chaos
All things in life experience change and everywhere we look everywhere we go we observe change. We see the seasons change, the weather change, our bodies change and we experience events bringing about change. We know that changes must be made in the heat of battle on the sports field during the game where new players are brought in and a transition is made for an upcoming defensive or offensive play. Change is often necessary, change is often forced and change is often the most favorable strategy to win.
Everyone knows and it is indeed no secret that anytime you change the human leadership on a sports team, government agency, non-profit group or business entity that there will be a short term transitional time that can cause short-term disruption. The goal is for the smoothest possible transition of course while maintaining fluidity of motion on the field, in the battle space, in the market place or in the public’s eye.
The smaller the disruption and the smoother the transition the better for all concerned and this must be the goal. Efficiency is paramount and the order of the day because when it comes to change there is no easy way. Capitalizing on change and discovering opportunity during the transition, minor chaos and disruption is often the key to successfully averting negative results and creating a winning situation. All is possible if you focus on the game, mission and or marketplace. Embrace change and study the game to find opportunity in chaos, while minimizing the affects and advancing the team.
In this article I want you to consider these thoughts and discuss strategies of change in human leadership, the psychology of change, the primate politics of organizations and case studies of how companies have dropped the ball during changes in upper echelon executives and how other companies had found opportunity in the chaos of change. I very much appreciate you reading this article, as it is my first works on this topic for 2007 and yet something tells me that it will not be my last and therefore. Perhaps this article is of interest to propel thought in 2007?
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