A Rope with Slack Cannot Move Anything?
For someone who doesn’t naturally like change, I’ve spent a great deal of my career on strategic planning projects helping organizations from 200 people to over 20,000 move towards a new vision. While the irony is not lost on me, it’s probably because leadership teams have recognized I’m good at identifying all the risks and bringing empathy to the process.
Even in the midst of a major reorganization, like the one I’m going through now, I sometimes need a cue to prepare for difficult conversations. I forget in my role as project lead that you can’t expect to just check the boxes and have everyone move to the next phase of change.
Many people hate change just as much as I do — the hesitancy, the numerous questions, all produce a natural tension as people internalize the impact.
I was recently reminded of this tension while taking an online course from LinkedIn Learning called, “Vision in Action: Leaders Live Case Studies with Bonnie Hagemann” — a great short course if you have access to LinkedIn training.
Nothing happens when the rope is slack.
My natural motivator is to “get sh*t done” — seeing the end result is really the only thing that drives me. So, in…
