September 2006 FAQ:

Question: We have been involved in a stream of organizational changes over the last few years - but we still find each change very difficult. What is going on?

Answer: Many organizations are making no progress on change for a variety of reasons:

1. Organizational changes are difficult
2. Each change may be more complex
3. Our workers are already too busy … and feel they can’t take the time to do a thorough job on change … in short, they are winging it!
4. Most organizations do not yet have a formal change methodology that works
5. Most organizations have not yet recognized “leading change” as a fundamentally different competence from running the business
6. Most organization have yet to train their employees to lead change

Suffice it to say, we have a long way to go to master change!!

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