Is Your Organization Change Cynical or Change Ready? | TCM

Change is the second biggest risk to the success and longevity of your organization.

What is the biggest risk to your organization’s success?

Not changing.

As a leader, you must, every day, recognize and minimize the impact of these two risks.

That’s not easy, given that every human being is hardwired not to take risks. Our brain is pre-programmed to keep us safe.

And in organizations where people have been taught to fear change because of the way it is approached and implemented, they associate change with pain, uncertainty and discomfort.

Change-fearful employees are slow to engage and work to maintain the current state.

That’s often misinterpreted as resistance to change, when in fact, it’s learned survival.

And it results in a change-cynical organization.

Keep watching to discover why that matters, and what you can do to become a change-ready organization.

Key Moments:
00:00 Introduction
00:34 The Problem When it Comes to Change Efforts
02:38 Characteristics of a Change Cynical Organization
04:35 These Management Skills Aren't Enough for Leading Change
04:54 Why Organizational Change Capacity Matters
05:30 Two Problems Created by Low Levels of Change Capacity
05:51 Characteristics of a Change-Ready Organization
08:16 Benefits of a Change-Ready Organization

Reference: Bennebroek Gravenhorst, K. M., Werkman, R., & Boonstra, J. (2003). The Change Capacity of Organizations: General assessment and five configurations. Journal of Applied Psychology, 52(1), 83-105. https://www.pluspulse.nl/
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