From the course: How to Be a Positive Leader (Blinkist Summary)

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When implementing change

When implementing change

From the course: How to Be a Positive Leader (Blinkist Summary)

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When implementing change

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- [Narrator] Blink number 10. When implementing change, leaders should see employees as resources, not resistors. Considering how omnipresent change is in life, it's astonishing how bad we are at managing it, effectively. This is especially true when organizations, where change often results in confusion and clashes between employees and leaders. Why is this? Partly it's due to leaders seeing employees as a constant source of change resistance. Whether they're trying to implement a new IT system or a revised product strategy. They can even feel as if the employees are out to sabotage the move. This frustrates leaders so much that sometimes they might go as far as to take unilateral action without communicating with their employees at all. Of course, when the employees see this, they feel they're being ignored, which makes them more resistant. It's a vicious cycle and instead of being sucked into it, leaders should…

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