27 May Change the future of your business and pull for success…
Change, The dictionary definition is:
‘make something or someone different, alter or modify, replace with something else, ideally something that is the same kind but newer and better’.
This doesn’t sound too scary, but when you mention the word ‘change’ to most people it creates and atmosphere of fear and uncertainty.
The simple fact is that most human beings don’t like change. We like things the way they always have been, we accept and even embrace the status quo.
We are after all creatures of habit, at home, we shop at the same supermarket, buy the same food and drink, probably eat at the same time every night, we watch the same TV, choose programmes to watch we know we like. It’s rare for us to step out of our comfort zone, we feel safe, secure and it’s stress free.
So, when you mention change to your team, these natural creatures of habit, how do they react?
Many of them probably perform the same tasks every day, because ‘that’s the way it’s always been done’.
Many of your team will be fearful of this as it brings uncertainty, nervousness and means that they will have to move away from the status quo and into something new and different.
But for your business to survive and grow, change is essential. If you want to stay ahead of your competition you have to adapt and adjust to keep up with the changes in your industry or you will become irrelevant and get left behind.
If you push your people towards the changes you want, they will push back, they will resist, and your implementation will be more difficult.
Pull your people towards making the changes necessary in your business and you will have a much greater chance of success.
If Dominic Cummings can change an entire nation’s mind when it came to leaving the EU by using the right change strategy then surely you can do the same in your business.