Some great phrases came from Prof. Kotter in his webinar on Thursday and his article "Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail". Here are a few that resonated with me and the meanings I ascribe:
Team of prima donnas - this is a leadership team that think they know everything and parade around extolling their brilliance. They are untouchable, and infallible, or think they are. They are so focused on boosting themselves that they become hindrances to any real change effort
Relentless urgency killers - these are the people who kill the sense of urgency by their negativism, cynicism and downright sabotage. They have honed their urgency-murder to a fine art and are often subtle, but very very effective
Urgency generating machine - the people/person whose "job" it is to establish and maintain the sense of urgency. Best if the CEO considers this to be his/her role - but then aims, by example, to get more and more people operating likewise
Power-dispersed environment - an environment where power is not concentrated at the top, and where people feel and are empowered to act and make decisions on that generate real change
Aggressive cooperation - cooperation focused on the achievement of results and which is underpinned by a true sense of urgency
Paralyzed by the downside - this is where people are so consumed in the "what ifs" that they are unable to take any action at all
Which of these phrases apply to you or to members of your team? And what do you plan to do about it?
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