Barriers to Change Barriers to Change: Regulations Change is still possible even with legal limitations and regulations—it just calls for a different approach
Barriers to Change Barriers to Change: Status Quo Bias When “good enough” isn’t good enough anymore, you must convince teams that change is worth the pain of disruption
Barriers to Change Barriers to Change: Not Invented Here Syndrome Automatically rejecting ideas from the “outside” wastes time and energy that could be spent on desperately needed change
Barriers to Change Barriers to Change: Unrealistic Goals While setting overly ambitious goals may seem fairly innocuous, it can actually demotivate teams and compromise other standards
Barriers to Change Barriers to Change: Politics Influence is part of leading—and if you don’t do it, others will.
Barriers to Change Barriers to Change: Fear of Failure Any change, no matter how well planned and executed, will involve some level of risk and failure—so organizations must make it safe to fail
Barriers to Change Barriers to Change: Change Fatigue If left unaddressed, change fatigue can lead to exhaustion and turnover within your existing workforce, as well as cynicism
Barriers to Change Barriers to Change: Leader Entitlement When leaders act as if change is for other people—when they think they don’t need to modify their behavior—they can put an entire change program at risk
Barriers to Change Barriers to Change: Backsliding If you anticipate backsliding, you can avoid a temporary slip turning into a permanent lapse
Barriers to Change Barriers to Change: Procrastination Making change involves negative emotions that teams would rather put off indefinitely—even if the change benefits them in the long run
Explainers Discussing Hard Topics in Organizations Obsessed with Optimism Making change requires optimism, but a relentless focus on the positive can turn into a culture where nothing negative can be discussed
Barriers to Change Barriers to Change: System Justification How to respond when people believe the status quo is functioning as it should—and if others can’t hack it, it’s their fault
Explainers The Real Reason Why Business Strategy Fails Companies desperately need to demystify what strategy really is and get back to the basics of doing it well.
Barriers to Change Barriers to Change: Change Quicksand What to do when you’ve already committed time, money, or power to make change—and it feels like things are only getting worse.
Explainers What Leaders Must Know About Organizational Resilience This often misunderstood concept is critical for navigating disruption and uncertainty
Explainers Our Prediction for 2023 Anything can happen this year, so leaders must hone organizations’ capacity for making change
Explainers How to Know If an Organization Is Committed to Change Experts share their advice on assessing an organization’s readiness for change from the outside
Work of Fiction Leadership, Learning, and Letting Go in “Top Gun: Maverick” What leaders can learn about managing high-performing teams from Pete “Maverick” Mitchell
Explainers The Power of “What If?” and “Why Not?” Set aside time with your fellow leaders and teams to ask, “What new possibilities do we want to create together next year?” or more simply, “what if?”
Barriers to Change Barriers to Change: Limited Resources Insufficient people, budget, or time can derail a critical transformation just when it’s needed most
Explainers Why Organizations Must “Make Noise,” Not “Make Do” Cultures that avoid conflict lead to both individual and collective detriment—change can only come when issues are out in the open.
