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: 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: Backsliding If you anticipate backsliding, you can avoid a temporary slip turning into a permanent lapse
Barriers to Change Barriers to Change: Change Procrastination Making change involves negative emotions that teams would rather put off indefinitely—even if the change benefits them in the long run
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
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.
Barriers to Change Barriers to Change: Limited Resources Insufficient people, budget, or time can derail a critical transformation just when it’s needed most
Barriers to Change Barriers to Change: Change Theater Any change effort that talks a big game without ever delivering real results has a pernicious effect on an organization’s overall ability to change, eroding the collective belief that change is possible.
