When a new work team is formed, members look to the leader for guidance. If the leader provides too much direction, the group will become passive, frustrated, and eventually disband. With too little direction, the group will flounder like an infant, becoming...
A company’s level of resilience may determine whether it succeeds or fails, how constructively it responds to change, setbacks and stress. A well developed culture is resilient. Resilient Plant A 400 person California manufacturing plant, one of 10 in the...
Resistance is a symptom of something else. Unless you get to the cause you will spend endless time trying to manage the “resistance” symptom. Change is Natural Change is natural in this world. Evolution itself is a response to change. We naturally respond to a...
Company cultures do not develop with the familiar analyze-plan-direct process used for operational issues. Cultures develop with an evolutionary process, .i.e. in response to the environment, to opportunities — never against resistance. You might induce a work...
