This month we start to look at Team Leadership and the challenges of dealing with change as we work to evolve as an organization.

Why It Matters

No company or organization can operate the same way forever. Businesses must constantly evolve and adapt to meet a variety of challenges—from changes in technology to the rise of new competitors, to inflation or supply chain disruptions. Failure to change can and most likely will lead to stagnation or, worse, poor results and layoffs. So why do teams struggle with change?

Leadership Strategy

For any organization facing the prospect of change, the first step is to create a climate where your team learns the language of “being with change”. Learning to “be with change” will allow your team to co-create future possibilities.

To support leaders who can build teams that can be with change, begins with learning to listen for what your team’s relationship with change is.

Are they:

1. Coping with Change = A mindset of being closed, critical and judgmental
OR
2. Adapting to Change = A mindset of being open, curious, and in possibilities

Leadership Challenge

Over the next 30 days spend time learning to assess where each of your team members is in their relationship to change. Are they coping with or adapting to change?

Awesome Read (15 min):

Change Video by Malcolm Gladwell — What World Awaits Gen Z

Have an Awesome Month Leading with Impact!

This month we are looking at Organizational Leadership and the importance of becoming a “Learning Organization”.

Why It Matters

For organizations to continue to succeed in today’s ever-changing landscape, they need to fight the urge to settle or be complacent. Many organizations find success and expect it to just last. Please, go buy a Kodak camera or rent a movie from Blockbuster. Both companies were pioneers in their field; Kodak invented the digital camera technology and dismissed it, not taking the time to “learn” what was happening at the frontline.

Leadership Strategy

The first step in becoming a learning organization is to become a great Listening Organization. The best organizations have processes and structures to listen up, down and outside the entire organization on a constant basis, not just in the boardroom.

Starbucks Execs and head office partners spend time in their stores donning an apron, so they are with the customer and their partners and learn firsthand what the organization needs to focus on.

Leadership Challenge

Ask each of your senior leaders to spend some time in the frontline and report back on what they have learned.

Awesome Resources:

The Importance Of Listening For Organizational Success (5-minute read)
Culture of Deep Listening Video (5-minute video)

Have an Awesome Month Leading with Impact!