Small Business Consulting

Author: David s. Levine
It is a common business axiom - change or die. As a small or

mid-sized business owner or a manager, there will be times you

will need to make changes in your organization but may not be

sure how to go about it. Change is hard to implement and even

harder to sustain. Think about all of the people who have

trouble sticking to a diet or quitting smoking or keeping up

with an exercise program, let alone just starting. If changing

yourself is hard, how can you change an entire business,

organization, process or department?

As a Certified Business Coach, one of the biggest challenges my

clients face is this issue of change. Did you know there are

eight reasons why organizations fail to change from a lack of

urgency to underestimating the power of vision to failing to

create short-term wins? The eight reasons are:

1.Lack of a sense of urgency 2.Failing to create a sufficiently

powerful guiding coalition 3.Underestimating the power of vision

4.Not communicating the vision 5.Allowing obstacles to block the

new vision 6.Failing to create short-term wins 7.Declaring

victory too soon 8.Neglecting to anchor changes firmly into the

corporate culture

Take the third reason, for example, underestimating the power of

vision. A clear vision helps direct, align and....[MORE]