1. HAVE NEW EYES. Marcel Proust said that "the real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." You need to pay attention to needs and "dots" that you can connect. You need to have new experiences. You need to become conscious and intentional about seeing how things are connected.
2. COMMUNICATE, COMMUNICATE. No one will like your change effort, no matter how good, if they are surprised by it. Share the idea in the planning stage and genuinely seek feedback. Communicate the context as well as the idea itself. If people understand the "why" behind something, they are more likely to accept the "what".
3. INTEGRATE. (aka: connect the dots) The strongest change efforts are those that combine ideas to make something better. Connect new initiatives to existing goals. Build on strengths. Involve partners. Integrate both thinking and resources for greatest success.
4. FOCUS. Only the most talented can juggle diverse objects at once. Focus your team's energy on accomplishing your main goals instead of taking on a wide variety of projects. Henry Breckenridge said: "The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing." Follow his mantra for your change efforts.
5. CREATE SYSTEMS. A goal of most change efforts is for the new way of doing to become embedded in the fabric of the organization. For this to occur, you need to develop intentional systems to outlive you once you move on to champion another project. Don't stop at designing what is needed; be sure that there is a method for how it will occur over and over again.
Whether you are responsible for your organization's strategic plan or you just want a new way of doing a small step in an existing process, following these five steps will go a long way in ensuring that the change happens -- and lasts.
-- beth triplett
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