Why is Company Change Difficult?
Let’s face it. Making big, important company changes is hard for organizations as well as individuals. Whether you’re an executive tasked to lead a major change program in your company, a new manager struggling to take the reigns, or it’s time for you to change your career path, the road ahead is scary. Company change can be:
- Overwhelming
- Filled with uncertainty
- Emotional
- Filled with many variables and dynamics that seem like barriers to success.
Plus, it’s likely your first go at it, and the steps aren’t clearly laid out for you like the pieces to building a model airplane. It’s actually more like a one-thousand-piece puzzle. However, it’s important and you’re going to do it.
Facing Massive Transformations
While the road ahead will be rough, ideally you can get through by:
- Identifying the major steps ahead
- Setting realistic expectations
- Getting yourself and/or others ready to make changes
- Communicating constantly
- Keeping regular progress towards the end result
- Dealing with unexpected surprises (no surprise there) along the way
- Keeping painful feelings in check so you can stay steady
- Maintaining everyone’s goodwill and support along the way
Change is tough if:
- You and/or your organization is not ready
- The change effort needs a leader
- The expectations are unrealistic
Company Change is Difficult, But Not Impossible
You can make real change happen with experienced guidance and support. Knowledgeable coaching can give you direction, helps you develop an effective strategy, and puts an intentional, organized plan in place. Coaching can help you control what you can control and how best to transcend barriers along the way.
Company change for the sake of change is not productive. Change for real growth, however, is the real goal.