How Much Do You Want To Cut?

 

It was said once that “Change is painful. Few people have the courage to seek out change. Most people won’t change until the pain of where they are exceeds the pain of change.” Change management is hard. Leading Change Management is harder.

I’ve spent my professional life walking with organizations through the “change management” process. I know first-hand the behavior of critics, the nay-sayers, the doubters and those who find the prospect of change very unsettling. I’ve consulted with many CEO’s and managers concerning the “process” of change management through our Continues Improvement Process. Many of them like the idea, but once the process begins, the change of THINKING and change of BEHAVIOR becomes unbearable for them and they retreat back to the way things were because it’s comfortable, it’s what they know and what feels good to them.

So, with a complete knowledge and experience with the process, I witness what President Trump is doing now in “draining the swap” and the resistance he’s facing rings very familiar to me. Many people who are in love with the status-quo will behave as if the sky is falling.
It’s not.
And it won’t.
Will things be different..You bet..
Will there be short term bumps in the road..Always!
I have the highest regard for those leaders who stuck with it during the rough times of the process and who endured the criticism and scoffing. These leaders are few and far between.
No pain….No story!