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Resisting Change Stops Growth

Tina Evans

Tina Evans on a bench

Do you like change? Some people are great at change but so many others resist it.


I love trying new things, doing new things, and eating new things. Growing up my mom would redecorate our home and rearrange furniture all the time. It wasn’t necessary or needed, but my father would just agree to it and ask, “Where do you want the couch today?


That was normal for me, so when I got married and would redecorate without talking with my husband, I was met with some resistance. He didn’t understand why something needed to change for no reason.


The reality is that change is a part of daily life and work. As leaders, you must learn to identify when the conditions are right for positive change and how to lead people well through it.


Change can be very difficult if we don’t know why or understand the reasons. If you are making a personal change or a change within your organization, it has to make sense and feel safe.


Below is a formula that I use to help my clients change the right things and determine if the change they are implementing is actually solving the issues that demanded it in the first place.  

 

D x V x N > R 


Dissatisfaction (D): Employees need to feel a significant level of discomfort with the current situation to be motivated to change. 


Vision (V): A clear and compelling picture of the desired future state is crucial for gaining buy-in.  


Natural Next Steps: Concrete actions that demonstrate progress towards the vision are necessary to overcome initial resistance.


Resistance is anything that will keep you from doing those things.


Your dissatisfaction needs to be high for change to happen. But the dissatisfaction has to be connected to vision (hope for a better tomorrow), or you could become hopeless. Then you need to have natural next steps, or you won’t do anything about it. All of that has to be greater than the resistance you feel. 


If 2025 is bringing the need for changes in your organization or team, let me help you navigate it with this framework.

 

“The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress.” 

Charles Kettering 

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