755_ Ground Swells of Change and Your Team
This is Part 2 of 2, from The Contradiction of Focus: Take time to discuss, debate and analyze with these seven steps.
1- Try to identify and describe the ground swell of change impacting your organization but be willing to modify it a number of times as you go through the process. Your customers, suppliers and other associates are dealing with the same challenges.
2- Then identify what are the elements that are creating and sustaining the ground swell. Remember they include innovations, disruptive technologies, inventions, laws, events, in/out of favor fads, something that is displaced or replaced, cultural changes, breaking news, local events, controversy, fiscal changes, mergers, movements, etc. Your customers and suppliers might have a different take on these.
3- Is there additional input and information that can help you in this assessment process? It’s easy to see that it is not possible to contain this process into a brief meeting, but it is well worth the time and effort into taking the time and making the most of the meeting.
4- This would be a good time to expand or reshape your view of the ground swell.
5- Go through the famous ‘Ben Franklin’ exercise with your entire team. Simply draw a vertical line down the middle of a flip chart or white board and on the left title it ‘Areas of Challenge’ and on the right side, ‘Areas to Capitalize on’. Use your brainstorming rules.
6- Develop a short-term action plan and an overall game plan with specific measurable outcomes and a clear understanding of who is responsible for what.
7- Assess your progress weekly to begin with and monthly when that seems appropriate.
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