Transitioning an Organization by Concenus
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Transitioning an organization requires building consensus across the entire workforce. Leaders must be willing to compromise their initial vision based on input from employees to develop a shared vision that has widespread understanding and support. Once consensus is reached, a strategic plan with short and long-term goals should be created with representative input and agreed upon metrics. Finally, leaders must implement a system to measure results, address employee concerns, and support the workforce to successfully drive culture change.
Transitioning an Organization by Concenus
- 1. TransitioninganOrganizationbyConcenus Transitiontosuccessis notan easytask. The underlyingtasksmayrequire aculture change. That culture change iseasyif you are passionate,empowering,ethical,honest,andembrace youremployee’s values. Manyleadersderive theirvisioninavacuum, forma strategicplanwitha few selectteam members,androll outa planthat may or may not be appropriate. The flaw inthisleadershipstyle is that itis exclusivetothemselvesandasmall part of the populationinthe company. If one wantsto trulydrive an organizationforwardandchange a culture,theyneedeverypersoninthe organizationto helpdevelopitandagree to itby consensus. Culturesneedthe buy-inof the entire workforce. Leaders mustbe willingtocompromise theirinitialvisiontoaccommodate the paradigmsof the entire workforce. Sitwithyourentire staff ingroupsandexplainwhatyouwantto accomplish. Take their inputsandamendyour visiontoone thatmay not be your ideal visionbutitwill be one thathas employeesunderstandingandsupport. Afteryoureacha consensus,presentittothe entire workforce so theyall understandthe compromisesmet. Nextyouneedtoforma strategicplanto supportthe vision. Itshouldhave adetailedshortrange plan, followedbya two,five,andtenyearplan. The more distantthe timeline,the contentwill be more philosophical andlessdetailed. Thiscanbe accomplishedwiththe same “visiongroups”orwith representativesof those subgroups. The strategicplanisastep-by-stepplanwithmilestone datesand agreeduponmethodsof verification. Whenthe planisagreedto withthe subgroups,youmustpresent it to the entire population. Finally,youmustputa systeminplace to measure the resultsandtake inputfromthe workforce. Itis keythat youand your leaderspayattentiontothe workforce’squestionsandconcerns. Yourplanwill onlysucceedif youcheerleadthe grouponandremove the barriersthat inhibittheirsuccess. Reward and thankpeople againandagain. Realize thatwithoutthemyouwill notbe successful. Culture change onlyoccurs whenpeople change. Youare responsible asaleadertoleadthe change and supportthe entire workforce. Theyare the backbone toyoursuccess.