"Nothing is easy to the unwilling."
Thomas Fuller
17th Century English Historian
Regardless of all the supposed clamor for "change" in this country, when it comes down to it most people do not like to stray far from what they know even when their present circumstance is not good. "It's OK for the other person to change but not me." And as true as that is in our personal lives it is even more so in business.
Successful businesses continually evolve which means their employees must continually learn new things. For many this is traumatic and threatening and they fight the requirement to change along with the business.
Does your company actively seek new methods? What about the employees? How about you?
17th Century English Historian
Regardless of all the supposed clamor for "change" in this country, when it comes down to it most people do not like to stray far from what they know even when their present circumstance is not good. "It's OK for the other person to change but not me." And as true as that is in our personal lives it is even more so in business.
Successful businesses continually evolve which means their employees must continually learn new things. For many this is traumatic and threatening and they fight the requirement to change along with the business.
Does your company actively seek new methods? What about the employees? How about you?
OMG this is so true! All I hear is "that will never work", "we don't do things that way", "if it ain't broke don't fix it." It's amazing humans have advanced as much as they have.
ReplyDeleteIt is human nature to resist change but we have to try.
ReplyDeleteOne tactic I use successfully is to start sentences with "Yes I understand but what if . . ." said to those who are telling me why we shouldn't change what we're doing.
Sometimes I do this repeatedly because it takes time to break down resistance and in some cases, it doesn't work no matter what I do. But for many it only takes getting them to see that we can at least talk about different ways.