PART 2: The Big Cheese – Who makes the cheese?

Oh, to be a manager/leader!  When you are still junior, you have all the answers to being a good manager, but oh my, when you are appointed in the position, a whole new world opens up (mostly a political world) and you are flooded with complexity. While swimming through the rough seas of budget, performance, return on investment and team dynamics, CHANGE is required.  The top brass gives one direction, the team runs into the opposite direction and the consulting firm comes from “who knows where” with some jargon and processes and suggestions that is not always practical. 

Most of the time there is alignment from top management and the consultants that the CULTURE must change.  But based on the argument in Part 1 of this series – we should ask: is that really the case. How will you know?  You are in control of the Cheese – you are the Big Cheese.

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DEEL 1: Die wiskunde – die som maak sin! Of doen dit?

Statistiek bewys dat 81% van alle inisiatiewe vir verandering nie uitwerk nie.  Verandering is moeilik, baie moeilik. Kyk bietjie na my blog oor Nuwejaarsvoornemens.

http://www.wilmiendavisconsulting.co.za/latest-consulting-news/88-waarom-nuwejaarsvoornemens-selde-werk

Indien verandering maklik was, sou dit nie so ‘n groot probleem vir almal gewees het nie. Naas Nuwejaarsvoornemens, is verandering amper ‘n vloekwoord vir sommiges. Nie net in die normale omgang van die lewe nie, maar ook in organisasies. Hoekom sal dit so wees? Moenie ‘n ding wat ‘werk’, verander nie, reg?

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Kultuur en verandering

Hoekom is dit so moeilik om die kultuur van jou maatskappy of span te verander?

Ek het ‘n ruk daarmee gestoei om my gedagtes oor die dinamika van verandering en kultuur te orden, en ek dink ek het uiteindelik die spyker op die kop geslaan!  Al my jare in ‘n korporatiewe omgewing en my meer onlangse ondervinding in kleiner ondernemings, het my die basiese bestanddele van verandering geleer.

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Culture and change

Why is it so difficult to change the culture of your company or team?

I have been struggling to put all my thoughts together on the dynamics of change and culture and I think I finally nailed it!  All my years of experience at a major corporate giant my recent experience working with smaller enterprises has taught me about the basic ingredients of change.

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