Follow-up: Overcoming resistance to change

Many of you, I'm sure, may have read a previous post on the website which outlined the ways that business leaders can overcome resistance to change. Well, if you have, and you've applied some of what was outlined in the article, I'd love to hear your comments as to how things worked out.

Were you able to convince an employee unwilling to adapt to a changing work environment? Did you get them involved in the process in some way for them to buy in to the concept?

E-mail me or post your thoughts and experiences. It would be interesting to hear what else people have done with regards to this ever-challenging issue.

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Adaptability in a changing environment

Authors Jagdish Sheth and Rajendra Sisodia of the European Business Forum have posted an interesting article entitled "Why good companies fail." They discuss how the average lifespan of an organization isn't what it used to be and argue that the primary reason for this trend is the inability of organizations to adapt quickly to radical changes in their business environment.

What is required for organizations to have this ability, then, is something the authors call "anticipatory management". This is the ability of the firm's executives to anticipate changes in their environment and to be proactive in repositioning their companies.

From the article:

"Anticipatory management is most needed and works best when the external environment is undergoing rapid and discontinuous change. Anticipatory management gives organisations a major competitive advantage. Trends that are anticipated can be planned for, and competitive advantage accrues to firms that do so better and earlier than their competitors."

Read the full article here.

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