Post on 19-Jan-2016
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Leading Change
Jerry CeresASM – Troop Guides
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Learning Objectives
As a result of this session you will be able to:
Understand the value of change and develop skills to lead it successfully
Learn steps for leading change with groups and individuals
Appreciate the value of leading change through lifelong learning
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What Changes Have You Seen?
Cub Scout to Boy Scout Transition on Day 1
Team Development
Location of the course
Your Scouting responsibilities & relationships
Life beyond Scouting
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Change Is a Fact of Life!
Change is a source of anxiety for many people, but it doesn’t have to be.
Change can be a valuable tool of leadership.
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Our Choices in Reaction to Change
Be fearful and resistant
Accept and make the best
Lead by taking responsibility
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Objectives of Leading Change
When change is needed, leading change can make it happen.
When change is inevitable, leading change can make it positive.
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How to Lead Change
Step #1 – Recognize that change happens
Anticipate change
Accept change Advantages of changing?
Consequences of not changing?
How to move on?
Move along with change
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How to Lead Change (continued)
Step #2 – Empower others to help you lead change
Consider who needs to be involved; seek people who
are willing to change
can enact change
can guide change
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Step #2 – Empower others to help you lead change (continued)
Build relationships through shared experiences
sometimes, build a coalition
other times, work with existing groups
either way, base relationships on shared experiences
How to Lead Change (continued)
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Step #3 – Lead change based on Vision, Mission, and Values
Alice in Wonderland comes to a fork in the road and asks the Cheshire Cat which way she should go. “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” the cat says. “I don’t much care where,” Alice replies. “Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” the cat says.
How to Lead Change (continued)
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Step #3 – Lead change based on Vision, Mission, and Values
Vision is a picture of future success
Vision: allows us to visualize the end result
inspires us with the possibilities of what might be
How to Lead Change (continued)
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Visions
President John F. Kennedy’s challenge of going to the moonDr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s dream of a more inclusive societyMargaret Thatcher’s understanding of vision as a tool of leadershipA Scout leader’s determination to develop a strong year-round outdoor program, or to conduct an effective membership drive, or to involve more parents in leadership positions
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Step #3 – Lead change based on Vision, Mission, and Values
Mission is made up of the steps that lead to the realization of a vision
the nuts and bolts part of leading change
translates vision into reality
Vision is a picture of future success
How to Lead Change (continued)
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Vision is a picture of future success
Mission is made up of the steps that lead to the realization of a vision
Step #3 – Lead change based on Vision, Mission, and Values
Values are the core beliefs or desires that guide and motivate our attitudes and actions
How to Lead Change (continued)
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Step #4 – Establish urgency
How to Lead Change (continued)
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Without urgency, great ideas lay fallow.
TV invented in 1930s, but didn’t become widespread until 1950sBar Codes devised in 1950s, but only a marketing idea until the 1980sAircraft carriers during World War II made the battleship all but obsolete, yet it would be half a century before the world’s navies fully adjusted to that fact
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Step #4 – Establish urgency
Key techniques:Simplicity (low hanging fruits)Metaphor, analogy, and exampleMultiple forumsRepetitionLeadership by exampleExplanation of seeming inconsistenciesGive and take
How to Lead Change (continued)
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Step #5 – Move ahead regardless
When people resist, encourage them anyway.
Enthusiasm may be contagious
They may not want to be left behind
If all encouragement fails, re-form group without those unwilling to change
How to Lead Change (continued)
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Step #6 – Create a culture that embraces change
Key elements:
Willingness
Effectiveness
Eagerness
Anticipation
How to Lead Change (continued)
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Approach is same for large or small groups
Step #1 – Recognize that change happens
Step #2 – Empower others to help you lead change
Step #3 – Lead change based on Vision, Mission, and Values
Step #4 – Establish urgency
Step #5 – Move ahead regardless
Step #6 – Create a culture that embraces change
How to Lead Change (continued)
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Three Characteristics of a Good Incremental Goal
It’s visible (people see for themselves it’s not just hype)
It’s unambiguous (a real win – no doubt)
It’s clearly related to the change effort
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Small steps can lead change
toward remarkable goals.
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We cannot become
what we need to be
by remaining what we are.
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The ultimate step – lead change through lifelong learning
Leaders are educators. They don’t just educate others, though. They are also responsible for seeing to their own continuing education.
How to Lead Change (continued)
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Mental Habits That Support Lifelong Learning
Risk taking
Humble self-reflection
Solicitation of opinions
Careful listening
Openness to new ideas
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If we have a clear vision
of what can be,
then leading change
can help make it so.
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Summary
Change is a fact of life.Change doesn’t have to cause anxiety.Small steps can lead change toward remarkable goals.We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.Lead change through lifelong learning.If we have a clear vision of what can be, then leading change can help make it so.
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Review of Learning Objectives
Now you should be able to:
Understand the value of change and develop skills to lead it successfully
Learn steps for leading change with groups and individuals
Appreciate the value of leading change through lifelong learning
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Thank You!