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Successful Change Leadership



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                          Successful Change Leadership
                              “Turning Theory into Reality”

                                       Ian Kowalski




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© 2010 Ian Kowalski                                                      1
Successful Change Leadership


      Objectives
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                 By the end of this session, you will be able to:

                      Describe the difference between Leaders and Managers
                      Describe why change often fails
                      Describe 4 complementary models for change
                      Understand how to apply these models to lead successful
                      change




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© 2010 Ian Kowalski                                                                 2
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      Exercise
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                      When change is successful
                         “This is the way we do it around here”

                      When change is not successful
                         Flavor of the month
                         This too shall pass
                         Do what I say not what I do



                         List examples of change you have experienced.
                                      What was the result?

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© 2010 Ian Kowalski                                                                 3
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      Managers and Leaders
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                      Management is about dealing with complexity
                      Leadership is about dealing with Change




                              Change Management is a Misnomer


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© 2010 Ian Kowalski                                                            4
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      Leadership Can Be Learned
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                      Challenging the Process
                      Inspiring a Shared Vision
                      Enabling Others to Act
                      Modeling the Way
                      Encouraging the Heart


                               “Leaders are Born Not Made”

                                                             “Leadership Challenge”, Kouzes  Posner


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© 2010 Ian Kowalski                                                                               5
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      Leadership Can Be Learned
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                      Talk Respectfully about the Past
                         Talk Realistically about the Present
                            Talk Optimistically about the Future




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© 2010 Ian Kowalski                                                           6
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      Change is Inevitable
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                      “It is not the strongest of the species that
                      survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones
                      most responsive to change”

                                             - Charles Darwin

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© 2010 Ian Kowalski                                                      7
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      Critical Mass
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                                                       34%             34%

                                     13.5%                                             16%
                           2.5%


                      Innovators Early Adopters   Early Majority   Late Majority         Laggards




                      Is it really resistance? -- Consider where people
                                     fall on the adoption curve


                                                                                   “Diffusion of Innovation”, Everett Rogers


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© 2010 Ian Kowalski                                                                                                            8
Successful Change Leadership


      The Tipping Point
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                                                       34%             34%

                                      13.5%                                        16%
                           2.5%


                      Innovators Early Adopters   Early Majority   Late Majority    Laggards




                         When the change becomes the new normal

                                                                                   “Crossing the Chasm”, Geoffrey Moore


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© 2010 Ian Kowalski                                                                                                 9
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      Organizational Change
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                                                   TP




                                                         34%                   34%

                                      13.5%                                                      16%
                           2.5%


                      Innovators Early Adopters    Early Majority          Late Majority            Laggards



                           Originators             Pragmatists                         Conservers

                      • Radical Change            • Want change to solve           • Gradual change
                                                    specific problems
                      • Huge effect                                                • Preserve the current
                                                  • minimize effect on               structure
                      • Ignore impact on            existing structure
                        structure
                                                  • Focus on results
                                                                       “Dangerous Opportunity: Making Change Work”, Chris Musselwhite

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© 2010 Ian Kowalski                                                                                                             10
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   Leading Change: A Good Checklist                                                       i
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                      1. Establish a sense of urgency
                      2. Forming a powerful guiding coalition
                      3. Create a Vision
                      4. Communicating the vision
                      5. Empowering others to act on the vision
                      6. Planning for and creating short term wins
                      7. Consolidate improvements and produce more changes
                      8. Institutionalize new approaches




                                                                      “Leading Change”, John Kotter


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© 2010 Ian Kowalski                                                                                       11
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      Applying The Tipping Point
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                      Apathetics          Incubators            Advocates




                                   Resistors




                                                       “Applying the Tipping Point”, Andrea Shapiro

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© 2010 Ian Kowalski                                                                              12
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      Seven Levers of Change
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                      People Support
                         Mass Exposure
                         Hiring Advocates
                         Removing Resistors
                         Contacts between Advocates and Apathetics
                      Environmental Support
                         Walk the Talk
                         Reward and Recognition          Necessary but not Sufficient
                         Infrastructure
                                                             “Applying the Tipping Point”, Andrea Shapiro

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© 2010 Ian Kowalski                                                                                    13
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      Exercise
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                      Compliance




                      Commitment




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© 2010 Ian Kowalski                           14
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      The “Change” Challenge                                                LEAi   elocity


                                                                   BEHAVIOR
                 WORLD VIEW            ATTITUDES
                                                                 • Commitment
                 (Paradigm)              • Possible
                                                                       vs
               (Mental Models)         • Appropriate
                                                                  • Compliance




                                  “Leadership for Extraordinary Performance”,
                                  Jack and Carol Weber



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© 2010 Ian Kowalski                                                                     15
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      What Do You Think?
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                                  “The only thing harder than
                                  starting something new is
                                  stopping something old.”

                                            Russell Ackoff
                                            -- systems thinker --




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© 2010 Ian Kowalski                                                     16
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      Leadership Exercise
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                How would you convince        How would you talk to a
                 someone to change?          person going through loss?

                      Reason                     Listen
                      Education / training       Empathy
                      Change their job           Love
                      Burning platform           Support
                      WIIFM
                      Incentives
                      Goals / targets
                      Involvement

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© 2010 Ian Kowalski                                                             17
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      Exercise
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                      Why does change fail?




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© 2010 Ian Kowalski                                      18
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      Putting It all Together
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                      Kotter as a check list
                      Listen to the people to find the mental models
                      Listen to the Resistors
                      Address the mental models
                      Intelligent use of the seven levers of Change
                         Contact between Advocates and Apathetics




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© 2010 Ian Kowalski                                                               19
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      Questions
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                                  Ian Kowalski
                                  770-317-2985
                                  iankowalski@leanvelocity.com


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Change Leadership

  • 1. Successful Change Leadership i LEA elocity Successful Change Leadership “Turning Theory into Reality” Ian Kowalski © 2011 Ian Kowalski © 2010 Ian Kowalski 1
  • 2. Successful Change Leadership Objectives i LEA elocity By the end of this session, you will be able to: Describe the difference between Leaders and Managers Describe why change often fails Describe 4 complementary models for change Understand how to apply these models to lead successful change © 2011 Ian Kowalski © 2010 Ian Kowalski 2
  • 3. Successful Change Leadership Exercise i LEA elocity When change is successful “This is the way we do it around here” When change is not successful Flavor of the month This too shall pass Do what I say not what I do List examples of change you have experienced. What was the result? © 2011 Ian Kowalski © 2010 Ian Kowalski 3
  • 4. Successful Change Leadership Managers and Leaders i LEA elocity Management is about dealing with complexity Leadership is about dealing with Change Change Management is a Misnomer © 2011 Ian Kowalski © 2010 Ian Kowalski 4
  • 5. Successful Change Leadership Leadership Can Be Learned i LEA elocity Challenging the Process Inspiring a Shared Vision Enabling Others to Act Modeling the Way Encouraging the Heart “Leaders are Born Not Made” “Leadership Challenge”, Kouzes Posner © 2011 Ian Kowalski © 2010 Ian Kowalski 5
  • 6. Successful Change Leadership Leadership Can Be Learned i LEA elocity Talk Respectfully about the Past Talk Realistically about the Present Talk Optimistically about the Future © 2011 Ian Kowalski © 2010 Ian Kowalski 6
  • 7. Successful Change Leadership Change is Inevitable i LEA elocity “It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change” - Charles Darwin © 2011 Ian Kowalski © 2010 Ian Kowalski 7
  • 8. Successful Change Leadership Critical Mass i LEA elocity 34% 34% 13.5% 16% 2.5% Innovators Early Adopters Early Majority Late Majority Laggards Is it really resistance? -- Consider where people fall on the adoption curve “Diffusion of Innovation”, Everett Rogers © 2011 Ian Kowalski © 2010 Ian Kowalski 8
  • 9. Successful Change Leadership The Tipping Point i LEA elocity TP Th e Ch as m 34% 34% 13.5% 16% 2.5% Innovators Early Adopters Early Majority Late Majority Laggards When the change becomes the new normal “Crossing the Chasm”, Geoffrey Moore © 2011 Ian Kowalski © 2010 Ian Kowalski 9
  • 10. Successful Change Leadership Organizational Change i LEA elocity TP 34% 34% 13.5% 16% 2.5% Innovators Early Adopters Early Majority Late Majority Laggards Originators Pragmatists Conservers • Radical Change • Want change to solve • Gradual change specific problems • Huge effect • Preserve the current • minimize effect on structure • Ignore impact on existing structure structure • Focus on results “Dangerous Opportunity: Making Change Work”, Chris Musselwhite © 2011 Ian Kowalski © 2010 Ian Kowalski 10
  • 11. Successful Change Leadership Leading Change: A Good Checklist i LEA elocity 1. Establish a sense of urgency 2. Forming a powerful guiding coalition 3. Create a Vision 4. Communicating the vision 5. Empowering others to act on the vision 6. Planning for and creating short term wins 7. Consolidate improvements and produce more changes 8. Institutionalize new approaches “Leading Change”, John Kotter © 2011 Ian Kowalski © 2010 Ian Kowalski 11
  • 12. Successful Change Leadership Applying The Tipping Point i LEA elocity Apathetics Incubators Advocates Resistors “Applying the Tipping Point”, Andrea Shapiro © 2011 Ian Kowalski © 2010 Ian Kowalski 12
  • 13. Successful Change Leadership Seven Levers of Change i LEA elocity People Support Mass Exposure Hiring Advocates Removing Resistors Contacts between Advocates and Apathetics Environmental Support Walk the Talk Reward and Recognition Necessary but not Sufficient Infrastructure “Applying the Tipping Point”, Andrea Shapiro © 2011 Ian Kowalski © 2010 Ian Kowalski 13
  • 14. Successful Change Leadership Exercise i LEA elocity Compliance Commitment © 2011 Ian Kowalski © 2010 Ian Kowalski 14
  • 15. Successful Change Leadership The “Change” Challenge LEAi elocity BEHAVIOR WORLD VIEW ATTITUDES • Commitment (Paradigm) • Possible vs (Mental Models) • Appropriate • Compliance “Leadership for Extraordinary Performance”, Jack and Carol Weber © 2011 Ian Kowalski © 2010 Ian Kowalski 15
  • 16. Successful Change Leadership What Do You Think? i LEA elocity “The only thing harder than starting something new is stopping something old.” Russell Ackoff -- systems thinker -- © 2011 Ian Kowalski © 2010 Ian Kowalski 16
  • 17. Successful Change Leadership Leadership Exercise i LEA elocity How would you convince How would you talk to a someone to change? person going through loss? Reason Listen Education / training Empathy Change their job Love Burning platform Support WIIFM Incentives Goals / targets Involvement © 2011 Ian Kowalski © 2010 Ian Kowalski 17
  • 18. Successful Change Leadership Exercise i LEA elocity Why does change fail? © 2011 Ian Kowalski © 2010 Ian Kowalski 18
  • 19. Successful Change Leadership Putting It all Together i LEA elocity Kotter as a check list Listen to the people to find the mental models Listen to the Resistors Address the mental models Intelligent use of the seven levers of Change Contact between Advocates and Apathetics © 2011 Ian Kowalski © 2010 Ian Kowalski 19
  • 20. Successful Change Leadership Questions i LEA elocity Ian Kowalski 770-317-2985 iankowalski@leanvelocity.com © 2011 Ian Kowalski © 2010 Ian Kowalski 20