Last month at work, we held a walking challenge encouraging teams to record the aggregate number of steps they had completed each week - I was a proud member of The Red Hot Chilli Steppers! It occurred to me whilst I was walking that there are lots of similarities between exercise regimes and business transformation programmes. I've captured my thoughts on a slide - I hope you find it useful. Please use the following link to check out my full article on LinkedIn and learn about the well of wellbeing: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/business-transformation-walking-back-happiness-jon-stephenson

1. Business Transformation – running back to happiness!
• Make the effort to start
– sometimes the hardest thing is gaining the support and financial commitment from the SLT
• Establish some clear milestones
– ensure everyone knows where you're going, so they're always taking a step in the right direction
• Remember, it's a marathon not a sprint
– accept that people will go at different speeds and some organisations need to crawl before they walk
• Work smarter, not harder and sweat systems, not people
– challenge the ways that the work is designed and managed
• Establish key measures and baseline performance
– so you can fully assess the impact of your intervention
• Put in the hard yards over the initial stages
– tackle any resistance to change and stay strong
• Ensure you celebrate your successes
– embed a continuous improvement culture
Jon Stephenson
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/stephensonjon