4. Contents
1. What is STATUS QUO?
2. Types of people who generally challenge the status
quo in the organization
3. 3 Easy Steps as a Leader to Challenge the Status Quo
4. Managers defend the status quo
5. 5 Reason the Status Quo is Not Enough
6. Challenging the Status Quo
7. Conclusion
6. What is STATUS QUO?
Latin phrase means the existing state of affairs.
The status quo refers to how conditions are at
the time and how the affirmative team can solve
these conditions.
In the sociological sense, it generally applies to
maintain or change existing social structure and
values.
7. Karl Marx viewed
organized religion as a
means for the bourgeoisie
to keep the proletariat
content with an unequal
status quo, and education
is seen by others as a
means of maintaining the
status quo of society.
8. Types of people who generally challenge the status
quo in the organization
• People who have nothing to lose now.
•People who know that the art of challenging,
equals not irritating, annoying or putting people off.
•People who have their own intellectual and moral
power, credibility, and standing.
•Corporate useful idiots .
9. •People who have bosses who genuinely
ask to be challenged, pushed back and
who look for alternative world views.
•Combination of others characters.
CONTINUE……
10. 3 Easy Steps as a Leader to Challenge the Status Quo
Roll Up
Sleeves Make
people
able to do
Be Curious
11. Managers defend the status quo
Fear of loss
Full plate
Lack of skills
Doubt
12. 5 Reason the Status Quo is Not Enough
1.Lack of clear direction method
2.A focus only on planning and not on execution
3.Distaste for risk
4.Excusing ordinary performance
5.Reluctance to hold people accountable
13. some people choose to challenge the status
quo as it imply a strong belief in one’s position
as the correct one, and thus efforts may be
undertaken to undermine the position of
others.
Challenging the Status Quo
14. Challengers felt more negatively toward their
opponents and these negative emotions in turn
predicted biased attributions. Results are
important as they add to the understanding of
how intergroup conflict may arise, providing
explanations for why challengers are less
tolerant of others’ point of view.
Continue….
15. Conclusion
Status Quo Bias is linked to the Endowment Effect
and Negativity Bias, which make you place more
weight on negative impacts than benefits. Those
suffering from Status Quo Bias often cannot see the
benefits because they are too fearful of the
negative impacts.
16. "Nothing will kill your
business quicker than the
we've always done it like
that attitude."
17.
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