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Imagine that you are the head of an organization and you are considering changing work hours from 9AM to 5PM five days a week to 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM four days a week. Based upon the list above, what are three things that you could do to help your organization overcome a resistant culture. Give SPECIFIC examples of what you would do
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Situational Awareness
With their own teams functioning at a high level, Integrative Leaders turn their attention to improving and transforming the greater organization in which they find themselves.
A leader cannot change an organization or system unless he or she understands its processes and can identify the attitudes, norms, behavior patterns, beliefs, processes, and rules that need to change in order for the vision to manifest.
Situational awareness could be likened to informed mindfulness on an organizational level. It is the ability to identify, process, and comprehend the critical elements of information in one’s environment with regard to a specific goal or mission. When leaders find themselves in a challenging situation, they should look at it from a multitude of angles and ask, if I were the CEO what would I think of this situation? If I were the Finance Officer what would I think? If I were the customer, what would I think? Who is affected? Given the influencing factors, what is likely to occur? What are the potential positive and negative outcomes and how can I impact those outcomes?
Overcoming a Resistant Culture
To overcome resistance, Integrative Leaders should demonstrate credibility in everything they do while accomplishing the following:
Understand people's resistance and its root cause (speak to people individually and in groups)
Act or communicate to address the root cause (explain what is happening and why)
Involve people in the change process (make sure that the individuals involved help implement the changes)
Create alliances (build relationships across the organization)
Build communities of acceptance (pull together groups of people who will accept and advocate for the changes)