
Until the past few generations, most people’s lives stayed very much the same from beginning to end: people grew up where their parents had grown up, did the work their parents had done, believed and knew the things previous generations had believed and known.

With a more confident or vocal team, you might get questions about whether the change is necessary, complaints about “yet another thing to do,” and lots of reasons why this just isn’t a good time for a big shift.īlame our history as a species. Sometimes the reaction is subtle: lowered eyes, tightened lips, silence. Every leader has had the experience of unveiling an organizational change - a new system or process, a corporate restructure, a shift in the business model - and getting a less-than positive response from their team.
