Ho hum, the Easter break is now a distant memory. Back at the coal-face attempting to deliver yet another ill-conceived initiative!

I've spoken before about the culture of "short-termism" that prevails in corporate life here in the UK.

This is the task-driven transactional "leadership" mentality - that focuses on driving through change under the guise of "improvement" - whilst taking full advantage of the "burning platform " of a workforce anxious about cut backs and redundancy.

All of which begs the question: "What is the point?"

I always ask directors how they envisage their organisation looking after the change - and all too often the answers are fairly vague - or expressed in terms of "bigger", "better", "closer to customers", "more efficient / profitable / cash flow..." etc.

Rarely am I shown a Blueprint.

With the possible exception of the "Benefits Profile" [i.e. the definition of the benefits of your change initiative], the Blueprint - as a description of the changed organisation - is the single most important document in your whole change initiative.

If you don't know what it's going to look like after the change - then how will you get there - and how on earth will you know when you have?

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P.S. If you'll forgive a very personal comment - I am feeling low this evening, as I type this ezine, as Arnie our 15 year old yellow laborador was put to sleep today. Any dog lovers reading this can see pics here on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/stephen.warrilow

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Strategies for Managing Change

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