Leading Change

Jerry CeresASM – Troop Guides

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Learning Objectives

As a result of this session you will be able to:

Understand the value of change and develop skills to lead it successfully

Learn steps for leading change with groups and individuals

Appreciate the value of leading change through lifelong learning

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What Changes Have You Seen?

Cub Scout to Boy Scout Transition on Day 1

Team Development

Location of the course

Your Scouting responsibilities & relationships

Life beyond Scouting

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Change Is a Fact of Life!

Change is a source of anxiety for many people, but it doesn’t have to be.

Change can be a valuable tool of leadership.

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Our Choices in Reaction to Change

Be fearful and resistant

Accept and make the best

Lead by taking responsibility

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Objectives of Leading Change

When change is needed, leading change can make it happen.

When change is inevitable, leading change can make it positive.

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How to Lead Change

Step #1 – Recognize that change happens

Anticipate change

Accept change Advantages of changing?

Consequences of not changing?

How to move on?

Move along with change

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How to Lead Change (continued)

Step #2 – Empower others to help you lead change

Consider who needs to be involved; seek people who

are willing to change

can enact change

can guide change

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Step #2 – Empower others to help you lead change (continued)

Build relationships through shared experiences

sometimes, build a coalition

other times, work with existing groups

either way, base relationships on shared experiences

How to Lead Change (continued)

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Step #3 – Lead change based on Vision, Mission, and Values

Alice in Wonderland comes to a fork in the road and asks the Cheshire Cat which way she should go. “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” the cat says. “I don’t much care where,” Alice replies. “Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” the cat says.

How to Lead Change (continued)

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Step #3 – Lead change based on Vision, Mission, and Values

Vision is a picture of future success

Vision: allows us to visualize the end result

inspires us with the possibilities of what might be

How to Lead Change (continued)

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Visions

President John F. Kennedy’s challenge of going to the moonDr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s dream of a more inclusive societyMargaret Thatcher’s understanding of vision as a tool of leadershipA Scout leader’s determination to develop a strong year-round outdoor program, or to conduct an effective membership drive, or to involve more parents in leadership positions

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Step #3 – Lead change based on Vision, Mission, and Values

Mission is made up of the steps that lead to the realization of a vision

the nuts and bolts part of leading change

translates vision into reality

Vision is a picture of future success

How to Lead Change (continued)

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Vision is a picture of future success

Mission is made up of the steps that lead to the realization of a vision

Step #3 – Lead change based on Vision, Mission, and Values

Values are the core beliefs or desires that guide and motivate our attitudes and actions

How to Lead Change (continued)

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Step #4 – Establish urgency

How to Lead Change (continued)

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Without urgency, great ideas lay fallow.

TV invented in 1930s, but didn’t become widespread until 1950sBar Codes devised in 1950s, but only a marketing idea until the 1980sAircraft carriers during World War II made the battleship all but obsolete, yet it would be half a century before the world’s navies fully adjusted to that fact

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Step #4 – Establish urgency

Key techniques:Simplicity (low hanging fruits)Metaphor, analogy, and exampleMultiple forumsRepetitionLeadership by exampleExplanation of seeming inconsistenciesGive and take

How to Lead Change (continued)

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Step #5 – Move ahead regardless

When people resist, encourage them anyway.

Enthusiasm may be contagious

They may not want to be left behind

If all encouragement fails, re-form group without those unwilling to change

How to Lead Change (continued)

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Step #6 – Create a culture that embraces change

Key elements:

Willingness

Effectiveness

Eagerness

Anticipation

How to Lead Change (continued)

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Approach is same for large or small groups

Step #1 – Recognize that change happens

Step #2 – Empower others to help you lead change

Step #3 – Lead change based on Vision, Mission, and Values

Step #4 – Establish urgency

Step #5 – Move ahead regardless

Step #6 – Create a culture that embraces change

How to Lead Change (continued)

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Three Characteristics of a Good Incremental Goal

It’s visible (people see for themselves it’s not just hype)

It’s unambiguous (a real win – no doubt)

It’s clearly related to the change effort

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Small steps can lead change

toward remarkable goals.

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We cannot become

what we need to be

by remaining what we are.

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The ultimate step – lead change through lifelong learning

Leaders are educators. They don’t just educate others, though. They are also responsible for seeing to their own continuing education.

How to Lead Change (continued)

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Mental Habits That Support Lifelong Learning

Risk taking

Humble self-reflection

Solicitation of opinions

Careful listening

Openness to new ideas

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If we have a clear vision

of what can be,

then leading change

can help make it so.

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Summary

Change is a fact of life.Change doesn’t have to cause anxiety.Small steps can lead change toward remarkable goals.We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.Lead change through lifelong learning.If we have a clear vision of what can be, then leading change can help make it so.

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Review of Learning Objectives

Now you should be able to:

Understand the value of change and develop skills to lead it successfully

Learn steps for leading change with groups and individuals

Appreciate the value of leading change through lifelong learning

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Thank You!