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Leaders Focus Too Much on Changing Policies, and Not Enough on Changing Minds

Leaders Focus Too Much on Changing Policies, and Not Enough on Changing Minds | Consultancy Matters | Scoop.it
From hbr.org - July 11, 2018 1:41 AM

The same research found that nearly 75% of those transformations fail to improve business performance, either short-term or long-term.

 

So why is transformation so difficult to achieve?

 

Among many potential explanations, one that gets very little attention may be the most fundamental: the invisible fears and insecurities that keep us locked into behaviors even when we know rationally that they don’t serve us well.


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CCM Consultancy's insight:

Business transformations are typically built around new structural elements, including policies, processes, facilities, and technology. Some companies also focus on behaviors — defining new practices, training new skills, or asking employees for new deliverables.

 

What most organizations typically overlook is the internal shift — what people think and feel — which has to occur in order to bring the strategy to life.

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The Learning Factor's curator insight, July 10, 2018 1:27 AM

To achieve the outcomes you want, start by thinking about people and culture.
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What It Takes To Change Your Brain's Patterns After Age 25

What It Takes To Change Your Brain's Patterns After Age 25 | Consultancy Matters | Scoop.it
From www.fastcompany.com - May 21, 2017 1:39 AM

"In most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again."


That quote was made famous by Harvard psychologist William James in his 1890 book The Principles of Psychology, and is believed to be the first time modern psychology introduced the idea that one’s personality becomes fixed after a certain age.


More than a century since James’s influential text, we know that, unfortunately, our brains start to solidify by the age of 25, but that, fortunately, change is still possible after. The key is continuously creating new pathways and connections to break apart stuck neural patterns in the brain.


Simply put, when the brain is young and not yet fully formed, there’s a lot of flexibility and plasticity, which explains why kids learn so quickly, says Deborah Ancona, a professor of management and organizational studies at MIT.


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If you want to keep your brain agile, you’re going to have to hone in on parts of the brain that are challenging that you’ll feel exhausted after practicing the task. Only through repetition and practice can those new neural connections be established enough to become habitual or default behaviors.

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Scott Brown's curator insight, May 10, 2015 4:25 PM

What if personality is already set before birth?  
Joe Miller's curator insight, September 10, 2018 1:17 PM
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