Have you ever wondered how the great change leaders get people involved in their change efforts.
Well it is quite simple really – they have an amazing ability to create a vision for the change they wish to follow and want others to share it.
Let’s look how you can create an amazing change vision.
1. Create A Imaginable Picture Of The Future
In those quiet moments we all like to think that we know the way forward and imagine inspiring others to follow us.
However, when it comes down to it we have some parts of the change picture but can’t really communicate it with others.
We think that it is like painting by numbers and you need to first know what the picture is.
You then need to start adding the numbers for others to follow/paint.
2. Appeal To The Long Term Interests Of People
With your picture in hand you then need to show people what things will be like in the future.
What’s in it for me?
What is it going to be like for me?
Basic interests are often what will drive people to participate in the change efforts.
Be sure to include short, medium and long-term interests for the people involved.
3. Include Realistic And Attainable Goals
Change must be possible and grounded in realistic goals.
World domination might sound great but at the end of the day you should leave this to the dictators of the world.
Be brave and wake-up to the basic fact that change takes time.
4. Being Clear Enough To Guide Decision Making
A vision of change must be simple.
Look at all the great websites and products in the world.
Apple’s Think Different approach clearly demonstrated what the company was doing – two professional and two consumer products. The change Steve Jobs created even should inspire the most conservative change leaders.
Google – quite simply a search portal (that we all know has grown to be so much more???).
Blogger – create a blog it’s free!
This simple approach will then allow you to make decisions easy to make.
5. Being Flexible
Things change.
Even the best laid plans need to adapt to these changes.
Your approach needs to recognize this and encourage individuals to use their initiative while at the same to allow for changing situations.
6. Keep It Simple, Stupid
Embrace the KISS principle of Keep It Simple Stupid and you will always have an amazing change vision.
If you ever think that your change vision is getting too complicated then it probably is.
Keep asking yourself and other’s does this make sense?
If the answer is NO, then you are on the wrong track.
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