Ground Conditions for successful change - Margaret Wheatley
Margaret Wheatley identifies three conditions that support successful change initiatives for groups, teams or organizations.[1]
- Change cannot occur without new information entering the system.
- Give employees as much information as possible.
- This keeps people informed, builds trust, and cuts down on rumors.
- It’s also useful to set the context “Here is who we have been, and here is why we need to change and where we hope to go.”
- Develop a sense of shared purpose.
- Help employees develop a sense of personal meaning of the change for them and their teams.
- If a situation is personally meaningful to me I am more likely to be engaged. Improving engagement is necessary so that employee satisfaction is high and is also a key part of achieving better business results.
- Allow people to have input on how the change will occur.
- Input creates buy-in.
- People who play a part in the change process feel valued and more in control.
- People in every part of the company have critical information for the change process.