SR 917

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SR 917
Day FourLeading Change
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Change Is

• A fact of life
• Change happens
• A source of anxiety
• We are naturally reluctant to change
• A valuable tool of leadership
• Forces us to think outside the box
• Makes us stronger

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Change Happens

• You can either
• Fear it
• Accept it
• Lead it

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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

• All of the great leaders have had one
  characteristic in common it was the willingness
  to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of
  their people in their time. This, and not much
  else, is the essence of leadership.
• John Kenneth
  Galbraith
• Economist/Editor/Ambassador

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Recognize That Change Happens

• Anticipate change
• Accept change
• 3. Move along with change.

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Ask Yourself

• What are the advantages
• of changing?
• What are the consequences of not changing?
• How can we let go of the existing situation and
  move on?

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Empower Others to Help You Lead Change

• Consider who needs to be involved

• Have a willingness to change for the better
• Have the position, expertise, and/or
  
  credibility to enact change
• Have the leadership and management skills to
  guide change.

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Empower Others to Help You Lead Change

• 2. Build Relationships through shared experiences
• Shared experiences give us common ground for
  embracing and moving with change

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Lead Change Based on

• Values
• Are core beliefs or desires that guide our
  attitudes and actions
• Vision
• Is a picture of future success
• Mission
• Is made up of the steps that lead to the
  realization of a vision

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Establish Urgency

• To create urgency for change, we must
  communicate to others the VISION of what change
  can do.

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Techniques for Communicating Urgency

• Simplicity
• Metaphor, analogy, and example
• Multiple forums
• Repetition

• Leadership by example
• Explanation of seeming inconsistencies
• Give and take

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• It is not necessary to change. Survival is
  not mandatory.
• W. Edwards Deming
• Quality Management Guru

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Move ahead, Regardless.

• As change occurs, others in your group may become
  enthused about what they see and decide to come
  aboard.
• Some may decide they dont want to left behind.
• If others WILL NOT or CANNOT change, they will
  eventually remove themselves from the situation.

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Create a CultureThat Embraces Change

• 1 Recognize that change happens
• 2 Empower others to help you lead change
• 3 Lead change based on vision, mission, values
• 4 Establish urgency
• 5 Move ahead, regardless
• 6 Create a culture that embraces change

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Three Characteristics of a Good Incremental Goal

• Its Visible (not just hype)
• Its Unambiguous (a real win there is no doubt)
• Its CLEARLY related to the change effort

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Robina Muqimyar
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We cannot become what we need to be by remaining
what we are. Max De Pree
(founder, Herman Miller
office
furniture company and author of
Leadership is an Art)
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The Ultimate Step

• Lead change through lifelong learning

Leaders are educators. They just dont educate
othersthey are also responsible for seeing to
their own continuing education.
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Mental Habits for Lifelong Learning

• Risk taking
• Humble self-reflection
• Solicitation of opinions
• Careful listening
• Openness to new ideas

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Leading Change through Lifelong Learning
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We owe it to the youth our units to have Trained
Youth Leaders

• Troop Leader Training (TLT)
• Junior Leader Training (JLT)
• Junior Leader Development Conference (JLDC)

National Youth Leadership Training (NYLT)
Buckskin
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It IS possible!
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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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The universe is change our life is what our
thoughts make of it. Marcus Aurelius
Roman Emperor
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You must be the change you wish to see in the
world. Mahatma Gandhi Indian
Spiritual Political Leader
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Change is inevitable, but leading change can make
it a positive experience.
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To Summarize

• Recognize that change
• happens.
• Empower others to help.
• Lead change based on
• values, mission and vision.
• Establish urgency.
• Move ahead, regardless.
• Create a culture that
• embraces change.

Lead change through lifelong learning
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How can you lead change to make to make Scouting
better?