Plans are underway for you to implement a new digital strategy. Then you realize that you have hit a wall of employee resistance.
The team is reluctant to embrace yet another change. They are unfamiliar with the new technology. Their enthusiasm is damped by the weight of existing inefficiency….
After all the hard thing about change is that change can be hard. Even when it is a good change.
The change you are proposing is something that the business needs to happen because of the drivers behind it. The change will increase customer satisfaction! Promote greater operational efficiency!
Yet, you know it will need the team to be behind it for long term success. So how do you move forward together?
One way to overcome resistance is to hold a workshop discussion with the team that is framed around seeking consent, rather than compromise.
When you seek consent, you are seeking to listen to and eliminate objections to change. Something more powerful than a compromise where everyone loses something.
In my latest blog post I outline how to hold a consent discussion workshop with your team.
Here’s a glimpse of what you will learn:
- What is a consent discussion and when you should hold it with the team.
- Why you should consider appointing an impartial facilitator to lead the discussion.
- How the session is run. Presenting drivers and the proposal. Raising objections and considering ways to eliminating them. Adapting the change. Celebrating.
>>>You can read the latest blog post here!
When you hold a consent discussion you may find that the proposed change benefits from addressing the objections the team raises. It may result in a stronger path forward towards your vision.
Something surely to celebrate!
