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Principle 2: Every organization has a unique pathway to sustainable change

8/11/2015

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Q: Margaret, who are the most important thought leaders in change management? Which experts have the best approach?

A: I have learned from many experts, including Kanter, Kotter, Bridges and the Heaths. But if you want to know the people from whom I have learned the most about how to work with organizational change, it is none of these.

Q: Who, then?

A: The great detectives — Columbo, Inspector Morse and Kurt Wallander.

As a change management coach, I’ve worked with different philosophies about the best way to do change. They all have their strengths and their Achilles’ heels. It doesn’t matter which expert’s tools and process you use – the result is unlikely to be all that you hope for. There is no one way that works for every organization.

What you need is not a guru, but a detective. Someone who will refrain from telling you how to do change long enough to listen to the clues that are embedded in your organization’s story. Listen long enough and all the stakeholders in the organization will eventually lay out the puzzle pieces and show you which piece is missing. And where it is hidden.

Every organization has its own personality, history and ethos. There is no one size fits all. Your organization deserves to have a uniquely customized process for change because that’s what works. If you really want to Ignite the Change that will revitalize your organization, remember:

Change Principle #2: Every organization has a unique pathway to sustainable change.

Discovery Questions:
1  Think of three times in the organization’s history when you were at the top of your game. What do those stories have in common?

2  At what point did you realize that what made you successful in the past was no longer working? What can you learn from that?

3  What aspects of your organization are so essential to your identity that if they were lost, there would be no reason to continue? What, on the other hand, is expendable?


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Principle #1: When we listen to our own stories, vocational passion is ignited, and new organizations are born.

8/10/2015

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The Story Behind Ignite the Change

Margaret decided in September 2014 to start a new business to serve the unique organizational development needs within six sectors:
  •  Justice Systems
  • Education
  • Health Care
  • Faith Communities
  • Families
  • Social Enterprise

When Margaret took the time to listen attentively to her life stories, she found that each of the six institutions above had played a major role in her development as a young person. Where they were healthy, she benefitted from their strength. Where they were weak, she recognized the wounds of their failure.

Each of the targeted sectors plays a foundational role in our culture. When we bring new children into our world, these institutions shape their values and experience. As long as structures and processes within these sectors remain unchanged, the institutions cannot serve the needs and values of future generations.  If we can re-envision and revitalize our culture’s institutional framework, we will create a world where our children can thrive.

As Margaret explored the landscape of each sector, her passion to serve was ignited. Margaret believes she has been preparing her entire career for this work.

How to Connect

Peruse the www.ignite-the-change.com website which describes the focus, products, services and sectors for this new business venture.
Margaret’s Blog:  http://www.ignite-the-change.com/blog
Like Margaret on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/ignitethechangemm/likes
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Send Margaret an email: http://www.ignite-the-change.com/contact.html

If you know someone who could benefit from Margaret’s services, feel free to share the links with friends and colleagues.    

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    is an organizational strategist, coach and facilitator committed to creating positive change within society’s core institutions.

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Margaret Morgan Maat
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Houston, Texas
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