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> how I was able to get effective change in large organizations You only told us the problem I think. What is the solution? Tell the resisting people what thei
by Aeolun 3y ago
> how I was able to get effective change in large organizations
You only told us the problem I think. What is the solution? Tell the resisting people what their job will look like after?
- ChuckMcM 3y agoYes. In many situations that has resulted in me having additional conversations with the folks who are asking for the change to be clear about headcount goals. If they are trying to reduce staff (usually coded as 'increase operational efficiency') I want them to be up front about that in their messaging because I will be up front with that with the people who will feel that impact. It is often possible to actually increase efficiency without laying anyone off, to make sure that senior staff understands that you need to have a common way of evaluating efficiency (what's the baseline, what's the goal, what are the indicators, Etc.) because getting more done with the same people is often better than laying people off because of the latent effect of loosing institutional memory about things.
- noobermin 3y agoYour experience is one thing but the narrative is management absolutely don't care about losing institutional memory, they want somethong to put on their resume before they jump ship to the next gig