Best advice on understanding, motivating and delivering change

People enter politics to make positive change. The role of a Leader is to inspire and direct change and of a manager to motivate and deliver change. What can we learn from these people about change and innovation?
 
THE PROBLEM

People say they want change. They are ready for it. They’ll vote for it. They’ll argue for it. But despite the apparent appetite and commitment managing Change is one of the most difficult things for Politicians, Leaders and Managers and often disappoints their community and followers.

It’s a bit like buying someone running shoes and a marathon training programme. We can supply the obvious ingredients to achieve a fitness or athletic goal. However this is no substitute for actually going out there and running!

No amount of consultation, information, planning and communication can substitute for personal motivation and action. This is true of changing anything: smoking; drinking; sport; business; and life, and why so many people are unfit, unhealthy, dis-engaged, bored or frustrated.

MY THOUGHTS

The old styles of management based on task and outcome are outdated because a new generation are better educated, more demanding with more options to do something else. However we all have a sense of identity either a brother, father, mother or daughter. We have a sense of community which maybe sport, hobby or belief orientated. We have a sense of importance, of our place or value. Understanding this, and though relationships rather than goals, we can understand, motivate and deliver change. The Politicians, Leaders and Managers must become mentors.

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THE AUTHOR

Tim Rogers is an experienced Project and Change Leader. He is founder of www.ciChange.org and curator for www.TEDxStHelier.Com. He is Programme Manager for the commercialization of a major public sector organisation. He is also Commonwealth Triathlete and World Championships Rower, as well as Athletes’ Representative for Jersey’s Commonwealth Games Team. He has a passion for teaching and learning and is a former tutor/mentor on the Chartered Management Institute courses, and a coach / trainer.

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