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Title: Leading Change

When reading this article I was able to think of several times I've seen change programs fail because people did take shortcuts, or they did the "right thing" but at the wrong time or in the wrong order. I think it is very easy for people to get confused between the advice we learned in prior weeks of looking for quick visible "wins" and not having that mean that you take shortcuts or skip process to do so. It's important that when change plans are designed they have these quick visible win opportunities built in, rather than being in a situation that you are working towards a goal realize morale is low, resistance to change is high and then look for shortcuts to generate a visible win.

Error 7 of declaring victory too soon really put these pieces together in my mind. You need wins to get people onboard and motivated but you have to get that win in the right away and dont settle there. I can see where as a manager it could be really tempting to want to declare victory and that you've accomplished what you set out to do. This can be very short sighted and sometimes happens because people aren't aware of the long term effects but it can also happen because people in those positions are looking to move on outside the company and even through the long-term effects of calling victory too early is not good it can paint them in a positive enough light to be able to facility them to move on. At my prior company I saw this happen a lot with people taking on a next role or initiative and using the first sign of success as something to play up on their resume and use it as a stepping stone out and on to something better. Not only did this mean that they didnt have a long term mindset to what they were putting in motion but the change in leaders not sharing the same vision made initiatives fail very frequently. People moving on after gaining experience is not necessarily a bad thing in itself but this article does show with errors 7 and 8 how to be very mindful of what can happen when change leaders might not be in it for the long haul and while you cant always prevent that from being the case, being aware of what to look for and the ramifications it can have on change progress allows a company to be more prepared to deal with it when it happens.