{"id":1202,"date":"2016-04-01T01:45:42","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T01:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.resourcezoneinternational.com\/?p=1202"},"modified":"2019-07-06T07:09:11","modified_gmt":"2019-07-06T07:09:11","slug":"helpful-insights-into-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.resourcezone.com.au\/?p=1202","title":{"rendered":"Helpful Insights into Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.resourcezone.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Leaf.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1203\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1203 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.resourcezone.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Leaf.jpg\" alt=\"Leaf\" width=\"677\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.resourcezone.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Leaf.jpg 677w, https:\/\/blog.resourcezone.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Leaf-300x236.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A 2008 survey by McKinsey of 3,199 organisations around the world found that only one in three change projects succeeded. Having worked in Christian organisations and Churches for many years, my observations would suggest that we are a long way from that percentage. Most of the change projects I have observed don\u2019t work because they are top-down and they don\u2019t take into consideration the irrational side of human behaviour. Here are some <strong>surprising statements by Jim Collins<\/strong> (Author) that you might consider next time you look at change:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"color: black; font-size: 15px;\">The highest level leaders are humble people who attribute their success more to other things beside ability.<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: black; font-size: 15px;\">Don\u2019t try to figure out where to drive the bus until you get the right people on and the wrong people off.<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: black; font-size: 15px;\">People are not your most important asset; the right people are!<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: black; font-size: 15px;\">Look for character in new leaders before knowledge or skills.<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: black; font-size: 15px;\">Don\u2019t run away from the bad news; encourage everyone to confront the brutal facts of current reality, because you can&#8217;t make good decisions without the facts.<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: black; font-size: 15px;\">Those who hit the realities of their situation head-on, emerge stronger from adversity.<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: black; font-size: 15px;\">Spending time and energy to motivate the wrong people is a waste of time; the real issue is not to de-motivate the right people.<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: black; font-size: 15px;\">Don\u2019t have too many rules and regulations; you only need them for the wrong people.<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: black; font-size: 15px;\">The key to success is not vision or strategy, but finding the thing you do best.<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: black; font-size: 15px;\">\u201cStop doing\u201d lists are more important than \u201cto do\u201d lists.<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: black; font-size: 15px;\">New technology or programs will not create a breakthrough.<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: black; font-size: 15px;\">Crawl, walk, run is a good approach in times of rapid change.<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: black; font-size: 15px;\">Effective transformations occur slowly and are like a heavy flywheel gathering momentum.<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: black; font-size: 15px;\">Don\u2019t worry too much about motivation or alignment; they will follow as momentum grows.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Coaching Questions<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"color: black; font-size: 15px;\">Have you got the right people on the bus?<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: black; font-size: 15px;\">What do you do to keep abreast of the facts about your ministry?<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: black; font-size: 15px;\">What are you doing to find out what you do best as a ministry?<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: black; font-size: 15px;\">To what extent is your team or ministry flexible and adaptive when it comes to change? Why\/why not?<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: black; font-size: 15px;\">In what ways can you better prepare to manage your own or other\u2019s fear, shock, stress and sense of loss from a change?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.resourcezone.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Discipleship-Colin.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1229 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.resourcezone.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Discipleship-Colin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"127\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.resourcezone.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Discipleship-Colin.jpg 529w, https:\/\/blog.resourcezone.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Discipleship-Colin-272x300.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 127px) 100vw, 127px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Colin is the Director of ResourceZone International. He has 30 years of ministry experience as a pastor, college lecturer and consultant\/coach to consultants, denominational leaders and local church pastors. He can be reached at <a href=\"mailto:info@resourcezoneinternational.com\">info@resourcezoneinternational.com<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Related Resources<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul class=\"list list0\">\n<li style=\"color: black; font-size: 15px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.resourcezone.com.au\/change-management-skill-builder-booklet-ministry-specific-resource-pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Change Management Skill Builder Booklet \u2013 Ministry Specific Resource (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: black; font-size: 15px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.resourcezone.com.au\/change-management-effectiveness-proflie-ministry-specific-resource-pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Change Management Effectiveness Profile \u2013 Ministry Specific Resource (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: black; font-size: 15px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.resourcezone.com.au\/managing-change-coaching-guide-storyboard-ministry-specific-resource-pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Managing Change: Coaching Guide with Storyboard \u2013 Ministry Specific Resource (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: black; font-size: 15px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.resourcezone.com.au\/change-management-storyboard-ministry-specific-resource-pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Change Management: Coaching Storyboard (Ministry Specific Resource PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 2008 survey by McKinsey of 3,199 organisations around the world found that only one in three change projects succeeded. Having worked in Christian organisations and Churches for many years, my observations would suggest that we are a long way from that percentage. Most of the change projects I have observed don\u2019t work because they&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-change-management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.resourcezone.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.resourcezone.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.resourcezone.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.resourcezone.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.resourcezone.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1202"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blog.resourcezone.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3806,"href":"https:\/\/blog.resourcezone.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1202\/revisions\/3806"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.resourcezone.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.resourcezone.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.resourcezone.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.resourcezone.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}