Winning Support for Change
Steve Roessler at the All Things Workplace blog shares a great post today on his six steps to winning support for change. His post reminds me of one of my favorite frameworks for getting others on board with a change, WIlliam Bridges' Four P's. In Managing Transitions (one of the books I recommend the most; if you're ever going to lead change, you need to own a copy), Bridges says that any effective communications around change has to outline:
- Purpose – why are we doing this?
- Picture – what will success or the future look like?
- Plan – how do we get there?
- Part to Play – where and how do you fit in?
When I was an executive, I used the Four P's all the time. As an executive coach, I share it all the time with my clients (as recently as yesterday). Try it, it works.