Try this thought on for size…
Your people don’t resist change in their role and the organisation, they resist the journey.
If this is true, and we in Learning & Development want them to change, we must focus on the journey.
- Reduce the barriers that obstruct their journey
- Help them see their self-interest in the journey, and the destination
- Help them see that the journey is possible for someone like them
- Provide a plan for their journey
- Provide support and guidance so they can follow the plan
- Make their journey socially acceptable, and even better, desirable.
If their desire for the destination is sufficient to overcome the remaining barriers, they will get there.
