#240: When change is heavy
If you aim to make change happen, who should you influence? Not older people, according to a past chairman of Canon Corporation.
Based on his experience, he believed that he wasted his time in trying to influence older business leaders.
You might think that this makes sense. Many of us tend to expect older people to resist change more. But it does not automatically make sense for you to target younger people. Younger people might not resist change as much, but they normally don’t have the power to make change happen.
In most societies and in many organizations it is older people who have control, who are in charge and who make decisions.
I suggest you keep the following in mind before you decide who to engage. Resistance to change has little to do with physical age. Whether they are young or old, better that you ignore the weight of their years as you measure their gravitas of spirit.
I’m JamesMcIntosh@nonsenseatwork.com
Copyright: 2008 James Henry McIntosh
James can be heard on Public Radio: Monday - 7:19am and Saturday - 8:19am
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Based on his experience, he believed that he wasted his time in trying to influence older business leaders.
You might think that this makes sense. Many of us tend to expect older people to resist change more. But it does not automatically make sense for you to target younger people. Younger people might not resist change as much, but they normally don’t have the power to make change happen.
In most societies and in many organizations it is older people who have control, who are in charge and who make decisions.
I suggest you keep the following in mind before you decide who to engage. Resistance to change has little to do with physical age. Whether they are young or old, better that you ignore the weight of their years as you measure their gravitas of spirit.
I’m JamesMcIntosh@nonsenseatwork.com
Copyright: 2008 James Henry McIntosh
James can be heard on Public Radio: Monday - 7:19am and Saturday - 8:19am
88.9 FM WCVE, Richmond VA | 89.1 FM WCNV, Heathsville VA | 90.1 FM WMVE, Chase City VA
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