Summary of Gardeners Not Mechanics by Gary Lloyd

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Change consultant Gary Lloyd points out that gardeners cannot predict or control their environments. They must balance art and science, proceed through trial and error, then nourish and support their crop. Leaders seeking to effect change in their organizations face similarly unpredictable and interdependent environments they can only influence, not control. The author describes the strategic planning, preparing, planting, pruning, weeding, staking and watering leaders must perform to drive sustained change.

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Sujets

• Organizational Behavior
• Employabilité, métiers et formations
• management
• Economics
• Business

Informations

• Publié par: GetAbstract AG
• Date de parution: 01 septembre 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798887270203
• Langue: English

Extrait

Gardeners Not Mechanics
How to Cultivate Change at Work
Gary Lloyd•Gary Lloyd © 2021•254 pages

Rating:8

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Insider's Take

Take-Aways Organizations must change and adapt to remain in business. Like a gardener in a yard, accept three things about the environment of your corporate change: unpredictability, interdependencies and your “limits of control.” Consider changes thoroughly to avoid unintended consequences. Most leaders have a bias toward action, and jump too quickly to solutions. Resist this impulse and plan. Your plan should portray what things will look like after the change. As a gardener prepares the soil, nurture the conditions for a successful change initiative. "Plant" by extending your discussions further in the organization to gain grassroots support. “Prune and weed” to nurture the essentials of successful change. Regularly “water” your relationships and other elements critical to your change initiative. As gardeners stake their plants, provide supports to strengthen your teams and guide their growth.

Recommendation
Change consultant Gary Lloyd points out that gardeners cannot predict or control their environments. They must balance art and science, proceed through trial and error, then nourish and support their crop. Leaders seeking to effect change in their organizations face similarly unpredictable and interdependent environments they can only influence, not control. The author describes the strategic planning, preparing, planting, pruning, weeding, staking and watering leaders must perform to drive sustained change.

Summary
Organizations must change and adapt to remain in business.
Change efforts often erode quickly as people and organizational cultures revert to their previous ways, both affected by a built-in resistance to change.Change campaigns succeed or fail on a sliding scale, delivering some value in most cases but achieving less than 70% of expected value three-quarters of the time.