| Streamlining Adoption of New Strategies 5 Ways To Increase Confidence & Uptake When Adopting New Strategies
How many times have you found yourself wandering around the isles looking for that ‘right’ bottle of wine for a special occasion, house party or special dinner with friends? Stymied by the multitude of choices and the ‘unknown’ of so much of what you’re seeing, the tendency is to go with the ‘tried and true’ – either in terms of type (always going with those merlots), staying true to a specific label or relying on the most recent recommendation from friends quite eager to share their latest ‘find’.
This bias to ‘stay the course’ in the face of a multitude of choices and unclear outcomes is well documented – and certainly plays out in leadership teams as they wrestle to implement strategies to meet emerging issues. The tendency is often to select courses of action that have proven successful in the past, relying on the same players to deliver on results, using the same methods as previously or deferring automatically to those most influential or vocal on the issue.
How best to build appetite to try a new approach when momentum is with the ‘tried and true’? As with your adventure in selecting the ‘right’ wine for the occasion – there are several specific actions you can take to build confidence in decision-making and increase your team’s likelihood of success with a different approach........ (cont'd)
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