Developing Leaders for Change LO19190

LonBadgett@aol.com
Fri, 11 Sep 1998 11:28:27 EDT

Replying to LO19132 --

Mike Townes had an interesting comment in his recent request for information:

> As is the norm for activities such as this, we will not have the time to
> do as much as we would like; when management finally buys in, time always
> seems to shrink.

I wonder where this expectation came from and whether or not this is the
type of thinking that they are attempting to change with this initiative.
If the organization cannot accept change then it is usually because the
benefits do not outweigh the cost. I have two questions for Mike:

1. What does wanting to do more than the time allows say about the
balance of form and function in your system?

2. Why does management buy in create an additional time restriction?

-- 
Lon Badgett
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