Plenty of unfinished initiatives around at workplace?
That’s because starting something new is easy, while making it stick is not.
With these 6 steps, you can radically increase your success rate. A nagging problem that many organizations face is that they start a lot of new initiatives, but complete and really adopt only a few of them.
While some initiatives do see the luminating success, the rest gets stuck somewhere along the process, clogging up, eating resources and blocking new initiatives. To break through this resource-consuming and frustrating cycle, the following six steps will help –
1. Re-evaluate your goals Set or revive your strategic priorities and define what you wish to achieve with the initiative and why you want to start it in the first place.
2. Don’t manage it all yourself Share responsibilities with others to get them on board from day 1 and share the workload. Clarify and manage who is responsible for what.
3. Build the hype Create a continuous multi-channel communication flow causing excitement and buzz. Start a fire and keep it burning.
4. Incentivize Make it attractive for people to join. Don’t use monetary incentives but use what really motivates them: autonomy, learning and contribution.
5. Schedule check-ups Follow-up continuously and regularly, e.g. on a monthly or weekly basis to make the initiative part of people’s day-to-day routine.
6. Don’t give up Introducing something new takes time and asks for patience and persistence. Keep your focus on it, until it really sticks.
Is it rocket science? Not at all. Does it work? Of course. The question is … Do you work this way?
Innovative workplace dynamics are a product of multiple professional skills that render exceptional performance. Smart work management is acheived with a mastery over various challenges at work that may include not only managing your personal task-list but also managing and winning over inter-personal expectations among peers. Time is of essence really. If your challenges are surmounting your personal growth, seek professional development support to enhance your working skills and excel.
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