Reason Why Most Change Management Efforts Fail (link opens in a new tab). Consider in particular the two best practices that the author, former US Navy SEAL Brent Gleeson, identifies for building support for change: “identifying and celebrating early successes, and creating cultural experiences that support the vision”.

Module 8 – Organizational Change (Discussion #7)

For this final discussion, recall the article from the Connect section at the beginning of Module 8: 1 Reason Why Most Change Management Efforts Fail (link opens in a new tab). Consider in particular the two best practices that the author, former US Navy SEAL Brent Gleeson, identifies for building support for change: “identifying and celebrating early successes, and creating cultural experiences that support the vision”.

In a post, share an example from your own experience where an organizational leader that you have worked with—either in your career, volunteer work, or any other circumstance—has embodied one or both of these principles, and discuss how this helped (or hindered) gaining buy-in for organizational change.