Comments on: My Change Agent Challenge – Part 2: Integration https://www.enclaria.com/2009/10/21/my-change-agent-challenge-part-2/ Equipping individuals and teams to influence organizational change Thu, 17 Mar 2011 01:17:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: Heather Stagl https://www.enclaria.com/2009/10/21/my-change-agent-challenge-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:03:53 +0000 http://www.enclaria.com/?p=1684#comment-147 In reply to Martin Fenwick.

Martin, thank you for the comment. I agree the exercise is a bit insular in that you don’t have the systemic pros and cons to deal with when trying to implement individual change. At the same time, organizational change is really trying to get a lot of individuals changing in the same direction. If we can understand how to change ourselves, it might go a long way toward understanding what others are going through – and what might work to help them go through it. At the very least it reminds us of a perspective that we might lose when we focus so much on facilitating others through change.

Your “floss for your family” comment triggered a thought that goes along with tomorrow’s post. So thanks in advance for that!

]]> By: Martin Fenwick https://www.enclaria.com/2009/10/21/my-change-agent-challenge-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-146 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:17:30 +0000 http://www.enclaria.com/?p=1684#comment-146 The hard bit about individual change compared to organisational change is that it comes down to you. There is no support network, no-one showing you the way, supporting you and doing the bits you are not good at.
As a coach I know that it is almost impossible to coach yourself so I would suggest that if you want to make real and significant change you should get a good coach (advert over). But I don’t know any that focus on flossing!
You’ve hit on the issue for most people and that is motivation. The question is can you maintain this new habit sustainably?To do that you really need to understand how you value yourself (are you your job, do you see yourself in a certain way, is your focus on your work and not yourself or your family tends to come before you). If you can get inside that you can motivate yourself the way you need motivated. So floss for your family!

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