Are you (unknowingly) alienating your Revolutionaries?

Are you alienating your revolutionaries? Neglecting your defenders? Losing out on talent during times of change?

What mindset do people on your team have as they confront change??We love folks with a revolutionary mindset - at least in theory. The energy! The ideas! The strong sense of integrity! In practice, it can be tough to lead too many revolutionaries through a change process. The unbridled energy. The unending ideas. The unbending sense of integrity.

At the opposite end of the spectrum, you have your 'defenders,' the ones who have perfected the current system and cling to it like a log in a torrential river. They've been rewarded for their consistency, but now they're being told to 'let go." Like folks with a revolutionary mindset, defenders have a highly developed sense of skepticism. One is skeptical of anything that interrupts the status quo. The other anything that defends it.?

What if you could harness these two perspectives as superpowers? It's possible, and you already have all the tools - listening, empathy and smart reframing.?

• Get Revolutionaries On Board -?Help your revolutionaries remember that a 'scorched earth' policy may erase some of the tried and true practices that you've learned the hard way (and only your Defenders may remember what it was like before.) Be clear with guardrails - what can and can't change - so they can focus their innovative spirit on their sphere of control?
• Engage those Defenders-?Acknowledge how your Defenders have nailed the previous processes, and help them see how their superpowers will be a huge benefit in incorporating the new changes. Make it safe to be in the awkward process of learning something new - it's only a matter of time before they'll be in their sweet spot of perfecting the new system.?

Build skills to roll through change

Retune To Work*

(That's not a typo)?

Remember when companies were making grand guesses about when and what the ‘return to work’ would look like? Then they moved those dates and changed those plans as COVID19 got creative and worked through its alphabet of variants. Now, there’s probably not going to be a satisfying ‘global grand day back to work.’ It’s going to be a slow inchworm back to the next normal (or rather the new abnormal.) Research shows?that more people than ever would love to stay remote, at least part of the time. It also shows that?some of those same people?are concerned over a deterioration of mental health from working in an isolated manner. Folks want flexibility, but they also want community and a sense of organizational culture.

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Are you ready to grow new superpowers through change?

Change is a messy business. But what if you could harness change to build skills and improve the culture? We've studied the science and practiced the art of adaptability. Fairplay's unique, interactive programs are designed to help folks grow in core areas like communication, sales effectiveness and situational leadership.?

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