Liz Allan

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Forcing anyone to make changes without them understanding the reasons behind them, will not work. The more you work together rather than in isolation, the more benefit you will gain. Empowering your team to identify potential improvements and make decisions about the best way to find the root cause to a problem will springboard their knowledge and confidence in what they can achieve. Teach them how to map out a process to identify the process bottlenecks. Use tools such as a Fishbone analysis and 5 Whys to help them drill down to where the problem lies. Provide them with an improvement toolkit that they can use again and again and it will make a massive difference.

Forcing anyone to make changes without them understanding the reasons behind them, will not work. The more you work together rather than in isolation, the more benefit you will gain. Empowering your team to identify potential improvements and make decisions about the best way to find the root cause to a problem will springboard their knowledge and confidence in what they can achieve. Teach them how to map out a process to identify the process bottlenecks. Use tools such as a Fishbone analysis and 5 Whys to help them drill down to where the problem lies. Provide them with an improvement toolkit that they can use again and again and it will make a massive difference.

Micromanagement from a leader is often due to their underconfidence in their position. It's also sometimes because they can't let go—maybe they've been part of the team previously, and now they have been promoted into a leadership role. People are often promoted into leadership positions without formal training or the provision of leadership skills, which means they start floundering quickly without support. Try to work with these new leaders to help them increase their confidence in the role. Help them understand your role and what you do, and try to get them to realise the importance of empowering and learning to trust their staff.

There is always a reason why people resist change. The main aim is to understand what that reason is by talking to your teams about the reasons behind the resistance. However, you also need to talk to them about why changes are needed and are important. Tell them what your reasoning is and why you need to move forward and adapt. Explain that in order to remain competitive you need to ensure that you are flexible in the ways you work and able to adapt to change. Get them to see that making changes to processes won’t make them lose their jobs, it will ensure they stay in their jobs. Give them the ability to be involved in any changes being made; empower them and your worst critics will become your most important advocates!

Being fully transparent about why the changes are needed is so important, otherwise team members are less likely to understand and are more likely to resist change. Bring your team members on the journey with you. Get them involved; ask them what they think. Communicate regularly with them and don’t keep them in the dark whatever you do.