Worry Box

 When a client presented a problem (yet again) I knew we needed a different tool.

I reached for my copy of Immunity to Change, from the authors of Adaptive Leadership, Lisa Laskow Lahey and Robert Kegan.

Their practical process to achieve transformation should be in your leader’s kitbag. To set and achieve goals or help people improve their performance we first need to explore what’s preventing this shift.

Cracking the code of change and development is about realising how you are getting in your own way.

 Part of the Immunity to Change process includes:

1.       Being clear about your change goal. Keep it affirmative.

2.       Pinpoint your actions and inactions that prevent your change goal being realised.

3.       Take this further to identify competing commitments – thoughts, beliefs and feelings that impede your change goal. Open your Worry Box – list your fears about achieving this goal.

For example, if your change goal is ‘to give the work back to your team’ yet worry that they won’t meet your high standards, this will compete with your commitment.

4.       Surface your Big Assumptions – stories you’ve created that support what you do/don’t do that prevents the change goal.

 What tool have you used to help someone improve towards a change?

I recommend listening to a 2-part Podcast with Brene Brown and Lisa Laskow Lahey – they use this process to unlock a limiting believe that Brene has carried around. It’s brilliant.

You’ll find this at Dare to Lead or at www.mindsatwork.com.