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Leading Change: 6 Reasons Change Management Strategies Fail

This article, written by a Navy SEAL, draw inspiration from his book “TakingPoint: A Navy SEAL’s 10 Fail-Safe Principles for Leading Through Change.” Six reason why leading change fails are as follows:

  1. Need for change and leading the change isn’t foreseen
  2. There is no strategy.
  3. Lack of alignment
  4. Not led from the top
  5. Does not involve all layers
  6. Culture is left in shambles

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/brentgleeson/2016/12/07/leading-change-6-reasons-change-management-strategies-fail/#4326e6bb5d9e