One of the most baffling and recalcitrant of the problems which business executives face is employee resistance to change. Even if these resisters are few and far between, they can quickly erode momentum and stop change in its tracks. Source: Dilbert How to get people on board:

For companies to survive and strive in today’s competitive environment, they will need to change quickly and successfully. Managing change is now a core competence that can no longer be considered a discretionary “nice to have”. Yet most organizations are falling short in the race to adapt. The accelerating pace of change coupled with increasing [...]

Strong organizational cultures help companies operate efficiently and effectively because individual behaviors and interactions are aligned with organizational values. On the other hand, in firms with weak cultures and little alignment between organizational values and behaviors, culture is nothing more than a bureaucratic barrier to effectiveness. Because organizational culture influences our automatic and intuitive responses [...]

People in the organization may need to hear a message over and over before they believe that this time, the call for change is not just a whim or a passing fancy. It takes time for people to hear, understand, and believe the message. And if they don‘t particularly like what they hear, then it [...]