If you want to lead change in your life personally or within the culture of your team and organization then you better understand the process of leading change. Jason Barger shares about the 6A’s of the change process to help stimulate progress.
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Jason introduces Season 6 episode 26 of the podcast, Leading Change: 6A’s Refresh. Welcome back to the podcast on corporate culture and leadership and thank you for listening. We engage thought leaders like CEOs, CFOs, managers, VPs, directors, and more for this podcast. We wish to create content that engages your mind and heart and allows you to step back and think and add some positivity to your life. We deep dive into today’s topic.
We can’t control everything but what we can control is our response. Still a lot of work to do but wanted to remind the audience what is within our control is the temperature we create in the organizations and teams we work with. If you have a suggestion, please send it to info@jasonvbarger.com
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“No matter where we are in our history we are always thinking, how do we lead the next change that we want?”
4:03 – Jason introduces today’s topic about leading change and what that means for leaders today and in the past. No matter where we are in our history we are always thinking, how do we lead the next change that we want? Leaders ask, “what does it look like to stimulate progress and lead change?” Today in the podcast, Jason tackles the ideals of leading change the process for leading change.
7:00 – Change theory is discussed which involves the process of change. Many people want change to magically happen but that is not how it works as Jason discusses. As human beings we don’t just suddenly develop, we go through changes over time. The world today is one of instant gratification but that is not how we are designed as humans to evolve as people, mentally, physically, and collectively. Jason references the 6A’s of leading change which are mentioned in his new book, Breathing Oxygen.
A team meeting in Columbus
Be honest about where we are now to move forward.
9:41 – The 6A’s are something that allows us to quickly wrap our heads around leadership change theory. The 6A’s are:
Access – Whether looking to lead change in your own life, development, career, or personal life, the first step is accessing and being honest with where you are in the map. Be honest about where we are now to move forward. What are our obstacles? What are the challenges we are facing? What are our strengths? What are we doing well? What is our baggage? What are we carrying with us that is weighing us down right now? What are our opportunities? What are the threats? These threats could be habits or trends that hold us down and prevent positive growth.
Align – Align to why we want to change. Establish a sense of urgency. Are we truly committed to change?
Aspire – What do we aspire to be in the future? What is the change that we want to lead for ourselves individually, collectively, or the culture we are looking to grow? We need to identify the change we want for the future.
Articulate – We have to be able to articulate what we want for the future. What does it look like? If we cant describe it, then why would we be surprised when it doesn’t exist? Listen to the podcast, Language drives behavior now.
Act – What is the strategy of what we are actually going to do to make that future happen? Language makes the vision clear but action is what makes it happen. This is the spot where individuals and teams often just jump to this phase of the process. The misstep so often is ignoring the previous steps.
Anchor – We have to anchor the actions we are committed to. What are the habits we are going to anchor in our own operations to lead the change that we want? This is where teams begin to anchor the culture and create real intentionality in the way that we hire new people. The values in the culture in the way that we onboard are important. Anchor in performance evaluations, in hiring, in collaboration, all throughout the organization so that every operation is anchored and connected together.
Questions to Ponder
Are you and your team actively leading the 6A change process?
Where in the process are you struggling?
What would be helpful to better align your team, your vision, and your follow-up actions? If you don’t have a strategy or you arent really paying attention to this then what you are probably doing is just hoping that things change rather than leading the change that you want.
“We all breathe energy into new habits, whether positive or negative every day.”
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Remember, the best leaders, teams, & cultures stimulate progress by recalibrating their thermostat together.
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A thermostat is proactive. It sets the temperature in a room. Controls the temperature. Regulates the temperature. But in today’s distracted, fast-paced and digital world, it’s easy for individuals and organizations to act more like thermometers, slipping into reactionary thinking, becoming scattered and inconsistent. The most compelling leaders, teams, organizations, families, or collection of humans of any kind operate in thermostat mode. They calibrate their mind and heart to set the temperature for the vision and culture they want to create. Jason Barger, globally celebrated author, keynote speaker, and founder of Step Back Leadership Consulting, is the host of The Thermostat, a podcast journey to discover authentic leadership, create compelling cultures and find clarity of mission, vision, and values.
