Implementing Strategic Change

Common Good Vermont Nonprofit Road ShowUpper Valley Region

June 4, 2010Marty Jacobs, President, Systems In Sync

All things change, nothing is extinguished. There is nothing in the whole world which is permanent. Everything flows onward; all things are brought into being with a changing nature; the ages themselves glide by in constant movement.

--Ovid

It it not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.

--Charles Darwin

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

--John F. Kennedy

Any change or reform you make is going to have consequences you don’t like.

--Mo Udall

The Roller Coaster of Change

Denial

Resistance Exploration

Commitment

1. Readiness assessment

2. Sense of urgency

3. Assembling a team

4. Creating a vision

5. Empowering staff

6. Consolidate and grow change effort

7. Institutionalize and sustain

Preparing For Change

DurationIntegrityCommitmentEffort

The DICE Framework

Read through the worksheet and complete as many questions as you can in 10 minutes

Discuss each project as a group (15 min.)

Report back to the larger group (10 min.)

DICE Framework Activity

Become a student of change. It is the only thing that will remain constant.

--Anthony J. D’AngeloAuthor and educator