Managing Change - Lessons from the Ground
Being an avid supporter of one of the biggest football club in the world, I was reading an article by a former club captain the other day. The article dealt with the trials and tribulations of the club post the retirement of the manager, someone who had become the spirit of the club in his more than two decades of service. The article went on to describe the past glories and how the leaving of key figures had led to lost ground in the battle for footballing supremacy.
Drawing parallels to the corporate world the current situation of the gives us a great opportunity to look at how change in leadership can be managed best after a prolonged period of magnanimous success. It starts with all stakeholders having to let go of the past and accept the situation and plan for the future. The basis to the philosophy being discussed were four key words Form, Storm, Norm, Perform.