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Sacred Cows Make the Best Burgers

Cows and Gatekeepers. Sacred Cow Definitions: Agricultural and Business. Plodding bovinesDubious intelligenceNumerous stomachsIn some climes regarded as having holy originImmune from ordinary treatment. Outmoded beliefs, practices, strategies, policies, etc.Generally invisibleInhibits changePrevents responsiveness and opportunities.

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Sacred Cows Make the Best Burgers

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    1. Sacred Cows Make the Best Burgers Developing Change-Ready People and Organizations (Robert Kriegel and David Brandt)

    2. Cows and Gatekeepers

    3. Sacred Cow Definitions: Agricultural and Business Plodding bovines Dubious intelligence Numerous stomachs In some climes regarded as having holy origin Immune from ordinary treatment Outmoded beliefs, practices, strategies, policies, etc. Generally invisible Inhibits change Prevents responsiveness and opportunities

    4. Classic Sacred Cows of the Past and Present Single paycheck families Job security Gold watches Retirement at 65 Management by objectives Top down decision making Command and control organizations

    5. Gatekeepers People are the gatekeepers! Gatekeepers can breathe life into a new program or kill it. Need to focus on the people, not the things of the change. Enable people to shift their behavior patterns…their sacred cows.

    6. Change readiness is an attitude. Open and receptive to new ideas. Excited rather than anxious about change. Challenged, not threatened, by transitions. Committed to change as an ongoing process.

    7. Change readiness is taking actions Anticipate and initiate the change. Challenge the status quo. Create instead of react to change. Lead rather than follow…the customer, the competition, the industry.

    8. Five steps to becoming change-ready Round up the sacred cows Develop a change-ready environment with people open to innovation and ideas Turn resistance into readiness Motivate people to change Develop personal readiness traits

    9. Rounding up the Cows Paper cows Meeting cows-halve the meeting time double the productivity Speed cows Expert cows-think like beginners Cash cows-milking cows run dry Customer cow-lead the customers Competitive cow Low price cow

    10. More cows to round up! No mistakes cow Downsizing cow Technocow-high tech needs high touch Team cow Work-till-you-drop cow—overwork doesn’t work

    11. Nothing is sacred;question everything. Why are we doing this? What is the rationale? What if it didn’t exist? What is already being done by someone else? How and when did this practice start and by whom?

    12. Building a change environment Don’t plant the seeds in hard ground Go from cop to coach Have trusting and caring relationships Lies live long Model the message Work as we not me Invest in people

    13. Turn resistance to readiness Resistance is personal—so individualize. Firehose the wet blankets—”not in the budget, not realistic, yeah, but…” Bring resistance out in the open. Address the four resistance drivers: fear, inertia, feeling of powerlessness, self-interests.

    14. Four keys to motivating people Urgency—life or death survival Inspiration—light a fire Ownership—empowerment Rewards and recognition—PIP (personal, immediate, and public)

    15. Change-Ready Traits Resourcefulness Optimism Adventurousness Drive Adaptability Confidence Tolerance for ambiguity

    16. The Change-ready Zone: Between the Panic Zone and the Drone Zone Change-ready zone—balance challenges with resources Panic zone—too many challenges Drone zone—too few challenges

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