Battling resistance to change, with ASICS' Mindy Montgomery
Download MP3Mindy Montgomery, Senior Technical Product Manager at Asics, shares the many ways she's navigated around organizational resistance to change.
Mindy Montgomery has led change from without, from within, as a leader and as an individual contributor - and in this episode, she shares tips learned from years guiding businesses through major technological shifts.
- How to work towards a vision, even if leadership hasn't provided one
- The killer question that disrupts the attitude "that's the way we've always done things"
- How to build your argument to be successful as an agent of change
- How to be a leader that empowers change agents (instead of an inhibitor)
Timestamps:
1:11 How ASICS built confidence inside the org during a major technology and process change
1:47 Working towards a vision without a leadership directive
3:39 How to help organizations break out of old habits
5:37 De-pressurizing the process of change
8:10 Creating a culture that empowers change agents
10:18 Advice for leaders at all levels of the organization
- How to work towards a vision, even if leadership hasn't provided one
- The killer question that disrupts the attitude "that's the way we've always done things"
- How to build your argument to be successful as an agent of change
- How to be a leader that empowers change agents (instead of an inhibitor)
Timestamps:
1:11 How ASICS built confidence inside the org during a major technology and process change
1:47 Working towards a vision without a leadership directive
3:39 How to help organizations break out of old habits
5:37 De-pressurizing the process of change
8:10 Creating a culture that empowers change agents
10:18 Advice for leaders at all levels of the organization