Thread by @HalGregersen

Pandemic lockdowns & remote work have accelerated digital transformation. Roger Lehman & I describe here how leaders can tackle 3 core tasks to navigate big transitions successfully: adjusting roles, acquiring capabilities and managing emotional energy.
sloanreview.mit.edu/article/how-or…

Change your questions-change your world. Consider these diagnostic questions during change:

1. What are the valuable roles you play on your team? How important are these roles to you? Which would be most upsetting to lose or to have respected less?

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2. How do you think other key stakeholders perceive your roles and their importance? Is there a gap between your perceptions and theirs?

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3. What potentially disruptive change is happening? What impact do you anticipate it could have on your most important role(s)?

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4. How would that impact affect you emotionally and in terms of your ability to make an important contribution?

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5. What’s to be done? Do you need to adjust how you fulfill your role to fit the changed environment? What different tasks or priorities would that entail?

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Do you need to make a more fundamental role adjustment — stepping into a new role, retiring an old one, or assigning your various roles different relative importance?

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