๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฝ: ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐
It’s human nature to get scared when there is change in the way we work. Be it the first day of school, first day in a new job, even when you get married, thereโs always fear about how things will turn out in this new environment.
So this fear comes when you are willing to do something which you wanted to do. Now let’s think what if we are forced to change. Now there will be more frustration than fear as change is imposed on us and we are not in control.
๐ฆ๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐?
My solution might sound philosophical but I feel it’s pragmatic. When in such a situation , think about your past experience of a similar situation and how you dealt with it. You will realise it was just your internal fear, nothing else.
If you are a person who is enforcing change on others then itโs your responsibility to make people believe in the new system by sharing your point of view.
๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐บ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ
In my current organisation we have implemented complete deployment automation. As a part of it there was a process change on how developers need to provide changelog. As this was a change in the way they used to things.
I got a lot of resistance from them. So there were problems in the new system plus due to the new process their time to provide changelog increased. People who built it also got doubts in the system. And after seeing all this chaos, for a second I also doubted the new system.
But then I reminded myself of the purpose of this system and this was expected as nothing is perfect.ย When I explained to them to wait for atleast 2 weeks to get its benefit and assurance that the system will improve eventually based on feedback, there was calm in people including people who built it. To do this I first listened to all of their problems and then promised to solve most critical problems ASAP.
This is an early post as we are yet to cross the two weeks mark. Once it’s done I will share honest feedback of developers even if it’s negative and what we did to gain the confidence of people back.
When you are bringing new change, help team understand the change from your perspective.
๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ, ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ.
How do you help your team embrace change?
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