{"id":24708,"date":"2020-02-20T17:09:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T20:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.pdainternational.net\/?p=24708"},"modified":"2022-05-16T17:12:33","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T20:12:33","slug":"change-accelerators-a-challenge-to-the-organisational-status-quo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.pdainternational.net\/en\/change-accelerators-a-challenge-to-the-organisational-status-quo\/","title":{"rendered":"Change accelerators, a challenge to the organisational status quo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When we talk about change, we talk about transformation, and in order to successfully achieve a profound transformation in an organisation we need people who are willing to act as advocates and change accelerators.<br>In order to facilitate change, we need true leaders that advocate for change: this requires willingness, commitment and creativity to propose and sustain new ways of doing things. However, doing things differently can trigger resistance, so we must take precautions when implementing change strategies.<br>According to Gibson et al. (1998, United States), \u201cThe change agent poses a challenge to the status quo that tends to persist in all organisations\u201d. On the other hand, various authors use the expression \u201cchange agents\u201d in the same sense that they use \u201caccelerators\u201d or \u201cOrganisational Development agents\u201d defined as facilitator, catalyst or inspirer of the organisation\u2019s health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>What is the profile of a change accelerator?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"499\" height=\"282\" data-src=\"http:\/\/blog.pdainternational.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/change-accelerators-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24709 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.pdainternational.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/change-accelerators-1-2.jpg 499w, https:\/\/blog.pdainternational.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/change-accelerators-1-2-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.pdainternational.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/change-accelerators-1-2-120x68.jpg 120w, https:\/\/blog.pdainternational.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/change-accelerators-1-2-81x46.jpg 81w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 499px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 499\/282;\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Cultivate these qualities in your team in order to create a stimulating and challenging work environment, lay down the conditions so that people have influence over their ability to achieve their personal goals and those of the organisation!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Keywords:<\/strong> Status quo, disruptive leadership, organisational development, change accelerators, change agents<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we talk about change, we talk about transformation, and in order to successfully achieve a profound transformation in an organisation we need people who are willing to act as advocates and change accelerators.In order to facilitate change, we need true leaders that advocate for change: this requires willingness, commitment and creativity to propose and sustain new ways of doing things. However, doing things differently can trigger resistance, so we must take precautions when implementing change strategies.According to Gibson et al. (1998, United States), \u201cThe change agent poses a challenge to the status quo that tends to persist in all organisations\u201d. On the other hand, various authors use the expression \u201cchange agents\u201d in the same sense that they use \u201caccelerators\u201d or \u201cOrganisational Development agents\u201d defined as facilitator, catalyst or inspirer of the organisation\u2019s health. What is the profile of a change accelerator? Cultivate these qualities in your team in order to create a stimulating and challenging work environment, lay down the conditions so that people have influence over their ability to achieve their personal goals and those of the organisation! Keywords: Status quo, disruptive leadership, organisational development, change accelerators, change agents<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":24136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[257],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.pdainternational.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.pdainternational.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.pdainternational.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.pdainternational.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.pdainternational.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24708"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.pdainternational.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24711,"href":"https:\/\/blog.pdainternational.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24708\/revisions\/24711"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.pdainternational.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.pdainternational.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.pdainternational.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.pdainternational.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}