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THE WHY OF WORK

TABLE 8.2 Change Assessment (continued)

Am I a Change-Able Leader?
SCORE
PRINCIPLE DIAGNOSTIC LO 1 2 3 4 5 HI
Social How much do I tap broad net-
works of loose connections?
How well do I help others with
their change challenges?

Organizational How readily do we turn what
we know into what we do?
How well do we implement
systems for learning from
failure?
How well do we make change
into a pattern, not an event?

Total

An executive recently said that a business that took 50
years to build could be lost in 2 if it does not respond to
change. Individuals, teams, and organizations that respond
to change with learning and resilience have a chance to
succeed; those that do not may lose the ability to catch up.
As leaders institutionalize the ability to generate and gen-
eralize ideas with impact, organizations become resilient
at individual, social, and organization levels. Patterns of
learning and resilience equip organizations to respond to
external demands, create higher intangible market value,
implement strategies, and plan for the future. They also cre-
ate excitement and a sense of abundance among employees
by infusing them with a sense that this organization has
enough and to spare of the intellectual, social, emotional,

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