Making Successful Changes in the Workplace
Every once in a while, we all need some change. Individuals do, departments do and hospitals do. Everything changes. We get older, time passes more quickly and the things we used to love eventually go away, giving way to something new and more modern.
How we make the change is much more important than the change itself.
A lot of hospitals at which I have worked do it exactly backwards. The changes come from the top and trickle down, rather than having active participation from employees at the start. The board of directors or maybe even the CEO decides a change is needed.
Rather than poll employees about how to approach the change, they just "order it" and expect it to be done. Even within a department, changes often come from the supervisor or a higher up, while suggestions from the working folks go ignored.
This is how foolish, untalented people manage departments and hospitals. They do it, not to be mean or arrogant, I believe, but because they don't know how to manage.
To me, change is good; but how the change is made is more important than who suggested it or what it is. Enlist your people. Get their ideas.
You may be surprised to find out how much they know, what they think about and how inventive they can be in helping you do your job. You'll gain their trust, make them feel worth something. In return, they will bend over backwards to ensure you are a success.
That's just my opinion.