tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4654571158555106378.post2536079367624822290..comments2024-02-09T10:47:40.481-06:00Comments on Focus and Leverage: Focus and Leverage Part 104Bob Sproullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778686757724395900noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4654571158555106378.post-57674495995393651212012-04-23T02:06:45.194-05:002012-04-23T02:06:45.194-05:00Good comments Dennis. My mistake here...I should ...Good comments Dennis. My mistake here...I should have made a comment to the effect that my observations don't apply to 100% of the organizations I've dealt with. But from my many years of experience, I should have said that "on average" applies to both the notion of leadership not having the knowledge of what happens in day-to-day operations and that the middle being where change occurs. I respectfully disagree that "Non-acceptance by middle management" is a Necessary Condition....I believe it is a Critical Success Factor. Thanks again for your comments and astute observations.Bob Sproullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12778686757724395900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4654571158555106378.post-72368266165166160412012-04-22T16:55:43.341-05:002012-04-22T16:55:43.341-05:00Just by having seen it happen before doesn't n...Just by having seen it happen before doesn't necessarily mean that it's ALWAYS true. Simply because I could challenge a blanket statement that says "the knowledge of what happens in day to day operations does not exist at the top." I could also challenge that change always starts in the middle. However, I will back a theory that states that change for the better WILL FAIL WITHOUT the support of middle management. In 99% of the cases of failure to change for the (assumed- 'cause we'll never know) better, the absence of support from middle management was the over-riding factor. In fact, if you put a goal of "Ensure [insert name of change initiative here] Fails" at the top of an intermediate objectives map, "Non-acceptance by middle management" would most certainly be a Necessary Condition.<br />I'm not sure if the opposite is always true.<br />I will agree that the probability of success is greater if you do have their support in as much as top level support and the grass roots support.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15859820003875057604noreply@blogger.com