Embracing change isn’t easy. But despite the complexities involved, don’t reach for the management books. There are a few simple truths worth sticking by. First, drive change from within and engage heavily with the process. Farming out responsibility won’t deliver the desired outcome.

Second, respect and build on your past, using it as a platform for change. Telling your teams that the work they’ve done in recent months or years is rubbish won’t help your cause. What will help is to adopt an evolutionary approach, and appeal on them to build on and re-frame their good work so it’s relevant for the future.

Third, be opportunistic, and seek out the right opportunities to drive effective change. And tied to all of these points is the need to take people with you through engagement, building alignment and shared purpose and making change a norm not an exception.

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