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What’s the best way: baby steps or a big bang?

What’s the best way: baby steps or a big bang?

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There are two ways to change an organization or a team: a big bang or baby steps.

Imagine taking over a cycling team that hasn’t won an Olympic medal in almost one hundred years. Which approach would you choose?

That’s the dilemma Dave Brailsford faced in 2002 when he became the coach of the British cycling team. Not only he had to turn around a half-century Olympic draught, but also an embarrassing performance at the most prominent cycling event. No Brit had won the Tour de France, ever.

Brailsford would change Britain’s role in the cyclist history forever. His approach: go slow to go fast. Sir Dave chose to focus on the start, not the finish

Go Big or Go Home?

When we try to change everything, we end changing nothing. That’s why most organizations fail to drive change: they fail to change habits.

A study by the NeuroLeadership Institute explains why most organizational changes fail. It has nothing to do with poor stra…