preparing your minds for action: changing the way we change

Preparing your minds for action:

Changing the way we change

Dr. James T. Reese, F.A.A.E.T.S, D.P.C.P.

B.C.E.T.S., B.C..S.M, B.C.S.C.R.,B.C.F.T.

ForThe Regulatory Craft in

Cultural change specific to public

servants My keynote is not to pretend to know the solutions to your issues. You have the expertise of Professor Sparrow and other experts to walk you down that path.

My task over the past 35 years has been to provide information that will motivate you to fully function as a public servant; to innovate; and to ‘create and adapt’ to change.

Nurture your thoughts, for you will never go higher than your thoughts.

Benjamin Disraeli

A person who knows how may

always have a job, but the person who knows why will always be his/her boss.

John C. Maxwell, Thinking for a Change, (2003).

You can’t do math. You’ll never make it!

The Past The Present The Future

REGULATIONS are a discipline by itself The purposes for regulations, and

compliance, can include:Protect the public’s interestEnvironmental and workforce safetyPrevent market failureReduce potential for fraudulent activityPromote markets which are fair and orderlyProvide service standardsBring to justice those who fail to comply and try to outsmart the governmentAnd more….

Fundamental assumptions are responsible for the most troublesome and frustrating issues people have to deal with in bringing about change in their organizations.

Great ideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds

Albert Einstein

‘Successful’ Change should never be measured by an increase or decrease in regulations! (See examples of deregulating airlines, long distance telephone carriers, and more regulations on healthcare, etc.)

Individuals may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation.

Benjamin Disraeli

You must begin to see your role as an ‘institution of change’. You must start being excited again about being public servants and having the privilege of shaping the future of Canada as policy makers.

KEEP IT SIMPLE!

Robert and Richard purchased a Rottweiler

Bob and Dick bought a dog!

How does one measure success?

Success is measured by

Individual participation Relevant internal changes Taking ownership of your position

and responsibilities The excitement the change creates The fact that the change/innovation

is based upon sound facts and/or research.

Destructive thinking: If it wasn’t created at the “top”, it isn’t of any value! I invite you to recall Professor

Sparrow’s concept of serendipitous ideas for change ‘bubbling up’ from the ranks; and that we would be better served to require innovations constructed carefully around strategic goals.”

YOU CAN’T CHANGE

ANYTHING THAT YOU TOLERATE

Illegal immigrant solutionSometimes simplicity

works!

TODAY’S PROBLEMS

STEM FROM : Divisions in the workplaceDestruction of the work ethic

Obsession with harmonyFear of change

WANT IT MORE THAN YOU FEAR

ITBe drawn from status quo

to innovation!(Eagles and Ducks)

Virtually every organization today is

being forced to rethink basic assumptions

governing their strategies, the way

they organize themselves, their

work processes and composition

You’ve got to think about big

things while you’re doing

small things, so the that all the small things go

in the right direction.

TIPS FOR SUCCESS

1. Wake up with an “attitude of gratitude”– Your attitude will always

determine your altitude

TIPS FOR SUCCESS

1. Wake up with an “attitude of gratitude”

2. Create a challenge if one does not already exist

TIPS FOR SUCCESS

1. Wake up with an “attitude of gratitude”

2. Create a challenge if one does not already exist

3. Reinvent yourself daily

TIPS FOR SUCCESS

1. Wake up with an “attitude of gratitude”

2. Create a challenge if one does not already exist

3. Reinvent yourself daily4. Don’t take everything

personally

If you are an angry person:You are not in control of your life.You are subject to the dictates of your emotional environment.Your premature mortality rate is 3 times that of non-angry people!

Anger is the poison we swallow…

hoping the other guy will die!

TIPS FOR SUCCESS

1. Wake up with an “attitude of gratitude”2. Create a challenge if one does not

already exist3. Reinvent yourself daily4. Don’t take everything personally5. Reduce your expectations of others

and increase your own expectations

TIPS FOR SUCCESS

1. Wake up with an “attitude of gratitude”

2. Create a challenge if one does not already exist

3. Reinvent yourself daily4. Don’t take everything personally5. Reduce your expectations of people6. Continue to make good choices

TIPS FOR SUCCESS

1. Wake up with an “attitude of gratitude”

2. Create a challenge if one does not already exist

3. Reinvent yourself daily4. Don’t take everything personally5. Reduce your expectations of people6. Continue to make good choices7. Start accepting reality

TIPS FOR SUCCESS

1. Wake up with an “attitude of gratitude”2. Create a challenge if one does not

already exist3. Reinvent yourself daily4. Don’t take everything personally5. Reduce your expectations of people6. Continue to make good choices7. Start accepting reality8. Accept change and adapt quickly

The price of greatness is responsibility.

Sir Winston Churchill

The time to act

responsibly is now!

The past is to be respected

and acknowledged, but not to be worshiped. It is our future in which we

will find our greatness. Pierre Trudeau (1919-2000)

Remember, everyday: You’re a public servant.

It’s a responsibility you’ve accepted. You must act as an agent for change. It’s all about the future of Canada. Innovation creates your future. Great followers like you make

great leaders!

Preparing your minds for action:

Changing the way we change

James T. Reese, Ph.D.

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