Change Resistance Quotes

“Organisational change adoption must be made easier than keeping the old ways”
― Peter F Gallagher

“If it is difficult to change the behaviour of people so they are healthier and live longer, how difficult will it be to change employee workplace behaviour”
― Peter F Gallagher

“Change waits for no leader and the skills required for leading day-to-day operations are very different to change leadership”
― Peter F Gallagher

“The hardest battle is simply to make people aware of the need for a strategic shift and to agree on its causes”
― W. Chan Kim, Blue Ocean Strategy, Expanded Edition: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant

“executives are often reluctant to accept the need for change; they may have a vested interest in the status quo, or they may feel that time will eventually vindicate their previous choices. Indeed, when we ask executives what prompts them to seek out blue oceans and introduce change, they usually say that it takes a highly determined leader or a serious crisis.”
― W. Chan Kim, Blue Ocean Strategy, Expanded Edition: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant

“Messages communicated through numbers seldom stick with people”
― W. Chan Kim, Blue Ocean Strategy, Expanded Edition: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant

“Perspective is critical to success. Your mind-set is more ingrained than you realize.”
― W. Chan Kim, Blue Ocean Strategy, Expanded Edition: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant