July 29, 2009PowerPhrase: We need to set sail even though we can’t see the shore
My friends Jarla told me that at the end of a change training she conducted, an IRS executive told his staff that he was accustomed to knowing where they were, where they were going and how to get there, but that the current trends made it clear that they had to start implementing change immediately even though it wasn’t clear where they were headed. He said,
- We need to leave our familiar shores and set sail even though we can’t see the other shore.
Often we want guarentees before we’re willing to embark on something new. Each step we take changes the terrain. We might end up with somethiing far better – or at least very different – from anything we could have envisioned before we started.
This executive gave his staff a visual image – almost a mythical image but also a practical one – to inspire them to move forward.
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