Change your own behaviour, and your organisation's

After working with clients across many sectors for many years now, I have witnessed that process of change is exciting and fun at the beginning, hard but still fun(ish) in the middle and totally draining at the end. Do you want to know why?

The three reasons:

1. Excitement - based on what needs to be changed
2. Hard but still fun(ish) - is when we start seeing all the stuff that needs to change
3. Draining - OMG, I have to change myself

My take on it is that as humans we all want the change but hardly any of us make the changes. So I have found a very simple process to follow to help bring this change about. Its called the '3Rs + G' and here it is:

Remind - we all need a reminder that its time to act differently i.e.: 5am alarm goes off
Routine - then there must be an automatic routine that's been planned i.e.: Personal trainer waiting for you at the gym at 5:30am
Reward - get a quick win afterwards i.e.: I'm feeling great (can even see my abs now)
Gamify this process in any way possible

So plan and set up your life as to have these three stages ready to roll!

This gets quite a bit more difficult when trying to change the culture of an organsation. But don't worry as there are many tools available to give you and your company the opportunity to gamify this whole process through an online platform that reminds, ritualises and rewards instructed behaviour.

Ready, steady, Remind, Routine, Reward your way into the future!