Nine Practices of 21st Century Leadership, 2nd Edition

IIISUPPORTING CHANGE

DOI: 10.4324/9781003273448-10

It’s hard to initiate behavioral change, even harder to stay the course, hardest of all to make the change stick. I’d go so far as to say that adult behavioral change is the most difficult thing for sentient human beings to accomplish.¹

Structure is how we overcome depletion. In an almost magical way, structure slows down how fast our discipline and self-control disappear…If we provide ourselves with enough structure, we don’t need discipline. The structure provides it for us.²

Goldsmith

Change is difficult, but you can influence people to change.

I began Chapter 4 by explaining that people have difficulty changing because of the environment and how our brain works. Adapting to guiding principles ...