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Week 7 Discussion 1: Balancing Important Tasks

One challenge leader face when attempting to initiate cultural change is striking the right balance between being “bottom line” or results-oriented goals with taking the time to team-build and create safe spaces where employees can experience transparent communication.

For this Discussion, think back to a recent transformative change that you have made or been required to make. Identify the disconfirming forces associated with the change (economic threat, political threat, technological threat, legal threat, moral threat, and internal discomfort) and highlight methods that were used to balance the tension between getting the job done and ensuring employees had a positive working experience.

To prepare for the Balancing Important Tasks Discussion, review this week’s Learning Resources, especially:

Schein, E. H. (2009). The corporate culture survival guide. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

• Chapter 6, “Cultural Learning, Unlearning, and Transformative Change”

Schein, E. (2010a). Creating corporate cultures:Prof. Edgar Schein: Keynote speech part 1. Retrieve from https://www.youtube.com/watch?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4SVOn7EEUc

Schein, E. (2010b). Creating corporate cultures: Prof. Edgar Schein: Keynote speech part 2. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03GcjrIKRrs

The following parts of the YouTube video featuring published author Dr. Jennifer Chatman: Berkeleyexeced. (2016). Leadership style & adaptive cultures. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?

• How to define a leader
• Leadership styles
• Culture as a leadership tool
• Risk and failure in innovation
• A leadership tool for cultural change process
• Don’t leave culture to chance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqLrU47iAdM