{"id":1341,"date":"2011-11-04T06:00:16","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T06:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottcochrane.com\/?p=1341"},"modified":"2011-11-24T19:38:59","modified_gmt":"2011-11-24T19:38:59","slug":"how_leaders_know_when_to_cash_in_change_chips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/04\/how_leaders_know_when_to_cash_in_change_chips\/","title":{"rendered":"How Leaders Know When to Cash-in &#8220;Change Chips&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just before you pull the trigger on that change you want to introduce, ask yourself, \u201cIs this worth cashing in my chips?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leaders know that they possess a certain number of \u201cchange chips\u201d. These chips are made up of credibility, respect, authority, good will and other essential intangible ingredients.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1342\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scottcochrane.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/cashing_in_my_chips-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"cashing in my chips\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>Leaders carry these chips around in their pocket knowing that at the moment when they must introduce change they will have to cash-in some of these chips.<\/p>\n<p>But if you cash these chips in at the wrong time or for the wrong reasons it can make introducing real, meaningful change that much more difficult.<\/p>\n<p>I learned this lesson in a painful way during my first weeks on the job when I served as executive pastor of a large Canadian church.<\/p>\n<p>I led a staff of about 35 people, and soon after I was hired I saw that the office configuration was not optimal. Almost before I had settled into my chair I was moving staff around the facility from one office to another. Because I was the new sheriff in town, the staff dutifully followed my edict. And within a couple of weeks most staff were in new offices which, to me, was a marginal improvement over the previous set up.<\/p>\n<p>But I had cashed in several credibility chips with only a marginal \u201cwin\u201d for the organization. I had introduced irritation, confusion and distraction, and the only upside was a slight increase in the ergonomics of the office.<\/p>\n<p>In hindsight I wish I had saved those chips for later on when I needed to call for significant change that could generate meaningful, positive results.<\/p>\n<p>What might this mean for you?<\/p>\n<p>Take a few minutes to actually make a list of the potential changes you\u2019re contemplating. Perhaps it looks something like this\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Changing the day of the weekly staff meeting,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Dropping a well-established, but tired, program,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Introducing new ways for expense reports to be submitted,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Launching a new product or service.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For each item on your own list, carefully consider the change chips required to be cashed in.<\/p>\n<p>To make lasting, significant change, you may find that you need to keep a few more chips in your pocket!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just before you pull the trigger on that change you want to introduce, ask yourself, \u201cIs this worth cashing in my chips?\u201d Leaders know that they possess a certain number of \u201cchange chips\u201d. These chips are made up of credibility, respect, authority, good will and other essential intangible ingredients. 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