| 130 - Nehemiah: A Case Study on Leadership and Implementing Change |
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| Written by Patrick Morley |
| Wednesday, December 10 2008 12:14 |
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Introduction
“Why do some men’s discipleship programs succeed while others languish or fail?” Over the last two and a half years I have been reading relevant scholarly literature on implementing organizational change (especially for new programs) looking for clues to answer this question. Apparently the problem of failure isn’t limited to men’s discipleship programs. Despite a rich and diverse literature about organizational change, it may be safe to say that only about one-third of organizational change initiatives survive beyond initial implementation (e.g., Beer, 2003; Kotter, 1995; Miller, 2002; Senge, 1999; Yin, 1978). I found nine major themes for implementing sustainable programs, and wrote about each in a series for the Weekly Briefing emails. These themes apply broadly to the successful implementation of any change initiative -- whether at work, church, in the family, ministry, or community.
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