Talk it through with Aurelius
Leading change a team keeps resisting
Every change you introduce meets a wall — "we've always done it this way," foot-dragging, quiet non-compliance. You know the change is right, and the harder you push the more they dig in. You're starting to think the team just resists everything.
◆ How this problem reads on the two dials
GuidanceKnowledge
1:1 with AureliusWith others (a Pod)
Real craft in leading change (knowledge) plus reading the fear underneath (guidance). It's a team problem, so pods and the group matter.
How the two dials adapt to you →What’s really going on
Resistance is almost never about the change — it's about the loss the change threatens, and about being changed-upon rather than part of it. Pushing harder confirms their fear that this is being done to them. We read what the resistance is protecting, bring people into authoring the change, and let small wins do the persuading you've been trying to force.
🔒 What you’ll build togetherUnlock by starting
KnowledgeResistance is information, not defiance
KnowledgeWhat "we've always done it this way" is really saying
KnowledgeBringing people into the change, not announcing it
KnowledgeSmall wins that make the change undeniable
A moveName what your team is afraid they'll lose in this change — even if it seems irrational.
A movePick the person most resistant and ask them to help shape one piece of it.
PractiseRead the resistance · a Pod of 4 · 30 min
What changes unlock by starting
- You hear resistance as information, not defiance.
- The team helps shape the change instead of enduring it.
- A few visible wins turn the skeptics.
- Change stops being a battle you push uphill alone.
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