Ringing the changes

Driving significant change within your organisation is one of the toughest things anyone can do, however as is often the case it can also be essential to the future profitability of your business.

You may often feel frustrated, isolated and like you are making no headway at all. I've listed a few things below that are helping me keep my chin up at the moment:

- Mark out your milestones or key achievements, put them somewhere in clear view and cross them off as you get through them. This will help you feel like you are making progress.
- Find a mentor (or several) to bounce ideas off or get advice from when you get to a sticky patch. This will not only increase your effectiveness as a change initiator but it makes you feel less like you are going it alone.
- Make time for your change and make time for you. It is easy in a busy job to get caught up in your day to day and not devote meaningful chunks of time to your project. It is even easier to forget to go home! We are fresher, brighter and better at making changes when we haven't been working 14 hour days for 3 months.

If anyone has any others I would love you to share them, like I said it's a tough job!