{"id":49323,"date":"2021-10-11T10:01:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T14:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=49323"},"modified":"2021-10-11T12:15:55","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T16:15:55","slug":"challeng-the-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/challeng-the-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Outstanding Leaders Challenge the Process"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What do Posner and Kouzes mean by &#8220;challenge the process&#8221; in the context of leadership? Do you always seek ways to improve your current processes? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Challenging the process, as defined by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner in\u00a0<em>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/common-business-problems\/\">Leadership Challenge<\/a><\/em>, is all about a leader\u2019s efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/challenging-the-status-quo\/\">challenge the status quo<\/a> and find ways to optimize organizational processes. There are two guidelines for challenging the process: 1) search for opportunities, and 2) experiment and take risks.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this article, we&#8217;ll take a look at the specific ways you can &#8220;challenge the process&#8221; to proactively drive your organization or team forward. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Outstanding Leaders Challenge the Process<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Outstanding leaders don\u2019t merely manage the day-to-day tasks of keeping an organization on track; they chart new tracks for their organizations to follow. They seek out challenges rather than waiting for challenges to find them. In their book <em>The Leadership Challenge<\/em>, Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner outline two guidelines to challenge the process and find ways to make things better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Guideline 1: Search for opportunities.<\/li><li>Guideline 2: Experiment and take risks.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Guideline 1: Search for Opportunities<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Envisioning opportunities is a foundational part of leadership: Leaders think about possibilities and then lead other people toward them. Every venture starts with an idea of how life might be different.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes opportunities arrive at a leader\u2019s feet, but most often, a leader proactively looks for them. Two rules can guide you in this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To find new opportunities, you must take initiative. A leader guides others to a new place, and to do that, you have to disturb the existing order of things.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Existing processes and procedures might have worked for your organization up to the present, but that doesn\u2019t necessarily mean they\u2019ll work in the future.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Sometimes change might be incremental, but sometimes, you may need to change something on a fundamental level.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>People in organizations grow used to doing things a certain way and are often reluctant to change their habits,<\/strong> defaulting to the \u201cif it ain\u2019t broke, don\u2019t fix it\u201d mentality. Even if they know a procedure could be better, they\u2019ll often resist changing it simply because it\u2019s easier to carry on as usual.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consequently, as a leader, you must be the one to critically examine the processes and procedures you\u2019ve grown to rely on, and to take the initiative to change them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Keep Asking Questions<\/strong>. People naturally ask questions during times of transition, such as when they\u2019re joining an organization or taking on a new project. During these times, you&#8217;re looking at processes and procedures with a fresh eye, and you\u2019ll naturally question why things are done this way and whether there are better ways to do them.&nbsp;Be sure to continue this process even after you\u2019ve settled into a position or a role. Continue to ask questions that test others\u2019 assumptions, so you can stimulate new ways of thinking and find new paths to explore.&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Act Before Others<\/strong>. When leaders recognize a problem, they don\u2019t wait for permission or a set of instructions\u2014they start devising a solution right away. By implementing a solution, you can demonstrate its effectiveness in a way that\u2019s more convincing than a plan would have been.&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Encourage Initiative in Others<\/strong>. Everyone on your team, down to the most junior member, should feel they can innovate and improve your team\u2019s systems. When you allow everyone to contribute ideas, you can end up with unexpectedly positive results\u2014sometimes the most junior members of a team are the ones who can see processes and procedures with fresh eyes.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Have a Reason<\/strong>. While you want to be constantly on the lookout for opportunities for improvement, don\u2019t try to improve things where improvement isn\u2019t actually needed.<strong> <\/strong>Don\u2019t be someone who\u2019s always critiquing, nitpicking, and pointing out problems. Further, if you look for problems, have alternate solutions to offer instead of just pointing out what people are doing wrong.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Guideline 2: Experiment and Learn<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As a leader, when you challenge the status quo, you have to convince others to challenge it with you. However, they may be reluctant to embark on an <em>unproven<\/em> path.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can alleviate some of these concerns by demonstrating through small experiments how your vision might work. You\u2019ll not only be learning how to improve your strategy through trial and error, but you\u2019ll also be providing proof of concept for your team and others in your organization.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When experimenting, follow two overall principles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Produce small wins.<\/li><li>Learn from experience.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Produce Small Wins<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>While your dreams and goals may be big, you should think small when working toward them. <strong>You\u2019ll have more success achieving a goal little by little than trying to accomplish the whole thing at once.<\/strong> Aim to accumulate small wins\u2014measurable accomplishments of moderate importance\u2014as you progress.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you work on small pieces of your project, you can experiment and test your vision or strategy in ways that reduce the risks of failure. 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Small wins can feel equally satisfying and can happen more often, keeping up a team\u2019s spirits.&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Small wins create momentum: <\/strong>When you&#8217;re on a roll of regularly achieving goals, even if those goals are small, you create momentum that can propel your team through setbacks. When regularly handling small challenges well, you develop an attitude of competence that helps you deal with larger challenges more effectively.&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Small wins accumulate: <\/strong>The scientific community has long recognized that major breakthroughs are the results of countless researchers who contribute little improvements that add up to a big improvement. 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She told the first group that they would get a higher grade if they made more pots, regardless of the quality of those pots. She told the second group that their grade would be based on the quality of the pots they made, not the number.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first group immediately started making lots of pots, while the second group moved more slowly and deliberately. At the end of the experiment, the teacher discovered that, counterintuitively, the students who had made the most pots had also made the best pots. The act of practicing the techniques repeatedly produced the better product\u2014the students who were encouraged to fail over and over ended up with a better mastery of the skills.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do Posner and Kouzes mean by &#8220;challenge the process&#8221; in the context of leadership? Do you always seek ways to improve your current processes? 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