Change can make things worse…and possibly better.

Change can make things worse:

• Change requires learning;
• Change involves people telling you that you’re wrong;
• Change means having less spare time;
• Change makes you less comfortable;
  
• Change is new and has never been done before;
  
• Change takes work;
  
• Change creates divisions among people;
  
• Change alters beliefs;
  
• Change takes time;
  
• Change means rewriting very important documents;
  
• Change has been tried before and has failed;
  
• Change results in people leaving;
  
• Change is different; and
  
• Change can turn a good organization into a dead organization.

Change can make things better:

• Change can bring more people to your organization;
• Change can make customers buy twice as much as they used to;
• Change can focus your business activities on your business’s true purpose;
• Change can remove negative stigma in your community;
  
• Change can bring relevance to your organization;
  
• Change can lead to a revolution in your community;
  
• Change can give people a better reason to shop at your store besides “it’s local”; and
  
• Change can turn a good organization into a great organization.