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When something is broken at work, business process, behavior, business strategy, systems… the list of choices seems endless, your first instinct may be to solve it. Of course, you quickly discover this is not always easy or smooth. The indignation of your seeing a problem that everyone seems to be ignoring is replaced by the frustration of not being able to solve it.

If you are not fostering change, you are not being a leader. However, this is a case where “less” is actually “more.” Meaning, you don’t want a long list of things to change on your daily checklist. That will spread you thin and if you are fatigued, you will not have the strength to build the coalition needed to drive change. Getting people to agree seems to be 80% of the effort. Then solving the problem is another 80%. Wait… that is more than 100%, but you get the point. It is a lot of work to drive meaningful change.

Forget the crusade, pick your spots, buckle up, and knuckle down. Target only the high ROI change efforts. If it takes time, so be it. After all, you are doing your best.