Resistance

# Chapter 264

Give responsibility to resistors, and they will change or leave. - Masterminds

But you may wish you were anywhere on the planet except where you are before it finally happens. The tension these people can cause is immense. Because they are resistors, even with responsibility they will still try to force you and me down the road they travel each day, until they finally break. And they will change or leave but it won’t be painless. And to clarify here, by resistors, we are talking about people who are reluctant to change or get on board with the new direction of the company. Resistors are actually in the middle of the spectrum of apparent resistance.

There is also an entire different category of worker which seems like a resistor, but is actually a loyalist, and there is an entirely different category of a worker which seems like a resistor but is actually a saboteur. So you need to be aware and you need to be careful. You give responsibility to a loyalist who seems to be a resistor and they will make things better or more productive. You give responsibility to a saboteur who seems like a resistor and you will have chaos. If you think that two out of three isn’t a bad option then you haven’t lived through the saboteur. And the saboteur will neither change nor leave willingly, they can only be forced out. So be careful and pay attention. And as a former loyalist, I would suggest that you listen so hard you sweat, and find these gems in your org that want to make things better, even though they most often look like resistors.