Change - Week 2

            To enact change, it is important to believe change is possible and encourage others to be a part of the change. Although time may be a factor in change, time is not going to result in change alone. It is vital that you work to make the change yourself and not rely on time or any other factors. Oftentimes, it just takes one person’s vision to push the group to change or contribute to a community wide change.

            Being a leader and instilling change in your organization is often a single order change. For example, in my chapter, we are working to make chapter a more welcoming and a more positive environment. To me, this would be single order change because we are using our same values from previously as well as our current knowledge in order to carry out a change. Many women of the chapter think that as our pledge classes grow and leaders prevail that change will just happen, but that is unfortunately not the case. It is imperative that you, as a leader of the women in your chapter, push the group to want change.

            In many situations, it only takes one person to show the group that change is necessary in order for the organization to excel in the future. By using single order change, you are able to use past situations to motivate your members to work for a common goal. Another example of using single order change is deciding to host chapter dinner in shifts, since we now have a significantly larger group of women. This will ultimately be better for the morale of the chapter, and it is building off of our current skill set and principles. Change is an important factor for organizations to grow and build up their member base, however, it usually takes one persons motivation to help the entire chapter see the benefits and positive attributes of the change.