MAY 2025 – The First 45 Days…

Transition is often hard to embrace and tougher to implement. When transitions occur, quite a few organizational dynamics are impacted, from leadership, culture, environment, positions, morale, and the list continues…… Externally the constituents served by an organization wait with baited-breath to explore how the change over will happen (pros and cons). 

I have found that with any type of transition in life, there remains a period of stagnation, disbelief, uncertainty, push back, misunderstanding, lack of communication, accusations, fear, acceptance, reluctance, not moving fast enough, moving too fast, and even being accused of lacking vision and moving in a silo manner. #whoosah

Leadership is not for the faint of heart or over-ambitious or zealous person(s). Leadership requires slow, methodical, and calculating moves, and building trust while developing relationships. Even with developing and having a plan for transition, things will and can go awry. 

Regardless of the noise created around one (internal or external), leaders experiencing a natural or forced (unexpected) transition, should face it head on and roll with the punches. Leaders facing a natural or forced (unexpected) transition, should lean on their strategic plan and SMART Goals created for success. Leaders experiencing a natural or forced (unexpected) transition, should surround themselves with personnel they can trust, lean on, and seek insight from. These persons may be from their organizational team or outside of the organization. A balance and good mix of personnel for support is parallel to a good mind health strategy and balance. 

“Change is hard because people overestimate the value of what they have, and underestimate the value of what they may gain by giving that up.”- James Belasco & Ralph Stayer.

This quote highlights the psychological challenges associated with change, as people tend to cling to the familiar even when it’s holding them back.

I personally invite you to be a part of the organizational change and make a difference with us by first becoming a member of the Randallstown NAACP Branch.  Visit our website to learn more www.randnaacp.org.

Dr. Tekemia Dorsey

President: Randallstown NAACP Branch #7032-B