Why Change Efforts Fail with Al Comeaux

Oct 12, 2020

Are you prepared to lead through change? Liz's guest on this episode of The Leadership Coaching Group podcast is Al Comeaux, a former executive at Travelocity, GE, and American Airlines. Al is a decorated corporate pioneer and global authority on change from inside organizations. Listen as we discuss what leaders must do and how they must think to succeed at change. 

Listen as Al shares his background and what he has learned about the mindset around change. He believes that corporations have to find a way to get their management team to want to change. Al speaks about approaching people who are resistant to change, and he shares a story from his time at Travelocity when the CEO modeled the change.

"A measure of whether a change is successful is whether it's a lasting change." Al discusses how a company can approach changing the culture and how important he feels it is for leaders to humble themselves. "They should understand you are not the boss; you are the person with the responsibility." 

In This Episode

• [01:15] Welcome to the show, Al!
• [01:25] Al shares his background and leadership career.
• [03:47] Al speaks about what he learned about change and the mindset around change.
• [05:55] How do you go about approaching people who are resistant to change?
• [06:19] Al shares a story about something that happened while he was at Travelocity.
• [09:29] A measure for whether a change is successful is whether it's lasting change.
• [10:17] Listen as Al discusses how a company can approach changing culture instead of changing technology.
• [12:13] Al believes that it takes humbling ourselves to be great leaders.
• [12:31] Al shares a piece of advice he would give a new leader.
• [13:20] Thank you for being on the show!

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