Undermining resistance

Counteracting resistance

Description

Undermining resistance involves systematically weakening opposition to change or progress by identifying and addressing sources of reluctance, misinformation, or vested interests. This strategy employs targeted communication, negotiation, and incentive structures to reduce barriers and foster cooperation. Its practical intent is to facilitate smoother implementation of initiatives by neutralizing obstacles, building trust, and encouraging stakeholder buy-in, thereby remedying delays, conflict, or stagnation that arise from entrenched resistance to necessary reforms or innovations.

Claim

Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting (Sun Tzu).