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—Luiz Carlos Zambaldi Technology Director, Safra Bank, Brazil
Featured Topic
When Change Becomes Noise Instead of Progress
In many organizations, change is often seen as a sign of energy, initiative, and leadership. New leaders arrive with ideas. Teams seek to innovate. Managers want to leave their mark. At first glance, this impulse appears positive.
But not all change creates value.
A common pattern can be observed across organizations. Something that is working reasonably well is replaced, redesigned, or restructured. The intention is to improve. The result, however, is often only a different version, not better.
This distinction matters more than it seems.
Entrepreneurial profiles, those who naturally drive change and innovation, tend to associate movement with progress. If something changes, it feels like an improvement. Yet this assumption can lead to unnecessary disruption. A new strategy replaces an existing one without clear evidence of added value. A new structure is introduced simply because leadership has changed. A new initiative is launched before the previous one has been fully understood or optimized.
In many cases, organizations end up investing time and energy adapting to changes that do not strengthen performance. Instead of progress, they create instability.
This dynamic is not limited to strategy or structure. It appears in everyday decisions. Marketing materials are redesigned without improving clarity or impact. Processes are replaced rather than refined. Teams shift direction without solving the underlying problem.
The core issue is a simple but critical confusion: equating "different" with "better".
For leaders, this creates an important discipline. Before introducing change, the question is not whether something can be done differently. The question is whether the change will produce a meaningful improvement.
This requires more than creativity. It requires diagnosis:
What is not working today?
What must be preserved?
What specifically will improve with the change?
What risks are introduced by changing something that already works
Without this clarity, organizations risk falling into cycles of change that consume resources without delivering results.
Effective leadership is not about constant change. It is about purposeful change. It is about knowing when to act and when to preserve what already works.
In practice, this means slowing down before acting. It means evaluating whether the motivation is to improve performance or simply to create something new. It means recognizing that stability, when it supports results, is not a weakness but an asset.
At the Adizes Institute, this principle is central to how organizations approach transformation. Change is necessary. But it must be intentional, structured, and aligned. Organizations are empowered with the tools and concepts to distinguish between change that creates value and change that only creates motion. The objective is to lead rapid change without destructive conflict, achieving sustainable, exceptional results.
Designing Structure to Support Growth: Bantotal at Adizes Headquarters
Bantotal, a leading provider of core banking technology solutions across Latin America, continues to play a key role in supporting financial institutions with integrated platforms that manage operations, transactions, and digital services. As the company grows and expands its impact, ensuring its internal structure evolves in line with its strategy becomes increasingly important.
Recently, Bantotal’s top management team, a group of 33 leaders, gathered at the Adizes Institute headquarters in Santa Barbara for a focused workshop with Dr. Ichak Adizes. The objective was clear: to review and design an organizational structure capable of sustaining growth, improving accountability, and enabling faster, more effective decision-making.
Organizational structure is not only about defining roles or reporting lines. It is about creating clarity in responsibilities, aligning authority with accountability, and ensuring that the organization can execute its strategy without friction. As companies grow, structures that once worked can become barriers, slowing down execution and creating confusion across teams.
During the workshop, the Bantotal leadership team worked through key structural principles, examining how different functions interact, where overlaps or gaps exist, and how responsibilities can be redefined to support the company’s next stage. This type of work requires more than analysis. It requires alignment among leaders with different perspectives and management styles, ensuring that decisions are not only well-designed but also fully supported and implemented.
This is at the core of what the Adizes Institute brings to organizations. For more than 50 years, the Institute has worked with companies across industries and regions to design structures that align with their lifecycle stage and strategic direction. Through the Adizes Symbergetic™Management methodology, organizations are empowered with the tools and concepts to align their teams, clarify responsibilities, and implement change rapidly without destructive conflict.
Adizes Institute South East Europe Marks 32 Years
We would like to recognize and congratulate the Adizes Institute South East Europe Office on 32 years of dedicated work with organizations across the region.
For more than three decades, the office has partnered with organizations seeking greater clarity, stronger accountability, and sustainable growth. Through this work, they have contributed to building environments in which organizations can address challenges directly and move forward in alignment.
Their efforts reflect a consistent commitment to developing a culture in which:
Problems are discussed openly.
Different opinions help make better decisions.
People, teams, and organizations grow together.<
This milestone represents not only the longevity of the office but also its impact in strengthening organizations and leadership teams throughout the region.
A well-deserved recognition and an important contribution to the broader mission of building healthier organizations and, ultimately, a healthier economy.
Final Weeks to Apply: April 27 Cohort of the Adizes Executive Program
With the next cohort starting on April 27, the application window for the Adizes Executive Program is nearing its close.
This twelve-month live online program brings together executives, business owners, and senior leaders from around the world who lead organizations through change. As the start date approaches, the remaining time to join this cohort is limited.
The program focuses on a challenge many organizations face today. Leaders often know what needs to be done, yet progress slows during implementation. The difficulty is not the quality of ideas, but achieving the alignment required to execute them.
Participants work with core concepts from the Adizes Symbergetic™ Management methodology, which has been applied in thousands of organizations worldwide for more than 50 years. The program translates these concepts into a structured learning experience focused on real application.
Throughout the program, participants learn how to:
Align teams with different management styles
Manage conflict constructively
Improve the execution of decisions
Lead change in complex environments
Delivered in a live online format, the program combines lectures, discussions, and collaborative work with a global group of participants, allowing each executive to apply what they learn directly to their own organization.
With the April 27 start date approaching, interested candidates are encouraged to complete their applications soon.
The Foundational Challenge Training - Upcoming Dates
The Foundational Challenge Training is a 4-day live online program focused on improving how teams solve problems and move work forward.
Designed for professionals responsible for execution, the training provides practical tools to align teams, manage conflict constructively, and implement solutions effectively.
Dates: April 13, 15, 20, and 22 Time: 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (Mexico City Time) Format: Live online | 4.5 hours per session
A 12-month, weekly live-online program for leaders navigating complexity and driving sustainable transformation. ONLINE/ENGLISH Start Date: April 27, 2026
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This month, we invite you to explore a cornerstone of the Adizes library: Insights on Policy. These books are a collection of Dr. Adizes’ most thought-provoking essays on leadership, governance, and the systemic challenges facing organizations and societies today.
Drawing on decades of experience advising governments, corporations, and non-profits around the world, Dr. Adizes offers practical wisdom for navigating complexity, managing change, and crafting policies that work in the real world. Each essay is concise, accessible, and rooted in the Adizes Symbergetic™ Management methodology - making these volumes an invaluable resource for leaders, policymakers, and anyone seeking to understand the deeper forces shaping our institutions.
Whether you’re looking for inspiration, clarity, or actionable ideas, Insights on Policy will challenge your assumptions and expand your perspective.
Discover why these books are essential reading for anyone committed to building healthier organizations and societies.
We invite you to visit publications.adizes.com to access an extensive range of books by Dr. Adizes, providing indispensable management and leadership guidance for your organization's growth and success.
That's all for this issue of the Adizes Today!
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