I am not thrilled, as you know if you have read previous posts, with using the word resistance. In this case let’s say that is what those forcing change see. What they need to see is a harmless frog probably waiting to don the crown. For change management no one is lucky enough to be kissed by the princess (or prince as the case may be). They may be lucky enough with an empathetic and smart change agent to be acknowledged.
That is when the frog wears the crown.
What we want is the person to wear the crown. No royal kiss is powerful enough to make that transition. That has to come from addressing the root cause of the push back (agh, got rid of resistance again) in a calm way (ha! urgency too) with a visible mini change. If you insist on quick wins you can load a lot of these in your quiver on day one of your initiatives. In the process you might just improve your operations while facilitating the change.