How Well Do You Manage Change?

"If we don't change direction soon, we'll end up where we're going." --Professor Irwin Corey

Leaders manage change
They understand what needs to change and why
Then they spend time, effort and caring to help others embrace the change

10 SECOND REALITY CHECK
Do you understand that others accept changes at different rates?
Do you see managing change as managing perceptions and emotions?
Do you just assume that people will understand why a change is good?
Do you take time to HEAR people's fears and concerns?


"It's not that some people have willpower and some don't. It's that some people are ready to change and others are not." --James Gordon, M.D.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

How people embrace change is an individual thing...
Reaction to change is a mental process
You can help people change by understanding their frames of reference (not just yours)
Then care enough to communicate with them, and have them communicate with you... alot!

"Change your thoughts and you change your world." --Norman Vincent Peale

SO WHAT WILL YOU DO DIFFERENTLY?


Understand that people handle changes at different rates and in different ways.
Get into others' "frames of reference"
Care about those who are affected
Take time to share with them, and let them share with you
That's what leaders do...

"To manage a system effectively, you might focus on the interactions of the parts rather than their behavior taken separately." --Russell L. Ackoff

AND JUST REMEMBER...

Things do not change; we change.
Henry David Thoreau

Have a great week!
Marsha
 

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