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Home > Taking Charge of Change
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As people’s lives react to constant organizational restructuring and new workplace realities, the need to focus attention on the underlying psychological effects of change becomes increasingly important. Hardly a day goes by without a major magazine or nightly news story on the social, political, and environmental ramifications of continuous and significant change. We see less information about the psychological effects this change has on us as individuals and as members of organizations. In the workplace, change often involves a fundamental alteration of methods and procedures that have become familiar and comfortable. Personal reactions often include displacement, disruption, and resistance. We often become disoriented and find it hard to fully absorb the new world that surrounds us.
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Myths about Change
Schools and Organizations often try to combat some of the negative effects of change by attempting to “sell” the change and sweep employees’ unresolved feelings under the carpet. Ironically, this typically just makes things worse.
Efforts to spur them to simply “get on” with the new order do not account for the very real issues that employees must confront when change is imposed on them. It is certainly tempting to search for “quick-fix” solutions, but the fact is, there aren’t any.
There are only people and their attitudes. There are ways we can mitigate the devastating effects of continual change upon us and our organizations, and to harness the forces surrounding change for our benefit. This effort starts with the basics — redefining how we look at change and our place within the change process. |
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Learning Points
Participants will develop useful strategies to handle change and will be able to:
- Differentiate between “change” and “transition.”
- Name and describe the three stages of change transition.
- Describe how and why each person in a workgroup may experience change differently.
- List the likely challenges and opportunities that characterize each stage.
- Identify and describe the types of information and support most people need as they move through the change process.
- Propose specific actions team members and leaders can take to successfully move themselves and others through each stage of transition.
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| Through the use of discussion, team activities and video components, this half-day workshop explores the reasons why we find workplace change so threatening and, in a straightforward manner, provides an effective structure to help them accept and manage it. What’s the guiding premise? Unless we can formulate an approach to take charge of change, it will take charge of us! |
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