Embracing Change

Embracing Change

Change is….

Global

Constant

Inevitable

Stressful

Breathe

Many people approach change as if they were holding their breath.

They try to freeze the present, hold things static, and resist change in an attempt to control the

world around them.

Teams, our families, and our communities are alive. They live, breathe, and change every day.

They need movement. The purpose of work for each of us is to create movement, to produce

some sort of change for the organization. Without movement toward its goals, the organization will suffocate.

Do you like change?

Does it matter?

What are the risks of not changing?

We can’t control change…

We can control our attitude towards change…

Deny

Resist/React Explore

Commit

Deny

Resist/React Explore

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Deny/Ignore

• How good things were in the past

• Everything-as-usual attitude

• Minimizing

• Refusing to hear new information

Deny

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Resist/React

• Anger

• Stubbornness

• Blaming others

• Complaining

• Doubting your ability

Deny

Resist/React Explore

Commit

Anticipate/Explore

• What’s going to happen?• Seeing possibilities• Chaos• Energy• Clarifying goals• Exploring alternatives• Learning new skills

Deny

Resist/React Explore

Commit

Commit

• Where I am headed?

• Focus

• Teamwork

• Vision

• Cooperation

Change can be difficult

Personal change precedes organizational change

Negativity

Contagious

I can learn and I can change and I can do it quickly.

What can you do to deal with change?

Accept that change is an

attitude

Create a personal vision

Focus on what you can do…

……not what you can’t do

Develop a perspective of opportunity

Create a willingness to learn & develop

Learn to love ambiguity

“Be the change you want to see”

Ghandi

Thank You