Reflection Paper- Change 500 words
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currentchange.ppt
Leading Change
Dr.Nathanson
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What is Change?
- Examples?
Some Factors at work
- Changing Workforce
- Changing Technology
- Changing Economy
- New company/product/policy direction
- Relocation
- Company Shutdown
- Merger
- New Boss
Personal Factors
- Job
- Relationship
- Health
- Finances
- Living situation
- Emotions
- Habits
- School
- Other?
Types of Changes
- Planned
- Typical reactions?
- Unplanned
- Typical reactions?
Why do people react to change?
- Threat to expertise
- Change in habit
- Threat to power structure
- Threat to the known vs. unknown
- Threat to power relationships
How do people react to change?
- It depends on the change and the person
- Overt and immediate
- Vocal
- Implicit and deferred
- Loss of loyalty
- Increased motivation
- Increased errors
- Increased absenteeism
- Increased theft
- Increased illness
Ways to overcome resistance to change?
- Communication (Why and the how)
- Participation
- Facilitation and support
- Negotiation
The nature of change
- Impetus for change is likely to come from outside change agent or reason
- Internal change agents are most threatened
- Long time power holders usually only implement incremental change
- The outcome of power struggles will likely determine the speed and quality of change
Are people afraid of change?
- What do you think?
- Group Exercise:
- Select one major change that one group member is going through and recommend a few strategies the person can use to get through the change successfully!
Summary
- Change is part of life
- Behavior can be impacted with any change
- The process can determine how the change is accepted
- Not everyone will be happy with any change
- Taking the time to understand all views is key
- Monitoring and follow-up will influence whether the change is effective or not
- Post-Mortem review is critical
