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Examples of Change
What are examples of recent or past changes you have worked through? These might include change involving:
• Living arrangements, moving to a new location or place.
• A new job or change in employment.
• Gaining or losing loved ones.
• Relationships (friends, partners, pets).
• Academics and course of study.
• Your daily routine.
Identify two different changes you have worked through and use the following table to think through how you reacted to, framed, and managed these changes. It may be helpful to think of the change as a problem and how you managed the change as the solution. Use the Summary section in the table to help you understand how you deal with change generally.
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Aspects of Change |
Reacting to Change |
Framing Change |
Managing Change |
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Example 1 |
How did you react to this change? What feelings did you experience? What thoughts did you have? |
What steps did you take to understand this change? How did you describe this change to others? |
How did you manage this change? Did your feelings or thoughts about this change evolve? Did you learn anything from the change? |
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Example 2 |
How did you react to this change? What feelings did you experience? What thoughts did you have? |
What steps did you take to understand this change? How did you describe this change to others? |
How did you manage this change? Did your feelings or thoughts about this change evolve? Did you learn anything from the change? |
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Summary |
How do you react to change generally? What feelings and emotions do you experience; what thoughts do you have? What cultural or personal experiences or bias might affect how you react to change? |
What steps do you take to understand the change? How do you look at and describe change? (For example, do you look at the change from different perspectives, thinking about all the factors contributing to the change? Do you tend to deal with the change as a whole, or do you also identify subchanges as a result of the change?) |
How do you manage change generally? (For example, how do you think about the boundaries you have to work within to effectively manage change? Do you consider creative ways to approach the change? Do you look for advice from others or discuss your thoughts with different sources to generate appropriate solutions?) |
Now that you’ve identified how you deal with change in the present and past, review your notes.
Ask yourself the following:
• What parts of dealing with change do you think you do well? Which parts agree with your overall vision of what an effective philosophy of change looks like? What advice would you give others on reacting to, framing, and managing change based on your experiences?
• Alternatively, how would you modify other parts to better fit what you consider an effective philosophy of change?
