Embracing Change

Change is….

Global

Constant

Inevitable

Stressful

Breathe

Rhythm

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 Commit

Deny/Ignore How good things were here in the past They don’t really mean it It can’t happen here Numbness Everything-as-usual attitude Minimizing Refusing to hear new information

How good things were here in the past

They don’t really mean it

It can’t happen here

Numbness

Everything-as-usual attitude

Minimizing

Refusing to hear new information

Deny

Deny Resist/React Explore Commit

Resist/React Anger Loss and hurt Stubbornness Blaming others Complaining Getting Sick Doubting your ability

Anger

Loss and hurt

Stubbornness

Blaming others

Complaining

Getting Sick

Doubting your ability

Resist

React

Deny Resist/React Explore Commit

Anticipate/Explore What’s going to happen to me? Seeing possibilities Chaos Indecisiveness Unfocused work Energy Clarifying goals Seeing resources Exploring alternatives Learning new skills

What’s going to happen to me?

Seeing possibilities

Chaos

Indecisiveness

Unfocused work

Energy

Clarifying goals

Seeing resources

Exploring alternatives

Learning new skills

Explore

Deny Resist/React Explore Commit

Commit Where I am headed? Focus Teamwork Vision Cooperation Balance

Where I am headed?

Focus

Teamwork

Vision

Cooperation

Balance

Commit

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

Questions/Comments?