This document discusses how change is inevitable and constant, but many people resist it by trying to freeze the present. It states that organizations need movement to achieve their goals and cannot survive without changing over time. It identifies different attitudes people can take towards change: denying or ignoring it, resisting and reacting angrily, or anticipating and exploring possibilities. The document advocates committing to change by focusing on goals and vision, cooperating with others, and developing a willingness to learn. It concludes that personal change must precede organizational change and offers tips for dealing with change, such as accepting it as an attitude and focusing on opportunities rather than limitations.

1. Embracing Change

2. Change is….

3. Global

4. Constant

5. Inevitable

6. Stressful

7. Breathe

8. 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.

9. Do you like change?
Does it matter?

10. What are the risks of not
changing?

11. We can’t control change…
We can control our attitude
towards change…

12. Deny Commit
Resist/React Explore

13. Deny Commit
Resist/React Explore

14. Deny/Ignore
• How good things were in the past
• Everything-as-usual attitude
• Minimizing
• Refusing to hear new information

15. Deny Commit
Resist/React Explore

16. Resist/React
• Anger
• Stubbornness
• Blaming others
• Complaining
• Doubting your ability

17. Deny Commit
Resist/React Explore

18. Anticipate/Explore
• What’s going to happen?
• Seeing possibilities
• Chaos
• Energy
• Clarifying goals
• Exploring alternatives
• Learning new skills

19. Deny Commit
Resist/React Explore

20. Commit
• Where I am headed?
• Focus
• Teamwork
• Vision
• Cooperation

21. Change can be difficult

22. Personal change precedes
organizational change

23. Negativity

24. Contagious

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

26. What can you do to deal with
change?

27. Accept that
change is an
attitude

28. Create a personal vision

29. Focus on what you can do…
……not what you can’t do

30. Develop a perspective of
opportunity

31. Create a willingness to learn & develop

32. Learn to love ambiguity

33. “Be the change you want to
see”
Ghandi

34. Thank You