This document discusses how change is inevitable but we can control our attitude towards it. It identifies four typical responses to change - deny, resist/react, explore, and commit. While denying or resisting change tends to involve negative feelings, exploring possibilities and committing to change with focus and cooperation allows one to see opportunities during times of change. The document encourages developing a willingness to learn and accepting that having the right attitude is important for dealing with change.

1. Embracing Change

2. Change is….

3. Global

4. Constant

5. Inevitable

6. Stressful

7. Breathe

8. Rhythm

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 Resist/React Explore Commit

13. Deny Resist/React Explore Commit

15. Deny

16. Deny Resist/React Explore Commit

18. Resist

19. React

20. Deny Resist/React Explore Commit

22. Explore

23. Deny Resist/React Explore Commit

25. Commit

26. Change can be difficult

27. Personal change precedes organizational change

29. Negativity

30. Contagious

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

32. What can you do to deal with change?

33. Accept that change is an attitude

34. Create a personal vision

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

36. Develop a perspective of opportunity

37. Create a willingness to learn & develop

38. Learn to love ambiguity

39. Questions/Comments?