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Making the most of change: Session for individuals

Making the most of change: Session for individuals. v.2.0. Goal: Individual Transition in organizations. To increase your ability to manage the transitions caused by change with less disruption and distress in your life and work. Unit 1 Change versus Transition. Successful Change:.

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Making the most of change: Session for individuals

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  1. Making the most of change: Session for individuals v.2.0

  2. Goal: Individual Transition in organizations • To increase your ability to manage the transitions caused by change with less disruption and distress in your life and work. Individual Transition in Organizations

  3. Unit 1Change versus Transition

  4. Successful Change: Individual Transition in Organizations

  5. Managed vs. Unmanaged Change Idea of Change Introduced(restructuring, merger, plant closing, etc.) Managed Change Morale, Productivity, Commitment Minimum Acceptable Unmanaged Change Time 16

  6. Change SOMETHING OLD STOPS SOMETHING NEW BEGINS Change An Event: It is situational and is external to us. Individual Transition in Organizations

  7. Transition Transition is the gradual, psychological reorientation process that happens inside of us as we adapt to the external change. Transition often results from a change, but it may also begin before the change actually takes place. Individual Transition in Organizations

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  13. Endings • Loss • Letting go • Getting closure • Saying good-bye Beginnings • Being “with it” • The new chapter • Renewal Phases of Transition Neutral Zone • In-between time • Chaos • Clean slate Individual Transition in Organizations

  14. Significant Change Events

  15. Resistance • It’s the transition, not the change that people often resist. • Loss of their identity and their world • Disorientation of the neutral zone • Risk of failing in a new beginning Individual Transition in Organizations

  16. Work Community Family Other What Is Changing in Your World? Individual Transition in Organizations

  17. Personal Impact of Change Individual Transition in Organizations

  18. Unit 3Managing One Change

  19. Turf Status Power or Influence Relationships Memberships Routines/Structures Personal future Meaningful work Control of destiny Personal Identity Other What Is Ending? What Am I Losing? What is over? What chapter is finished? What are you losing? What might you lose? Individual Transition in Organizations

  20. To Manage Endings and Deal with Loss • Decide what is and isn’t over • Sort your losses • Actively seek information • Accept the need to go through a time of mourning • Identify symbolic pieces of the past • Clarify what is staying the same • Look at past endings • Use symbolic actions to mark a clean break Individual Transition in Organizations

  21. Getting through the Neutral Zone • Focus on: • Rebuilding what gets lost • Opportunities for creativity and learning Individual Transition in Organizations

  22. Rebuilding What Gets Lost • Re-establish the four things endings destroy. • C.U.S.P. • Control • Understanding • Support • Purpose Individual Transition in Organizations

  23. Strategies for Creativity and Learning • Step back and take stock • Take some time alone • Cultivate the habit of experimenting • Look for clues • Brainstorm new ideas • Record your ideas and clues • Get involved in learning activities Individual Transition in Organizations

  24. True New Beginnings • Characterized by a new surge of energy and purpose • Often elusive and subtle Individual Transition in Organizations

  25. Practical happening New situation New systems New titles Need to be designed Result from decisions Take place on schedule Psychological happening New understanding New values New attitudes/identities Need to be nurtured Result from process Follow internal clock of the heart and spirit Starts Beginnings Individual Transition in Organizations

  26. Strategies for New Beginnings • Convert possibilities into objectives and make a plan • Be open to shifts and corrections • Keep other changes from distracting you • Achieve a few quick successes • Know how you have to be different now • Articulate your new identity to others Individual Transition in Organizations

  27. Strategies for Maintaining Resilience • Build in periodic time-outs. • Hold a personal debriefing session • Give yourself a reward • Manage the big transitions Individual Transition in Organizations

  28. Strategies for Maintaining Resilience • Group and prioritize all the changes • Do regular internal and external scans • Keep the big picture in mind Individual Transition in Organizations

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