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Learn effective strategies and tools for managing and sustaining change in a rapidly shifting global landscape. Discover ways to navigate the initial stages of change, focus on the positive, structure interactions, and handle change in manageable bites. Gain the resources and readiness to create progress and make change a habit.
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TQP = • Master of Change
“Our generation has an opportunity given to few, to remake a new global equilibrium after the irreversible changes brought about by the rapid geopolitical and economic shifts of the recent past. Nowhere are the changes more visible than in Asia.” • —Dr. Manmohan Singh
“Change will not wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” • —Barack Obama
“Those who fear change will be left behind. • BUT! A leader must possess, and master, the strategies and tools for managing change.” • —Donald Dewar
Making the Trauma of Change… “SMALLER”
SM A L L E R Self-Conscious …during the initial stages of change • Strategy • Give more information up front
SM A L L E R Miss …what we’re concerned about first • Strategy • Focus on the positive
SM A L L E R Alone …how people sometimes feel • Strategy • Structure interaction
SM A L L E R Limit …the degree of change we can handle at any given time • Strategy • Take small bites (doesn’t have to slow!) • Rest occasionally
SM A L L E R Level …of readiness varies from person to person • Strategy • “Look, they’re creating progress” • Extend an invitation to learn
SM A L L E R Enough …resources to manage and sustain the change • Strategy • Help people to see them
SM A L L E R Revert …to the old way when the pressure is removed • Strategy • Don’t remove the pressure for the new way until it has become a habit
Chinese proverb • “It is very dangerous to try to leap across a gap in a mountain trail in two bounds.” —Chinese proverb
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