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Change Management Skills Blogs
Change management is important because the world is in a continual state of flux and change.
Change management training is intended to help people deal with the three major aspects of change.
- The necessity of change
- The practical aspects of change
- The emotional aspects of change
The necessity of change means that there is no way to avoid the need for change. Change is the universal constant. Nothing stays the same for very long. And therefore, staying the same and simply repeating the same formula as last year, probably won’t be enough to succeed in the coming years. Everyone must progress, even to keep up with the current changes in technology, social changes and economic conditions.
The practical aspects of change means organising resources to determine the most effective means of making the necessary changes.
The main steps are:
- Deciding the direction of change: determining the target state. The goal.
- Next step is determining the material resources that will need to be assembled to make the change (these include, Money, technology and People).
- Next comes the additional abilities that need to be developed in order to master the change process, (this means skill, knowledge and factual information).
- Next is to decide the practical plan and sequencing of activities that will allow the change process to be made in the most efficient manner possible.
The emotional aspects of change, means managing most people’s resistance to change and a desire to keep with their existing patterns. Most people Hate change because change brings uncertainty. We need to help people learn to see change as a means of making things better.
Change Management Skills Blogs
How to Manage Rapid Change
16 April 2024
In a rapidly evolving society, managers must acknowledge and adapt to technological, political, and social changes. Embracing change is crucial for improvement, and refusing to adapt carries consequences, so change management is a vital skill.
Continue Reading >What are the Principles of Change Management?
21 February 2023
The eight principles of change management are a useful framework for understanding how to manage change effectively. By applying these principles, organisations can make progress towards their goals.
Continue Reading >Is the Change Curve Model Real?
1 November 2022
The Change Curve model was developed decades ago, to explain the grieving process. Is it appropriate to use it to describe organisational change or are there better models?
Continue Reading >Technology Accelerates Change
13 September 2022
The fast pace of new technology has accelerated the pace of change in our personal and working lives. Learn how to accept, adapt and persuade others to embrace change.
Continue Reading >What is Change Management?
21 August 2020
Learn the definition of change management, the theory and methods behind it, and how to deliver change management training to your team.
Continue Reading >Managing Negative Attitudes to Change
24 July 2018
Companies need to evolve, which involves change. Often, employees will complain about change and want things to remain as they are. As a manager you must be able to read the mood of your staff and manage their emotions and attitudes towards change.
Continue Reading >Why Do People Resist Change?
9 April 2018
People are creatures of habit and resist change because it is too difficult, or unproven to be better than what they are currently doing. Better the devil you know, is a well-used phrase when it comes to change, but should you accept it?
Continue Reading >Why Do People Hate Change?
31 January 2017
Humans find change difficult. Fundamentally, we are creatures of habit. We operate according to habits which we repeat every day and we find it difficult to change our habits, even our bad habits.
Continue Reading >Why Won't People Accept Change?
16 December 2016
Why won't people accept change, even when they can see that what they are doing does not bring them what they want?
Continue Reading >Change Should be an Evolution, Not a Revolution
11 November 2016
People find it hard to accept change. But for organisations and ourselves to adapt and improve, change is necessary. Change doesn't have to be revolutionary, it can in fact evolutionary. Well organised and well paced.
Continue Reading >A New Vision for Britain
4 October 2016
Theresa May promised at the Conservative conference that "a change has got to come" as she outlined her vision for Britain. This new vision will require a radical change in thinking.
Continue Reading >How can I Get People to Change?
7 July 2014How can you get people to change? It is clear that you need to improve the current system you are using at work; and that means that you need people to change what they are doing and adopt the new system. But the problem is that most people don't like change
Continue Reading >Management Training: Continuous Improvement Cycle
10 April 2013Management training: Continuous improvement cycle The role of a manager is to induce the best performance from the team. If the manager is not inducing a better performance from the team, than what the team would have achieved if the manager was not there, then the manager is superfluous to need
Continue Reading >Leadership Training - the Universal Success Formula
12 November 2012The Universal Success Formula We all want to be more successful. But how does one do that? Answer: Be guided by "success principles". What are success principles? Success principles are a set of generalised instructions that lay down the steps that you need to take, in order to achieve a certain
Continue Reading >Effectively Manage Change
6 January 2012
Effectively Manage Change Change management training is important because there have been enormous changes in the way that we shop, how we entertain ourselves, how we spend our leisure time and how we do business. But for many, this change means a feeling of uncertainty. Most people don't like uncertainty: they
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