Getting Smart About Employee Resistance to Change II
- Topics:
- Change Management
- Tags:
- Being First,
- Employee,
- Leader,
- Leadership,
- Management
- Source:
- Being First
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Overview: "Most change leaders think of employee resistance as a bad thing, something to be ""overcome."" They are afraid of resistance, bewildered by it, and haven't a clue about what to do when it occurs. Mostly, their efforts at resolving it make it worse. Certainly, resistance can destroy your change effort, but only if you ignore it or handle it improperly. You cannot avoid employee resistance, nor keep it from occurring. It is a natural part of every complex change effort. So, the only real long term solution is to become expert in dealing with it. Then, you will be able to turn it into a tremendous positive force that can actually support the success of your change efforts. In this article, we are going to explore the types of resistance that originate within the psychological processes of all people (again, both leaders and frontline workers), and how you can work with these substantial mental, emotional and behavioral forces to make your change efforts more successful. First, we will address definition two through exploring the body's natural ""homeostatic"" mechanism and its role in ""causing"" resistance. Then, we will investigate six core psychological issues that are triggered by change and are another source of resistance (definition three)."
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Format: PDF | Size: 429KB | Date: May 2002 | Pages: 5
