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Resistance to Change is Cooperation for Improvement

Mike Cardus

While working, you perceive change on a continuum from cooperation and learning — to resistance and a pain in the ass. . Change happens, and the cooperation/resistance is what you learn from and look for to co-construct what makes change work to improve the organization’s and your viability in the market. .

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Humble Leadership

Leading Blog

Edgar Schein and Peter Schein call this Level 1 based leadership. That is relationships that are intentionally personal, cooperative, and trusting. The process of creating and maintaining Level 2 relationships requires a learning mindset, cooperative attitudes, and skills in interpersonal and group dynamics.

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Preview Thursday – Humble Leadership

Lead Change Blog

The following is an excerpt from Humble Leadership:The Power of Relationships, Openness and Trust by Ed & Peter Schein. Schein is the author of numerous bestselling books, including the recent Humble Inquiry and Humble Consulting. Edgar Schein is renowned as the father of organizational cultural studies.

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It Is Helpful to Listen, Agree, Cooperate. Discover Different Viewpoints :: Resistance to Change

Mike Cardus

Edgar Schein. It is helpful to listen, agree and cooperate. Talk to discover slightly different viewpoints for cooperation. Talk to discover slightly different viewpoints for cooperation. It is helpful to listen, agree and cooperate. talk to discover slightly different viewpoints for cooperation.

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Resistance to Change. Fear of Temporary Incompetence

Mike Cardus

This is when I understood ‘ psychological inertia ’ – comfort and stuckness in thinking AND what Schein meant in Stage 1 of change Becoming Motivated to Change when people show denial; scapegoating; maneuvering and bargaining. Edgar Schein. It is helpful to listen, agree and cooperate. An area of change we fear.

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Make Failure and Learning an Objective :: Resistance to Change

Mike Cardus

Edgar Schein. It is helpful to listen, agree and cooperate. Talk to discover slightly different viewpoints for cooperation. Fear of Temporary Incompetence ’ … I shared some ideas on how to work with resistance to change : Fear of temporary incompetence. Photo Credit. How to work with this? It is NOT helpful to fight and argue.

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Use how each person and the team responds as a chance to make the learning even easier :: Resistance to Change

Mike Cardus

Edgar Schein. Being observant of how people react to change and constantly looking for how they cooperate will amplify each persons motivation to change. It is helpful to listen, agree and cooperate. Talk to discover slightly different viewpoints for cooperation. Photo Credit. How to work with this? What do you think?