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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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Instead of Making People More Anxious. Make the Learning Easier :: Resistance to Change

Mike Cardus

In ‘ Resistance to Change. Fear of Temporary Incompetence ’ … I shared some ideas on how to work with resistance to change : Fear of temporary incompetence. Edgar Schein. Instead of viewing the resistance as an issue it gave me a chance to see how each person and the team as a whole cooperates. Photo Credit.

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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

In ‘ Resistance to Change. Fear of Temporary Incompetence ’ … I shared some ideas on how to work with resistance to change : Fear of temporary incompetence. Edgar Schein. In our next meeting I asked, Who has some goals they would like to share that are in the QQT/R method? … 8 shared 3 goals each and the other 4 listened.

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Tackling Problems – How big is your “O”? | You're Not the Boss of Me

You're Not the Boss of Me

Our goal was to successfully overcome the obstacles and complete the course in the best possible time. It is part of a mental process that Edgar Schein refers to as ORJI in his book Process Consultation- Lessons for Managers and Consultants. We failed miserably. O” stands for observation. Here’s how it works.

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How Great Coaches Ask, Listen, and Empathize

Harvard Business Review

In his book Helping , former MIT professor Edgar Schein identifies different modes of inquiry that we employ when we’re offering help, and they map particularly well to coaching conversations. The initial process of information gathering I described above is what Schein calls “pure inquiry.” You and Your Team.

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How to Give Negative Feedback When Your Organization Is “Nice”

Harvard Business Review

Robert Cialdini’s research on commitment and consistency shows that if we publicly commit to a goal we are more likely to honor it because it becomes part of our identity and we dislike operating in ways that contradict that identity. No matter what you hear, do not resist, explain, defend, or push back. And say thank you.