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Leaders Unbalance the Force

LDRLB

Kurt Lewin (1951), organizational theorist of “three phases” fame, also developed the concept of force fields in change. Lewin basically asserts that there are forces that drive change or progress toward a goal (helping forces) and forces that drive resistance to change (hindering forces). Leadership change lewin'

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What If You Changed and No One Noticed?

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Or as Kurt Lewin described in his Force Field Theory , the status quo is maintained by equally opposing forces. Resist resisting. It can feel like an “either/or” situation – either resist or revert. Resisting wears you out and is not sustainable over the long-term. Why does this happen?

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3 Stages of Change. Unfreezing; Movement; Re-Freezing

Mike Cardus

Lewin/Schein change Model – Summation from ‘ The Corporate Culture Survival Guide ’ Edgar Schein. How do you get past the resistance to change? How might you incorporate the Lewin/Schein 3 stages of change and the ideas of Survival plus Learning anxiety into your work? 3 Stages of Change. Photo Credit. What do you think?

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No Joke: The April 1st, 2013 Leadership Development Carnival

Great Leadership By Dan

While the philosophic take on this is what we will resist versus what we will attempt to maintain, the business version is about spending or saving resources. Bruce Lewin from Four Groups' Blog presents Why is Understanding People So Hard. Bill Matthies from Business Wisdom What I Will, What I Won't. It's not easy is it?”.

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Leadership Posts from Top Bloggers

Michael Lee Stallard

Jennifer Miller offers us her most popular post of the year, and asks if people really care about leadership development, or if they just can’t resist a free offer. More HR predictions from Bruce Lewin, with Reviewing Predictions for HR posted at Four Groups’ Blog. Mike Henry Sr. posted at The People Equation.

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Top Leadership Blog Posts

Michael Lee Stallard

Turner presents Lewin and Historical Traces to Change Management posted at JohnRTurner_HPT_resource. Lyn Boyer presents Healing the Wounds of Change posted at LynBoyer.net , saying, “this blog deals with what leaders can do to recognize and deal with fear of and resistance to change.” ” John R.

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The November 2011 Leadership Development Carnival

Great Leadership By Dan

Turner presents Lewin and Historical Traces to Change Management posted at JohnRTurner_HPT_resource. Lyn Boyer presents Healing the Wounds of Change posted at LynBoyer.net , saying, "this blog deals with what leaders can do to recognize and deal with fear of and resistance to change.". Have you ever thought about how it affects you?