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Resistance to Change. Fear of Temporary Incompetence

Mike Cardus

Phone rings, “Mike this is Kathy several of our managers have concerns about the first field assignment and we need to meet”. The same group of managers who were enthusiastic about management development and applied leadership to the organization, turned from cooperators to resistors in 3 days! Edgar Schein.

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The Anxiety of Learning

Michael Lee Stallard

Michael Lee Stallard Insights on Leadership and Employee Engagement Home About Hire to Speak Press Kit The Anxiety of Learning Published by Michael Lee Stallard on July 7, 2010 03:21 am under knowledge flow Here’s a link to a brilliant interview of Edgar Schein entitled “ The Anxiety of Learning.&# why is everyone smiling?

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Resistance to Change. Fear of Punishment for Incompetence

Mike Cardus

One manager said “ Sometimes you have to make an example of someone to show people that the change you want is going to happen.”. The managers nodded. The managers nodded…. Edgar Schein. Photo Credit. I was frightened And asked, “ That may be a good technique. It is not an easy answer. Fear invites wrong figures.

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Make Failure and Learning an Objective :: Resistance to Change

Mike Cardus

Edgar Schein. With some more talking and agreement from their managers we made Failure and Learning part of the managers yearly evaluation. The management had to continue to follow-up and encourage the failure and learning…some did better than others. Photo Credit. What do you think? michael cardus is create-learning.

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

Mike Cardus

Edgar Schein. Lewin/Schein change Model – Summation from ‘ The Corporate Culture Survival Guide ’ Edgar Schein. This discomfort is best thought of as Learning Anxiety.” – Schein pp. How might you incorporate the Lewin/Schein 3 stages of change and the ideas of Survival plus Learning anxiety into your work?

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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. Following to person-centered-task-assignment, We were able to use how each person responded to the assignment as a chance to amplify the change skills and management approaches. While not every manager completed the task assignment as asked, they all defined goals and objectives for themselves and their teams.

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

Mike Cardus

Edgar Schein. The managers did not find value in the content and initial management field assignment. I was called back in for an emergency meeting with the managers + their managers + the Human Resources director. I am impressed at how you manage to be so caring while getting your work done to the quality needed.

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