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RESISTANCE TO CHANGE RECONSIDERED

Lead Change Blog

Change is a permanent feature of organizations; resistance is an expected part of the journey. Reasons for resistance vary, and may include: Loss of status from the change. Change resistance should be welcomed as an important source of data about how the plan is progressing. Job insecurity. Missed deadlines.

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How to Lead When Your Team Resists Change

Let's Grow Leaders

When Your Team Resists Change, It’s an Opportunity for Ownership You’ve noticed a problem, spent the last four days meeting with finance, strategizing, and building an action plan. The post How to Lead When Your Team Resists Change appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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How Smart Leaders Help a Team Work Better Together: Plan Breakdowns

Let's Grow Leaders

You can prepare and make your team work better together by planning for these breakdowns and turning them into opportunities for growth and connection. 4 Ways to Make a Team Work Better Together by Planning for Breakdowns. Plan for and Train Recovery. Planned Failure. So how do you implement planned recovery on your team?

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7 Reasons You Need to Plan Less and Others Need to Plan More

Leadership Freak

Those who make the plan make the plan work. But when leaders make the plan, they encounter skepticism, reluctance or resistance. Tight fisted leaders – those who control all the plans – have… Continue reading →

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Leadership and Resistance

Lead Change Blog

Using resistance to lead effectively. If you truly understand resistance, you seldom need to deal with it: You manage its cause before it even manifests itself! Understanding resistance. The leader understands the source of resistance and deals with it adequately. There is a tendency in all nature to resist change.

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Burn the Boats: Toss Plan B Overboard and Unleash Your Full Potential

Leading Blog

I F you’re looking to expand your thinking, then look no further than Burn the Boats: Toss Plan B Overboard and Unleash Your Full Potential by Matt Higgins. For those of us that have always heard, “Always have a Plan B,” burning the boats may sound reckless. They can be useful as to where you’ll find resistance.

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Understanding resistance to change

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Change Management Is resistance to change truly irrational? Author information Dr. Ross Wirth Strategic Planning & Organizational Change Consultant - - 30+ years working in strategic and operational planning, often leading organizational change initiatives. Twitter Google+ LinkedIn.