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The Value of Value Chain Analysis in Transforming Your Business

N2Growth Blog

People are less likely to resist any recommendations for dramatic change in their area of the business, if it comes in an objective, non-threatening way. All that is left to do is develop the plans for the projects that are needed to actualize the new workflow and institute a process for continual change.

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What Is HR’s Role in Change Management?

HR Digest

As the gatekeepers of a company’s most valuable asset – its people – HR teams have a pivotal responsibility in steering their organizations through periods of change. Debra Cohen, a renowned HR expert, aptly describes HR’s role in change management as that of a “change agent.”

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The Stand-Up Strategists

Leading Blog

These outcomes are even more vital during times of continuous change - two of the most common reasons that employees resist change are lack of sufficient information and a fear of the unknown.

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7 Reasons We Avoid Progress

Ron Edmondson

It invites change – Always. And, to fuel and maintain the momentum brings continual change. Every time I’ve initiated some type of development opportunity it’s required a learning curve among our people. This is often where the resistance begins. You can’t have progress without it. ” It’s true.

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All Management Is Change Management

Harvard Business Review

If a new personnel policy needs to be carried out, that’s change management. If the erosion of a market requires a new business model, that’s change management. New products developed? Change management. And then it’s easy for people to become resistant to change. Costs reduced?

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Overcoming the Disruption of Process Change

Harvard Business Review

It's against human nature to react favorably to the disruption of process change. Continuous improvement means continuous change, and change takes people out of their comfort zone. How have you seen people react to changes in their work? The typical reaction is resistance.

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Managing Creativity: Lessons from Pixar and Disney Animation

Harvard Business Review

They each have a development group that’s coming up with different ideas, but because we said, “You don’t have to take ideas from anybody else,” they felt freer to talk with each other. The underlying hardware keeps changing, the software keeps changing, everything’s changing. The resistance is actually wasted time.