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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 Temporary Incompetence

Mike Cardus

It was day 1 of an 8 month Exponent Leadership-Development program with 12 people from different areas of the company. 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. Photo Credit.

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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. Stage 1 – becoming motivated to change (unfreezing). Develop a new self-concept and identity. This discomfort is best thought of as Learning Anxiety.” – Schein pp. Photo Credit. “If Photo Credit.

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Resistance to Change is Cooperation for Improvement

Mike Cardus

This discomfort is Learning Anxiety.” – Schein pp. In developing new ways of thinking, you become a deviant in your group and might be rejected or even ostracized. For example, if the new working method necessitates teamwork, you must provide formal learning for teaming and team performance development.

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Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 4/29/13)

First Friday Book Synopsis

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Customer CEO: How to Profit from the Power of Your Customers Chuck Wall The Referral Engine: Teaching Your Business to Market Itself John Jantsch Disney U : How Disney University Develops the World’s Most Engaged, Loyal, [.].

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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. Being observant of how people react to change and constantly looking for how they cooperate will amplify each persons motivation to change. During the transition process, you do not feel competent because you have given up the old way and have not yet mastered the new one. Photo Credit.

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Photo Inquiry Friday: Your job is to create a relationship in which the client can get the help they need.

Mike Cardus

. – Edgar Schein. Be it coaching, training, motivation, resources, discipline, delegation of tasks, mentoring, etc… As a Team Development & Leadership coach & consultant you are in a service position. Be it systems development, coaching, skill-training, advisement, process-effectiveness, etc….

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