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

Mike Cardus

Edgar Schein. I was called back in for an emergency meeting with the managers + their managers + the Human Resources director. 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. How to work with this?

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Instead of Making People More Anxious. Make the Learning Easier :: Resistance to Change

Mike Cardus

Edgar Schein. This proved to be counter-intuitive to the Human Resources person that was working with me. Fear of Temporary Incompetence ’ … I shared some ideas on how to work with resistance to change : Fear of temporary incompetence. Photo Credit. This disconfirmation can be enough to trigger a need to change.

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Tackling Problems – How big is your “O”? | You're Not the Boss of Me

You're Not the Boss of Me

It is part of a mental process that Edgar Schein refers to as ORJI in his book Process Consultation- Lessons for Managers and Consultants. Typically, when faced with a predicament, the human psyche follows a pattern. O” stands for observation. Here’s how it works. And, often it is the dissenting view that holds the clue to a solution.

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