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Overcoming resistance to change – Five common misunderstandings

Failing to acknowledge the origins of this debate.Biased/judgmental language frames thinking.Stereotyping employees as villains and managers/leaders as heroes.Neglecting relationships between readiness and resistance to change.Underestimating resistance as an organizational change resource. Failing to acknowledge the origins of this debate. The best practice is to go back to the origins of a debate, to understand what …

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Notebook No.3 – Did I really claim that organizational change tends to fail?

Post in 48 Words Business school academics frequently and repeatedly claim that organizational change tends to fail.  Addressing these 'failures' informs university leadership and management courses for students and consultancy for organizations. Perversely I am now referenced as the missing change tends to fail 'evidence', this Notebook reflects my increasingly paranoid scream!!! In this third …

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