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Successful change of behavior
Andre Baken
Changing habits and behavior of people is in any circumstance complex as it takes tham out of their comfort zone into the unknown, and that's scary. We feel comfortable with what we know, what we have learned, what we do and how we do it. Routine is the single most important factor in our lives. It gives us security and stability. As long as we do things as we know them, we are out of danger. <more>
Partial change management
Andre Baken
Change management projects are meant to guide organisations, or rather selected parts of them, from an existing way of behaving and working that is no longer required to a distinctive, future model of behavior which will permit the company to serve their clients more effectively by optimizing processes. <more>
People first
Simon Harries looks at the importance of open discussion with people in enabling change.
Early this year I visited a small European manufacturing plant, owned by a company that was about to transfer all of its production in Europe to South East Asia. The entrance to the factory was a remarkable sight: the workers had built a fake graveyard around the main gate... <more>
Hard Times
Simon Harries reflects on how to make change work for everyone in the post-recession world.
The more I see of large change programmes, the more I believe that the only people who really like them are the consultants being paid to make them happen. Most people dislike the impact of change in their lives and in their places of work. It isn’t positive for them: it is often a source of fear and deep concern for the future... <more>
