Sep
28

Change Part 4 – Strategies to Win During Change

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The Role of Learning Seeing life as a continuous learning experience plus being prepared to change our attitude and to let go of our proven ‘norms’ will not only help us overcome our fear, it will prepare us to deal with a new reality. Example; how many people for years worried about the cold war.… Continue reading »

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Sep
26

Change part 3: Reasons for Resistance

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Having facilitated a “leading change” course for some years now I have come to realise that the implementation of change, in most cases, is badly handled at best and a total disaster at worst. There are of course many individual motivations and emotional reasons that people resist change however there are also a lot of… Continue reading »

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Sep
23

CHANGE (part 2), THE BIGGEST RISK, NON-INVOLVEMENT THROUGH FEAR

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Where does the fear of change come from? The fear of change comes from our natural suspicion of the unknown or of things we don’t understand. As youngsters we develop techniques to protect ourselves and over time we develop our “success formula”. This formula comprises standards of behaviour or perspectives on situations that we learn… Continue reading »

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Sep
19

RESISTANCE TO CHANGE, ITS NOT MY PROBLEM, OR IS IT!

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Change Part 1 The new world is becoming a worrying a scary place for many employees. A large proportion of ‘old economy’ workers who rely on outdated competencies, are finding themselves out in the chilly land of unemployment and at a much younger age. Mergers acquisitions and redundancies are on the increase. In an attempt… Continue reading »

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Sep
14

Why Saying NO is So Important

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I have recently been engaged in building and promoting a website for a local Rotary Club. To raise funds for the club it was decided to “monetize” the site by offering advertising space to local businesses in the area. The club is located in a small to medium country town with most businesses reportedly “doing… Continue reading »

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Sep
07

Career Success and the Need for a Sense of Urgency

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I recently built a small website for a private customer which represented about three days work over a week or so. The customer (also a friend) had mentioned he wanted a website quite a few months earlier however after a few follow-ups he told he had put the project on hold. From our conversations I… Continue reading »

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