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Leading Organizational Change:
Principles Gained from Personal Construct Psychology and
Repertory Grid Technique
Scott O. Farnum, LCPC, LADC, MPA
NIATX, Process Improvement Coach
Lynn M. Madden, MPA, CHE
APT Foundation
David L. Prescott, Ph.D.
Acadia Hospital
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NIATx Aims
Reduce Waiting Times
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Increase Admissions
Increase Continuation Rates
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Leaders – Create and Organize the
Team
• Send a letter of invitation
• Let the Board know what you are doing,
and the names of the team members
• Publicize your results – good or not so
good
• Show up
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Mechanics of Leadership
• Schedule regular meetings
• Make sure the data is up to date
• Be in the thick of the work – share knowledge and
authority
• Interact with coaches
• Guide the selection of projects
• Show up
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NIATX LEADERSHIP
ACADEMY
• Three important Domains – Self,
Community and Enterprise
• In relation to Strategy –continual self an
org. leadership abilities
• People – building the structure to support
change
• Execution – Defining objectives/plans
• Results – Achieving improved org
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You must be the change you wish to
see in the world.
Mahatma Gandhi
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George Kelly, the Creator of Repertory Grids
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“A good deal is said these days about being oneself.
It is supposed to be healthy to be oneself. While it is
a little hard for me to understand how one could be
anything else, I suppose what is meant is that one
should not strive to become anything other than what
he is. This strikes me as a very dull way of living; in
fact, I would be inclined to argue that all of us would
be better off if we set out to be something other than
what we are. Well, I’m not so sure we would all be
better off - perhaps it would be more accurate to say
life would be a lot more interesting.”
George Kelly, The Language of Hypothesis, 1964
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Basis Tenets of Repertory Grid Technique
1.) The elicitation of elements identifying the things in
the arena to be investigated.
2.) The elicitation of constructs identifying the
distinctions that can be made among these elements.
3.) The construction of a grid of elements and
constructs.
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• Personal Construct
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A personal construct is a bipolar dimension
which each person has created and formed into
system of thought through which they interpret
their experiences of the world.
Element
People, things, or events which elicit constructs.
• Repertory Grid
A method for exploring personal construct
systems and an attempt to stand in others’
shoes,
see the world as they see it, and
understand
their situations and concerns.
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Common Grid Elements
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a teacher you liked
a teacher you disliked
significant other
difficult employer/supervisor
well liked supervisor
your mother
your father
brother nearest in age
sister nearest in age
well liked co-worker
difficult co-worker
person you feel sorry for
most successful person you know
most intelligent person you know
most interesting person you know
a boy who did not like you in high school
a girl who did not like you in high school
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Exercise Instructions
1.) Write the provided elements in the 8 slots along the top of the grid
2.) In the first 2 lines of the grid place an x in the 3 spaces corresponding
to the provided numbers
3.) Next place numbered index cards face down
4.) Shuffle the cards
5.) Randomly select 3 cards
6.) Turn the 3 cards over and place an x in the third grid line
corresponding to the 3 selected numbers
7.) Return the selected cards to the pile of index cards
8.) Repeat this procedure until all 8 lines are completed
9.) Then decide for each line of the grid, “Out of the 3 elements chosen,
which 2 seem to have something more in common with each other?”
10.) Connect these two elements with a line
11.) On the left side of the grid describe what aspect these 2 elements
share
12.) One the right side express what makes the 3rd element different
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Exercise Elements
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1.) Financial Stability
2.) Organizational Change
3.) Me
4.) Co-workers
5.) Organizational Culture
6.) Typical Supervisor
7.) Me ideal
8.) Office of Substance Abuse
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Resources
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http://www.brint.com/PCT.htm
http://www.enquirewithin.co.nz/
http://repgrid.com/
http://www.eac-leipzig.de/scivescoweb/
• The Psychology of Personal Constructs, George Kelly, 1955
• A Manual for Repertory Grid Technique, Fay Fransella, Richard
Bell & Don Bannister, 2004
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